Kerry Brown is an associate fellow of Chatham House. He is the author of Struggling Giant: China in the 21st Century (Anthem Press, 2007) and Friends and Enemies: The Past, Present and Future of the Communist Party of China (Anthem Press, forthcoming 2009). His website is here

Recent articles

Barack Obama’s achievement has been to improve the United States-China relationship while unsettling China’s elite by offering it co-superpower status. North Korea is a test of Beijing’s resulting dilemma, says Kerry Brown.

(This article was first published on 27 October 2009)

A month-long tour of China reveals great swathes of the country under the effective sway of local gangs and thugs ruling according to private interest. After the country’s imminent sixtieth-birthday party this should be Hu Jintao’s top priority, says Kerry Brown.

(This article was first published on 14 September 2009)

The challenge of Xinjiang to China’s central government authority exceeds even that of Tibet, says Kerry Brown.

The crisis of 1989 in Beijing was for China’s elite a brutal lesson in long-term political control, says Kerry Brown.

The inner-party competition to succeed Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao is already underway, finds Kerry Brown on the road between Shanghai and Changsha.