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    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
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      China After Mao by Frank Dikötter — the grand deception

      A detailed unpicking of the illusion China’s rulers perpetuate that the country’s economic growth has been driven by reform

    • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      China’s chaotic regulatory crackdown reflects splits among policymakers

      Rival factions vie for influence under Xi Jinping evoking battles of Mao Zedong era

    • Friday, 24 September, 2021
      Chinese corruption
      Chinese booze baron jailed for life in latest warning to tycoons

      The maker of Mao’s beloved ‘baijiu’ became enmeshed with Xi Jinping’s anti-graft crusade

    • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
      ReviewHistory books
      Truth and daring in retelling Mao’s China

      Yang Jisheng’s formidable investigation of the Cultural Revolution is a work of breathtaking courage

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      ReviewGovernment of China
      China: The Bubble That Never Pops, by Thomas Orlik

      Beijing is neither about to collapse nor take over the world

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      Voices from the Chinese Century, edited by Timothy Cheek, David Ownby and Joshua Fogel

      A translation of the political opinions shaping China’s public discourse

    • Monday, 15 April, 2019
      Gideon Rachman
      Why Donald Trump is great news for Xi Jinping

      The US president has disarmed America in the battle of ideas

    • Tuesday, 22 May, 2018
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      China tightens grip on restive western region

      Paramilitaries expand land reclamation and demographic dilution of Uighurs in Xinjiang

    • Sunday, 11 March, 2018
      Chinese politics & policy
      China votes to allow Xi Jinping to rule for life

      National People’s Congress approves amendment abolishing two-term limit for president

    • Friday, 9 March, 2018
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      Kim Jong Un offers Donald Trump his ‘Nixon in China’ moment

      Just as Mao meeting was all about the Soviets, these talks will be all about China

    • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
      The Big ReadChinese politics & policy
      Xi Jinping and China’s ‘good emperor, bad emperor’ problem

      President must prove he can govern complex society despite increasing centralisation of power

    • Monday, 26 February, 2018
      The FT ViewChinese politics & policy
      Xi Jinping’s power grab demands a clear western response

      The end of presidential term limits in China has global implications

    • Sunday, 11 February, 2018
      The Big ReadCharles Clover
      Xi takes aim at military in anti-graft drive

      The president’s campaign has bitten deep into the PLA with thousands of officers probed and hundreds detained

    • Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
      FT SeriesChina: the soft superpower
      West grows wary of China’s influence game

      Governments are worried about Beijing’s efforts to shape opinion of its authoritarian system

    • Monday, 18 December, 2017
      James Kynge
      Year in a Word: Xi Thought

      China’s leader takes his position alongside Mao in the Communist party pantheon

    • Tuesday, 12 December, 2017
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      China’s ‘new era’ presages a golden age — or risks chaos

      Xi Jinping seeks to turn dynastic power cycles to his advantage

    • Thursday, 23 November, 2017
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    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
      Martin Wolf
      The challenge of Xi Jinping’s Leninist autocracy

      Democracies have to recognise their failures to counter a China that sees itself as an ideological rival

    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2017
      The FT ViewChinese politics & policy
      China tilts back towards a cult of personality

      The west must be alert to Beijing exporting an authoritarian model

    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2017
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      Xi breaks with China tradition to cement his huge power

      With no clear successor, president stands at the beginning of a new era of dominance

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      Xi Jinping confirmed as China’s most powerful leader since Mao

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2017
      Special ReportEducating the Next Chinese Business Leaders
      Elite business schools in China braced for intervention

      Professors report more scrutiny, but masters students escape ideological pressure

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2017
      Chinese politics & policy
      China cracks down on Mao critics

      Communist party action comes amid left-right rancour over political tightening

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