China‘s President Xi Jinping is expected to push through an historical resolution at a key Communist Party gathering next week, cementing his authority and legacy and strengthening his case for… Read more »
Though it may be surprising to many, democracies have proved that they have the edge in many aspects of the COVID crisis, including the initial containment of spread and compliance… Read more »
If China appears to be in a hurry, that’s because its rise is almost over, according to Michael Beckley and Hal Brands. China’s multidecade ascent was aided by strong tailwinds… Read more »
Democracies should should emphasize, not ignore the ideological dimension of the contest with China, according to a leading commentator. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday constituted… Read more »
“China gave us the virus. And the free world gave us the vaccines.” the chess champion and democracy advocate Garry Kasparov told the NYT’s Bret Stephens. You don’t have to… Read more »
New educational guidelines lay out how schools should approach issues such as the controversial national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong last year. Among other topics, students as young… Read more »
Britain’s media regulator on Thursday revoked a Chinese TV licence after it concluded that the Chinese Communist Party had ultimate editorial responsibility for the channel while Beijing lodged an official… Read more »
Emergency measures to curtail the coronavirus pandemic took tolls on democratic freedoms around the world last year, with setbacks in the West even as some Asian countries made progress, a… Read more »
When Joe Biden left the White House in early 2017, democracy faced challenges in Latin America, especially in the countries that embraced 21st century socialism (Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and… Read more »
If the U.S. and China are strategic competitors, then judging by the last 12 months, China is winning, the Wall Street Journal’s Greg Ip writes. Its centralized, authoritarian model has been… Read more »