Tag: Communist Party of China (CPC)

• China and Vietnam: Neither Thick Friends nor Constant Antagonists

  There is a tripwire of caution built into the Sino-Vietnamese relationship, perhaps more so, on the Vietnamese side.

• Taiwan’s 9-in-1 Election Results: Warning for the KMT-CPC Relationship

  The end-November local election results on Taiwan suggest that China will have to both rethink the scope and recalibrate the pace of its embrace of the island

• 4th Plenum: Towards Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics

  The Decision of the 4th Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC is arguing that there is no one-size fits-all approach to democracy or governance

• Hong Kong’s Occupy Central: Of Democracy, ‘Law’, and Identity

  What are the Hong Kong protests about and how do they impact developments elsewhere in China’s periphery and within the country itself? What link do the protests have with India?

• China and Narendra Modi

  Does Narendra Modi’s decisive electoral victory hold significance for Chinese domestic politics? And what is China’s approach going to be to Prime Minister Modi?

• China’s 2014 NPC: Long Road to Economic Restructuring

  Even as India’s 15th Lok Sabha ended its tenure with the reputation of having conducted the least business among all its predecessors, in China, the NPC has become increasingly active

• 3rd Plenum, 18th CC: A Reformist Agenda but Challenges Ahead

  The communiqué issued at the end of the Plenum left many observers disappointed, but the follow-up 60-point “Decision” contained several important economic reform measures.

• China in South Asia: Influence and Feedback

  Presentation made at the British High Commission, New Delhi, 22 August 2013

• Centre-Province Relations in Contemporary China

  Stronger and more autonomous provincial economies have in the reform era, led to increasingly assertive provincial governments but to assume this has come entirely at the expense of the central government would be a mistake.