... and is downright dictatorial. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 China COVID-19 pandemic public health Xi Jinping autocracy “The pursuit of zero-COVID is fundamentally an application of party-state power.” On September 8, 2020, as governments and societies...

... that view the fusion of state and private interests in China as a threat to their own national security. China economic policy communism capitalism business Xi Jinping “In a party-state capitalist system, the state’s prioritization of political goals drastically limits the scope for making...

... as a series of skirmishes continued. With authoritarian nationalists in charge in Beijing and New Delhi, backed by public opinion, compromise has proved hard to reach. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 India China border Himalayas Narendra Modi Xi Jinping In mid-June...

...Frank Ching Under Xi Jinping, China has stepped up its efforts to strip Hong Kong of its autonomous status and stamp out dissent in the territory, culminating in its moves to impose a new national security law in 2020. At the same time, Beijing has ratcheted up its pressure on Taiwan, demanding...

...Geremie R. Barmé A legal scholar’s searing critiques of Xi Jinping’s government draw much of their power from China’s rich literary language and centuries-old tradition of eloquent, principled dissent against unjust rulers. As former students and international academics put together petitions...