..., but the zero-COVID regime goes even further and is downright dictatorial. 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 in the rest...

... that view the fusion of state and private interests in China as a threat to their own national security. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 China economic policy communism capitalism business Xi Jinping “In a party-state capitalist system, the state’s...

... 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. Both works appeared long after Xu Zhangrun had been put on notice...