Halfway through China’s 20th Party Congress and the news has been fairly predictable.   Xi Jinping’s opening speech on October 16 was long on self-promotion and ideology, but actually about one hour shorter in terms of delivery time when compared with his grand...

The attention given to China’s upcoming Party Congress far exceeds that preceding any other event in the modern (post-Mao) history of the CCP. The focus has spanned the gamut — from leadership and ideological doctrine to the internal policy debate and China’s...

Last week, I provided a general overview of the upcoming 20th Party Congress, always China’s most widely watched political event.  I stressed that in this case, the focus will be less on ideology and policy (unlike the 19th Party Congress in 2017, which saw the...