Requiem for Hu, Wu, and Wen
Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, and Wen Jiabao will step down from the top of the Chinese Communist Party this week. In four months, or thereabouts,… Read More
Super-Rich Chinese Leaders: A Dangerous Development
The New York Times has laid out a portrait of a Chinese billionaire family, and it’s a fairly worrisome one. Premier Wen Jiabao’s extended family,… Read More
China’s Next Military Leadership Takes Shape
This morning’s news reports indicate that a large portion of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the entity that actually manages and oversees China’s multimillion-man military,… Read More
China’s Premier Is Not a Reformer
Both The Washington Post and the Financial Times have more front-page stories today on the seemingly endless saga of the fall of senior Chinese Communist… Read More
Taxing Americans to Punish China
President Obama reportedly spent much of his meeting this week with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urging action to revalue the Chinese Yuan relative to the… Read More
Discovering China’s State-Led Economy, Years Late
The front page of The New York Times yesterday featured a very long story on the state displacing the market within the Chinese economy. Hats… Read More
