Hu Jintao

Bo Scandal 'Isolated Case'

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

By Benjamin Kang Lim and Chris Buckley BEIJING, May 25 (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao has demanded senior Communist Party off...

A Renewed Ambition for Sino-French Relations

David Gosset | Posted 05.16.2012

David Gosset

The world is greatly benefiting from the French and Chinese humanistic traditions, but in a century of unprecedented interdependence, it is the quality of their articulation which can make a difference.

Blind Activist Cries Danger As China Hints At Solution

AP | GILLIAN WONG and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.05.2012

UPDATE at 8:20 am ET: The AP reports that Chen has secured a fellowship at a U.S. university and is expected to be permitted to travel soon. By GIL...

Chinese Corruption Party Undermines China's Stability

Cleo Paskal | Posted 04.30.2012

Cleo Paskal

Corruption is literally built into the foundations of modern China. The construction and infrastructure sectors are two of the most corrupt in country, putting at risk China's vaunted development, and also potentially endangering its neighbors.

Bo Xilai Reportedly Spied On Top China Officials

New York Times | Posted 04.25.2012

BEIJING — When Hu Jintao, China’s top leader, picked up the telephone last August to talk to a senior anticorruption official visiting Chongqing, ...

India's Cold Shoulder for Tibet

Sourav Roy | Posted 04.10.2012

Sourav Roy

While Tsundue emerges as the modern-day Che Guevara for Tibetan youth, Dalai Lama springs hope in the hearts of thousands of Tibetan exiles. But, the billion-dollar question is, what stand is India adopting over Tibet in modern times?

Obama Urges North Korea To 'Pursue Peace'

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2012

SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama said Tuesday the threat of nuclear weapons remains a potent challenge for the globe to confront, tel...

A Pritzker Prize With Chinese Characteristics

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 05.12.2012

Julian Baird Gewirtz

Wang Shu's work stands for, and the Pritzker jury statement sides with, one set of possibilities for China's future -- bold, forward-thinking development that is tempered by awareness of China's remarkable and distinctive past.

Our Man in Beijing?

John Feffer | Posted 04.23.2012

John Feffer

Sure, a Chinese leader might like American basketball or admire American business. But the essential fact is that he leads a political, economic, and military apparatus dedicated to preserving itself and the country's territorial integrity.

How to Mend U.S.-China Ties

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 04.16.2012

Jayshree Bajoria

China's Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States is being closely watched by policymakers to gain insight into China's likely future leader ahead of the transition beginning later this year.

Liu Xia's Forbidden Photos Coming To NYC

AP | By ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 02.08.2012

NEW YORK -- Liu Xia is a forbidden artist whose work is censored in her native China. The photographer, who is under house arrest, uses life-like doll...

Intellectual Containment and U.S.-China Relations

Philip Seib | Posted 04.04.2012

Philip Seib

For those attentive to the ongoing intellectual Cold War between the United States and China, Hu's recent words suggest the need for an American equivalent of George Kennan's "X" article of 1947.

Moscow or Beijing?

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 03.26.2012

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

2012 begins with the Russian and Chinese constellations once again falling into alignment.

China's New Cultural Revolution

Michael Levy | Posted 03.12.2012

Michael Levy

One thing we can count on is a revamped effort at censorship, Big Brother surveillance, and thought control. This may sound like hyperbole, but it isn't; President Hu Jintao has, in fact, been very blunt on these points.

"Scientific Development" and China's Leadership Transition

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 03.05.2012

Julian Baird Gewirtz

The coming year will see China's leadership transition from a decade under President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao to a new cadre of younger leaders.

Chinese President: Hostile Forces Seek To Westernize Country

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 03.04.2012

BEIJING — Chinese President Hu Jintao has told Communist Party members that hostile forces abroad are trying to westernize and divide the countr...

Kim Jong Il's Visit To China And Russia

Posted 02.17.2012

The deceased leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il visited both China and Russia as recently as this past August. As the Associated Press notes, he appear...

Why I Can't Love Benetton's Unhate

Sandip Roy | Posted 01.17.2012

Sandip Roy

When USSR's Leonid Brezhnev kissed East Germany's Erich Honecker in 1979, that was a kiss. When Obama kisses Hu Jintao, that's just an ad for Benetton. It only serves to remind us that the revolution will not be photoshopped.

U.S. Pacific "Pivot" -- A New Cold War?

Joshua S. Goldstein | Posted 01.16.2012

Joshua S. Goldstein

Strategically, the United States has nothing to gain from clumsy moves to "contain" China. It has everything to gain from a cooperative partnership with the rising power and economic success that is China today.

Obama Says No To World Summit Tradition

AP | JAYMES SONG | Posted 01.13.2012

HONOLULU — Chinese President Hu Jintao in pastels and plumerias? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sporting pineapples and palm trees? It didn't...

Chinese Leader: Chinese Currency Not Causing U.S. Economic Woes

Posted 11.13.2011

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. trade and employment problems would not be solved by even a major appreciation of China's yuan versus the dollar, Chinese...

Time to Think Differently About China

Chai Ling | Posted 01.12.2012

Chai Ling

What will Hu Jianto and President Obama discuss during his visit? The dire case of Chen Guangcheng, whose life hangs in the balance, the millions of lives China's One-Child Policy is "preventing" -- or simply business?

Obama In Hawaii For Diplomatic Talks

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 01.12.2012

HONOLULU — Searching for help, President Barack Obama lobbied the skeptical leaders of Russia and China on Saturday for support in keeping Iran ...

Obama Tops Forbes List Of The World's Most Powerful People

Forbes | Posted 01.02.2012

The 70 who matter include heads of state, business and religious leaders, opinion makers and criminals. ...

Why 2012 Will Shake Up Asia and the World

John Feffer | Posted 12.04.2011

John Feffer

The United States has long styled itself a Pacific power. It has, however, reached the high-water mark of its Pacific presence and influence. The geopolitical map is about to be redrawn.