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Articles by Kerry Brown

Wednesday 8th February

China's elite: a language deficit

Kerry Brown, 8 February 2012
Beijing is concerned by Washington's more assertive regional policy in Asia. But here as elsewhere the Chinese leadership's inability to talk to the rest of the world in a natural way blunts its capacity to respond, says Kerry Brown.
Tuesday 4th October

The three laws of Chinese politics

Kerry Brown, 4 October 2011
China is moving towards a major leadership transition in 2012. A process that looks opaque is governed by clear if unwritten rules, says Kerry Brown.
Friday 29th July

China’s great transition: the next party

Kerry Brown, 29 July 2011
A month that began in China with official celebrations of the communist party’s ninetieth anniversary ends with furious public criticism over its reaction to a fatal train disaster. The contrast symbolises the epic political task the party is facing, says Kerry Brown.
Tuesday 21st June

Inner Mongolia: China’s turbulent secret

Kerry Brown, 21 June 2011
A protest in another of China’s ethnically mixed regions highlights both Inner Mongolia’s singular history and the Beijing government’s political neglect, says Kerry Brown.
Wednesday 6th April

Chinese democracy: the neglected story

Kerry Brown, 6 April 2011
The evolution of new forms of governance in rural China is an important if often hidden part of the country’s major transition, says Kerry Brown.
Wednesday 2nd March

China and the Egyptian rising

Kerry Brown and Cassidy Hazelbaker, 2 March 2011
The Arab democratic awakening makes China’s communist leaders nervous. But are they right to be worried, ask Kerry Brown & Cassidy Hazelbaker.
Wednesday 8th December

Hada, Liu Xiaobo, and China’s fear

Kerry Brown and Natalia Lisenkova, 8 December 2010
A powerful Chinese political elite fears those citizens who raise their voice against it. The case of a political prisoner in Inner Mongolia, as much as that of the Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, reveals the distance it has to go to temper strength with justice, say Kerry Brown & Natalia Lisenkova.
Tuesday 12th October

Liu Xiaobo and China's future

Kerry Brown, 12 October 2010
The Beijing elite’s vehement reaction to an imprisoned dissident’s Nobel award is a sign of its political vulnerability, says Kerry Brown.
Monday 11th October

China and Liu Xiaobo: the weakness of strength

Kerry Brown, 11 October 2010
The award of the Nobel peace prize to Chinese rights activist Liu Xiaobo is a landmark moment. In January 2010, Kerry Brown assessed Liu's significance - and Temtsel Hao anticipated this moment (archive)
Wednesday 15th September

China and Tony Blair: the wealth circuit

Kerry Brown, 15 September 2010
China is a favoured stopover for a former prime minister with money on his mind. But this is a game that his hosts too are playing, says Kerry Brown.
Monday 16th August

China’s next elite: 2012 and beyond

Kerry Brown and Loh Su-hsing, 16 August 2010
The transition to a new Chinese leadership has already begun. The domestic and international demands made of it will be greater than ever. But the character of the emerging generation will severely constrain its ability to cope, say Kerry Brown & Loh Su-hsing.
Tuesday 8th June

China and America: the uses of vulnerability

Kerry Brown, 8 June 2010
Chinese politics exist on an economic cliff-edge. This makes the outcome of a contest within the country’s elite decisive, not least for the future relationship with the United States, says Kerry Brown.
Thursday 25th March

China: inside strain, outside spleen

Kerry Brown, 25 March 2010
The increasingly combative global stance of China’s political authorities is connected to the intense ferment of Chinese society in the society it governs, says Kerry Brown.
Wednesday 3rd February

Gao Zhisheng and China's question

Kerry Brown, 3 February 2010
The disappearance of a Chinese lawyer after his arrest by China’s security agents amplifies the wider dilemma of the country’s political elite, says Kerry Brown.
Monday 7th December

North Korea’s fate, Chimerica’s test

Jiyoung Song and Kerry Brown, 7 December 2009
Barack Obama’s tour of east Asia highlights a shared leadership challenge over North Korea’s nuclear and political future, say Kerry Brown & Jiyoung Song.
Tuesday 27th October

Chimerica: Obama visits Beijing

Kerry Brown, 27 October 2009
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.
Thursday 17th September

China’s shadow sector: power in pieces

Kerry Brown, 17 September 2009
Much of China is run by local gangs pursuing their private interest. This is the party's key test
Tuesday 14th July

Xinjiang: China’s security high-alert

Kerry Brown, 14 July 2009
The challenge of Xinjiang to Beijing's authority exceeds even that of Tibet
Wednesday 3rd June

China’s Tiananmen moment: the party rules

Kerry Brown, 3 June 2009
The crisis of 1989 in Beijing was for China’s elite a brutal lesson in long-term political control
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