china & the world

China's hosting of the Olympic games in 2008 symbolises its global rise. openDemocracy writers around the world reflect on their own country's relationship with the new superpower.
Wednesday 14th December

Chinese companies under scrutiny in Zimbabwe

Andrew Mambondiyani, 14 December 2011
Ten years into the Look East policy, Zimbabwe is showing itself to be a not-so-satisfied customer of Chinese investment.
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 26th July

The Uyghurs, China and central Asia

Henryk Szadziewski, 26 July 2011
The growing bonds between central Asian states and China have a human-rights cost for Uyghurs across the region, says Henryk Szadziewski.
Thursday 26th May

China: the next military rival

Paul Rogers, 26 May 2011
The death of Osama bin Laden is a crucial military-political opportunity for Barack Obama. But the United States defence complex has Beijing and budgets on its mind.
Saturday 7th May

Tibet: democracy and wisdom

Ramin Jahanbegloo, 7 May 2011
The Dalai Lama's impending retirement symbolises an important transition in the life of Tibet's political-national community. The process underway clarifies both the nature of Tibetan governance and the challenges it must address in face of China's power, says Ramin Jahanbegloo.
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 17th November

Repression’s paradox in China

Lester R. Kurtz, 17 November 2010
From the authoritarian’s perspective, internal dissidents are easy to deal with – put them in jail, have them disappeared, exiled, or executed. It is not so easy to silence the prestigious Nobel committee, however, let alone the international community. Of course, that is exactly why Professor Liu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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 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.
Monday 12th July

Mao Zedong in video-history's gaze

Temtsel Hao, 12 July 2010
A schoolteacher’s witty online lectures on Chinese history have earned both adulation and scorn. But when Yuan Tengfei breaks the taboo on Chairman Mao, his irreverence becomes political provocation. Temtsel Hao reports.
Monday 5th July

The Uyghur voice: 2009-10, and beyond

Henryk Szadziewski, 5 July 2010
The violent protests of July 2009 in Urumchi revealed deep-rooted problems in Beijing’s policy towards the Uyghur people of Xinjiang region in China’s far west. The path to resolution can only be unblocked by acknowledging the Uyghurs’ right to speak, says Henryk Szadziewski.
Tuesday 4th May

China’s seasonal politics

Temtsel Hao, 4 May 2010
The changing shape of China’s cultural calendar raises sensitive questions of politics, class and ethnicity that its authorities can only evade, says Temtsel Hao.
Thursday 29th April

Vietnam and China: shoals ahead

Sophie Quinn-Judge, 29 April 2010
A rumble of popular discontent in Vietnam over territorial and environmental issues signals a new phase in the old relationship between Hanoi and Beijing, says Sophie Quinn-Judge.
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 24th March

Kashgar’s old city: landscape of loss

Henryk Szadziewski, 24 March 2010
The Chinese authorities’ continuing demolition of the urban heartland of Uyghur society is also the outward face of a deeper dispossession, says Henryk Szadziewski.
Wednesday 24th February

A new approach to human rights (and China)

William A Callahan, 24 February 2010
The focus of dialogue with Beijing about human rights should shift from enforcing universal laws towards building a shared moral identity, says William A Callahan.
Tuesday 5th January

A brave new world?

Andy Yee, 5 January 2010
Is there a good response to China's ‘resilient capitalist authoritarianism’?
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
Wednesday 5th August

China-Turkey and Xinjiang: a frayed relationship

Matti Nojonen and Igor Torbakov, 5 August 2009
The violence in China’s far-west region has chilled the relationship between two rising world powers
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