China’s recently unveiled Global Governance Initiative (GGI) differs from earlier calls to reform the global order in terms of the scope and drive for change. Beijing now seeks a leading role on the world stage either with the US playing a diminished role or without the US. But global reception to the GGI hinges on…
Today, China will host a massive military parade along Changan Avenue in central Beijing, showcasing the country’s latest and most advanced weapons to commemorate the 80th anniversary of China’s victory over Japan in World War II. WATCH LIVE: Beijing marks 80th anniversary of Japan’s WWII surrender WATCH LIVE: Beijing marks 80th anniversary of Japan’s WWII…
Between late May and early June, Chinese President Xi Jinping simply disappeared. No parades. No spotlights. No front pages in People’s Daily that once displayed him daily. Instead, other senior Communist Party leaders hosted visiting dignitaries in Beijing’s grand halls. According to CNN-News18, top intelligence officials say, “Xi Jinping’s absence is not unusual, and China…
Daniel A. Bell, a Canadian political theorist specialising in Confucianism and China’s political meritocracy, is chair of political theory at the University of Hong Kong’s law faculty. He was the first foreigner to be appointed as dean of Shandong University’s school of political science and public administration, and also taught at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. In…
China’s top leaders have extended greetings to more than 100 retired Communist Party senior cadres and state leaders ahead of the coming Lunar New Year. President Xi Jinping and other state leaders either visited or deputed others to visit a total of 130 former officials in recent days, according to state news agency Xinhua. Those…
For most of the 103-year history of the Communist Party of China, the teachings of the philosopher Confucius were deemed relics of a backwards past, with its leaders looking to Marxism and socialism to modernise China. But under President Xi Jinping’s leadership, Confucianism has made a dramatic comeback as the bedrock of imperial Chinese ethics…