By “expert” I mean, of course, not me but Mark Cohen, a leading authority in all matters relating to Chinese…
There is a saying in Chinese about tossing out a brick in order to attract jade (抛砖引玉). It means to…
More bad news for those who claim that China’s political system is of no concern to those outside of China:…
The internet is awash with analyses of the US-China trade deal; here’s a very good one from Weihuan Zhou and…
Here are the English and Chinese texts of the trade agreement signed yesterday. I’ve archived them at the perma.cc site…
What is the Central Party CCGAL? It is a newly established decision-making body at the highest rank that is mandated…
China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has just promulgated regulations on how to go about the official designation of particular…
Just yesterday (Dec. 9) I wrote about the Kovrig/Spavor cases, noting that the deadline for the police to forward the…
Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the detentions of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Both were formally arrested (逮捕) apparently…
Here’s a very informative post on this at the NPC Observer blog.