Search Result for "Minxin Pei" Showing 1 - 9 of 9 results
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A Tiananmen solution in Hong Kong?
Asia focus, Minxin Pei, Published on 02/09/2019
» The crisis in Hong Kong appears to be careening toward a devastating climax. With China's government now using rhetoric reminiscent of the warnings that preceded...
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The lasting tragedy of the Tiananmen massacre
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 03/06/2019
» China's progress toward an open society ended when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) slaughtered at least hundreds, if not thousands, of peaceful demonstrators...
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The risks of China's Taiwan policy
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 14/01/2019
» The unfolding geopolitical contest between China and the United States has been described by many as a new cold war. If it ever becomes a hot one, the flash point...
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China's Hong Kong dilemma
Asia focus, Minxin Pei, Published on 03/07/2017
» Amid the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule on July 1, Beijing has been declaring that, contrary to dire predictions,...
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TPP can still keep China on its toes
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 26/05/2017
» When US President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in January, many observers saw that decision as a boon for...
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China revives totalitarian scare tactics
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 10/02/2016
» China is once again gripped by fear in a way it has not been since the era of Mao Zedong. From the inner sanctum of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to university...
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Can Xi-Obama summit salvage relations?
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 23/09/2015
» As Chinese President Xi Jinping begins his trip to the United States in Seattle, home to many of the world's leading technology firms, most observers are looking...
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Soviet lessons for Chinese purges
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 18/08/2015
» On Aug 1, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) celebrated its 88th anniversary. But the country's 2.3 million soldiers have little to cheer about. On the eve...
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China's futile war on Western values
Asia focus, Minxin Pei, Published on 16/02/2015
» The news from China these days is mostly depressing, owing to the government's escalating crackdown on its critics. But what few observers — particularly economic...