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China's 'comeback' needs more than a policy reversal

When President Joe Biden took office in 2021, his first message to the rest of the world was: "America is back". Having assumed his third term as general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October, President Xi Jinping appears to be issuing a similar proclamation.

Bangkok Post

Xi’s authority dented by sudden Covid U-turn, but grip on power is as strong as ever

Analysts say Xi has consolidated power so successfully that he is in effect the Communist party. With no opposition, it doesn’t matter if he makes mistakes

The Guardian - UK

China's population is now inexorably shrinking, bringing forward the day the planet's population turns down

China’s National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what researchers such as myself have long suspected – that 2022 was the year China’s population turned down, the first time that has happened since the great famine brought on by Chinese leader Mao Zedong in 1959-1961.

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China's Xi solidified grip on power during tumultuous 2022

Xi Jinping secured an historic third leadership term in October, emerging as China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong, bolstered by a Politburo Standing Committee stacked with allies and no successor-in-waiting to challenge him.

Reuters

A South Korean trajectory for China's capital?

In October, the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China endorsed another five-year term for President Xi Jinping, effectively ending the practice of limiting the presidency to two terms. It was thus also an unmistakable break with the tradition of collective leadership established in the late 1970s after the…

Bangkok Post

How did China surpass Thailand?

Thailand revolutionised its political and administrative systems in 1932, well before China, which did not start until 1949. The shared drive for this revolution was the economic hardship of the populace. Both Thailand and China were poor nations. Their economy stagnated and was under the control of the privileged groups,…

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'The return of goodwill'

Reflections on 50 years of China-Australia relations through the eyes of two people who have been at the centre from the start.

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'No conflicting interests'

Fifty years ago today, Australia established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Here's a look back at the key moments that landed us where we are today.

ABC News

50 years after Gough Whitlam established diplomatic relations with China, what has changed?

In the annals of Australian foreign policy, it is arguable that no moment in history has been as significant as December 21 1972. With the possible exception of the ANZUS Treaty of 1951, no other document matches the formal agreement establishing full diplomatic relations between Australia and China 50 years…

The Conversation

China v Jimmy Lai: a tycoon, a trial and the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law

The pro-democracy figure has been subjected to a ‘travesty of justice’ because the Communist party regards his power as a threat, experts believe

The Guardian - UK

Jiang Zemin: Leader who guided China’s rise to economic power

Under Jiang’s tutelage, China had its longest period of stable economic growth under Communist rule

The Independent UK

Out of deep freeze: just how real is the thaw in Australia’s relationship with China?

Recent meetings have eased tensions, but ongoing differences mean there’s still a long way to put relationship on solid footing

The Guardian - AU

China: Jiang Zemin's death officially buries Deng Xiaoping era of fast reforms

Sirens wailed across China as the Communist Party eulogised late leader Jiang Zemin Tuesday, hailing him as a patriot who "dedicated his life" to the country. But the official press didn't elaborate much on his economic feats – institgated by Jiang's patron Deng Xiaoping, the man who opened China up…

Radio France Internationale

Xi’s Shattered Illusion of Control

Recent protests revive a long tradition of Chinese dissent.

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China mourns former leader Jiang Zemin as funeral preparations begin

Mobile apps and state media websites turned black and white, flags on some government buildings in Beijing were at half-mast and flowers were laid late last week as China mourned the death of former leader Jiang Zemin.

Foreign Affairs

Xi Jinping in His Own Words

What China’s leader wants—and how to stop him from getting it.

The Conversation

Western leaders are divided over the future of relations with China

European Council president Charles Michel heads to Beijing on December 1, the latest in a procession of western leaders to seek an audience with Xi Jinping, in a year when the Chinese president has cemented his position as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

Los Angeles Times

Jiang Zemin, former president who guided China's rise, dies at 96

Jiang Zemin, the unlikely former leader who stewarded China through groundbreaking economic reforms and served as a bridge between the country's strongman era and a more consensus-driven government, has died. He was 96.

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Bangkok Post

Former China leader Jiang Zemin dead

China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, China's state news agency said.

Reuters

China's Jiang confounded doubters, mended U.S. ties

Plucked from obscurity to head China's ruling Communist Party after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was expected to be just another transitional figurehead, destined to be a footnote in history.

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What’s behind angry protests against China’s ‘deadly’ Covid restrictions

In today’s newsletter: A timeline of increasing dissent as Chinese citizens demand ‘food, not PCR tests’ and blame Xi Jinping’s government for restrictions they say have cost lives

The Guardian - UK

What happens when humans meddle with nature?

Seven ways in which our destruction of the natural world has led to deadly outcomes

Foreign Affairs

Xi Jinping and the Paradox of Power

What Mao’s failures reveal about centralizing control.

Foreign Affairs

The Return of Red China

Xi Jinping brings back Marxism.

Reason

November 7 as Victims of Communism Day—2022

I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose. But November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus.

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