Image: On May 11, 2020, CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the Yungang Grottoes [云冈石窟] near Datong City (Shanxi Province) to...

On 30 November, People’s Republic of China (PRC) state press announced a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo meeting held the same...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous stress on many of the world’s government budgets. The world’s poorest countries in particular are...

[Xi Jinping delivers a short speech at Xi’an Jiaotong University on 22 April, 2020: WATCH HERE] The final weeks of April were an...

[People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang] Over the last two years, I’ve written pieces for this blog about how debt accumulation and...

As Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads throughout the globe, rumors and misinformation regarding the illness are keeping pace...

This two-part series analyzes past, present, and future trends in China’s resource-backed loans. Part I looked at why China made frequent...

This two-part series analyzes past, present, and future trends in China’s resource-backed loans. This installment (Part I) looks at why...

[A translated excerpt from a propaganda cartoon published by China’s anti-corruption body featuring party cadres questioning emergency...

During the Politburo’s 40th Collective Study Session in April 2017, President Xi delivered a speech on strengthening the Party’s...