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A detailed unpicking of the illusion China’s rulers perpetuate that the country’s economic growth has been driven by reform
Rival factions vie for influence under Xi Jinping evoking battles of Mao Zedong era
The maker of Mao’s beloved ‘baijiu’ became enmeshed with Xi Jinping’s anti-graft crusade
Yang Jisheng’s formidable investigation of the Cultural Revolution is a work of breathtaking courage
Beijing is neither about to collapse nor take over the world
A translation of the political opinions shaping China’s public discourse
The US president has disarmed America in the battle of ideas
Paramilitaries expand land reclamation and demographic dilution of Uighurs in Xinjiang
National People’s Congress approves amendment abolishing two-term limit for president
Just as Mao meeting was all about the Soviets, these talks will be all about China
President must prove he can govern complex society despite increasing centralisation of power
The end of presidential term limits in China has global implications
The president’s campaign has bitten deep into the PLA with thousands of officers probed and hundreds detained
Governments are worried about Beijing’s efforts to shape opinion of its authoritarian system
China’s leader takes his position alongside Mao in the Communist party pantheon
Xi Jinping seeks to turn dynastic power cycles to his advantage
Democracies have to recognise their failures to counter a China that sees itself as an ideological rival
The west must be alert to Beijing exporting an authoritarian model
With no clear successor, president stands at the beginning of a new era of dominance
President’s name written into Communist party constitution at start of second 5-year term
Professors report more scrutiny, but masters students escape ideological pressure
Communist party action comes amid left-right rancour over political tightening
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