Even more than his predecessors, Xi Jinping operates in the shadows. China has published many volumes of excerpts from his speeches. Only recently, however, has a rare leak of secret… Read more »
Beijing’s top diplomat in Hong Kong has said the city’s democratic development must be guided by the central government, adding it was time to wake up from the “American-style democracy… Read more »
Why do autocrats like Maduro, Ortega, Putin, Lukashenko, et al, take the trouble to mount elections that everyone knows are false? asks Moisés Naím, author of the forthcoming The Revenge of… Read more »
The lessons for the US from China’s ‘common prosperity’ push https://t.co/pmwVc8ABft — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) December 21, 2021 China is experiencing a slow-motion economic crisis that could undermine stability in… Read more »
Buying Influence: How China Manipulates Facebook and Twitter https://t.co/lZR8reXbPc — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) December 20, 2021 China’s government has unleashed a global online campaign to burnish its image and undercut… Read more »
China seems to be in the midst of a concerted push to re-define “democracy” in an international context, likely part of the push for a “Chinese discourse system” and telling… Read more »
The new strategic competition requires “rebuilding traditions of democratic cooperation across party lines in recognition that the United States will not be able to meet the China challenge if U.S. political… Read more »
As U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to host more than 100 participants in the initial Summit for Democracy, China – which was not invited – has increasingly talked up the… Read more »
The strategic competition between the U.S. and China is more appropriately described as a “gray war,” says a prominent observer. They find themselves in a tech-fueled arms race—with repercussions involving… Read more »
China on Monday demanded Lithuania end its newly enhanced relationship with Taiwan that has already prompted Beijing to downgrade diplomatic ties from the ambassadorial level with the EU-member nation, The… Read more »