Contemporary Chinese Society’s Ideological Splits – Xu Youyu (徐友渔)
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The tightening grip of China’s new leadership was further put on display by the recent revelation of Document No. 9, an internal CCP document warning cadres against embracing political liberalism. Amid...
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Any speculation that the Xi administration would foster an environment welcoming political reform has been all but annihilated by an ongoing crackdown on liberalism that has targeted China’s media,...
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After colleagues voted to expel economics professor Xia Yeliang from his post at Peking University last year, conflicting testimonials on the reason for his dismissal quickly arose. While the...
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In April, liberal Beijing magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu’s chief editor Yang Jisheng was reportedly visited by retired officials from Xinhua and the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection. After...
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Following the recent U.S. airstrikes on Syria, Chinese state media denounced the move by President Trump, staying true to Beijing’s commitment to non-interference. Responding to a question on whether...
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Early on in Xi Jinping’s ongoing campaign to enforce ideological orthodoxy throughout the Party and society at large, the president identified university campuses as important venues to “strengthen and...
View ArticleSun Liping (孙立平): Between Civilization and Barbarism
Tsinghua University Professor of Sociology Sun Liping last week launched the WeChat public account “Sun Liping’s Social Observations” (孙立平社会观察). In his first post, he provides an introduction to his...
View ArticleThe End of the End of History
Robert Kagan, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writes in The New Republic about a changing world in which Russia and China are proving that autocratic rule is a...
View ArticleFeng Chongyi: Charter 08 and China’s Troubled Liberalism
For Asia Times, Feng Chongyi, associate professor in China studies at the University of Technology, Sydney and adjunct professor of history, Nankai University, Tianjin, has a lengthy analysis of...
View ArticleBoundlessly Loyal to the Great Monster
An ideological battle between left and right has been in the spotlight lately, especially with the “red culture” campaign by Bo Xilai in Chongqing. The Economist reports on a group of leftists who are...
View ArticleThe Ancient Roots of Chinese Liberalism: Response
At The Useless Tree, Sam Crane responds to Liu Junning’s exploration of “The Ancient Roots of Chinese Liberalism” in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: I am sure that serious students of Chinese...
View ArticleWhy China’s Riches Won’t Bring It Freedom
At Bloomberg View, Pankaj Mishra examines China’s challenge to the advance of liberal democracy and its relationship with economic growth. “Development is the only hard truth,” Deng claimed. “If we do...
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