Month: September 2011

  • Two plausible views of Xi Jinping's rise prove we're clueless

    Is Chinese Vice President and presumptive next President Xi Jinping a hard-liner who will return China to confrontations with the west? Or could it be that only a hard-liner could convince domestic nationalists that a more cooperative stance is beneficial to the CCP and the Chinese people? Bruce Gilley argues Xi could end the reform…