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September 16, 2010

China
A Pleasant Surprise While in China...Then Back to Reality

Last week when I was in Beijing, I had a pleasant surprise. Everyone was talking about the new and improved U.S.-China relationship. Chinese officials were calling the visit of senior U.S. official…

Donilon, Summers Meet with Li Yuanchao in Beijing

October 25, 2012

China
Will the Real Chinese Leaders Please Stand Up?

For more than two decades beginning in 1956, CBS and then NBC aired a television show “To Tell the Truth,” in which a panel of celebrities attempted to identify which one of three contestants was tel…

China's Guangdong Province Party Secretary Wang Yang (R) smiles next to Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang at the second plenary meeting of the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 8, 2012.

November 5, 2012

China
The 18th Party Congress: A Setback for President Hu?

Two days after the U.S. presidential election, 2270 delegates will gather in Beijing for the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th Congress. The meeting will not only select a new generation of leaders but …

China's President Hu arrives for the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing

October 29, 2012

China
The ’New York Times’ Takedown of Wen Jiabao and What It Means

No doubt about it, David Barboza of the New York Times has achieved a journalistic coup. His deep dive into the financial wherewithal of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s family exposed a total net worth …

China's Premier Wen Jiabao attends the second plenary meeting of the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 8, 2012.

November 15, 2012

China
China’s New Leaders: No Reform Dream Team

Let’s face it. China’s 18th Party Congress was a heartbreaker. In terms of personnel, it was a triumph of the Party’s conservative clique; and in terms of policy, it was a victory for more of the sam…

China's new Politburo Standing Committee members Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yunshan, Zhang Dejiang, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Yu Zhengsheng and Wang Qishan, line up as they meet with press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 15, 2012.