Tag: 18th Party Congress 2012

• Foreign Policy under China’s New Leaders: What India can Expect

  While India must continue its own defence modernization and engage in partnership and cooperation with the United States and with China’s neighbours, it must also simultaneously be willing to work with China’s leadership on a broad range of economic, political, military and social issues.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  29 November 2012

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  18th Party Congress 2012, Af-Pak, boundary dispute, Central Military Commission (CMC), Chinese foreign policy, Hu Jintao, Pakistan, South Asia, Tibet, United States, US ‘rebalancing’, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang

• New Leadership in China: Quo Vadis Political Reform?

  More than the challenges of political reforms, it appears the Communist Party of China fears a return to the populism and demagoguery of the Mao era.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  27 November 2012

  Comparative Politics, Political Parties

  18th Party Congress 2012, Bo Xilai, Central Military Commission (CMC), Communist Party of China (CPC), corruption, democracy, economic reforms, Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, nepotism, Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC), princelings, Wang Qishan, Xi Jinping

• Post-China’s 18th Party Congress: Socioeconomic Challenges Paramount

  The fifth generation of the CPC leadership in China faces severe domestic challenges, chief among them, widespread corruption, increasing inequality, rising unemployment and growing regional disparities.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  26 November 2012

  Comparative Politics, Political Parties

  18th Party Congress 2012, Communist Party of China (CPC), corruption, CPI (M), economic reforms, Hu Jintao, hukou system, income inequality, Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC), regional disparities, unemployment, Wen Jiabao, Xi Jinping

• Leadership Change in China and Implications for India

  The 17th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China that took place in October 2007 was notable for the beginning of the transition to the so-called fifth generation of China’s leaders. It is important to analyze these leadership changes both for what they reveal about the Chinese domestic political system and for their possible…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  24 August 2011

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  17th Party Congress 2007, 18th Party Congress 2012, Communist Party of China (CPC), democracy, Hu Jintao, Li Keqiang, Sino-Indian relations, Wen Jiabao, Xi Jinping