The Year of the Horse is being celebrated with unusual extravagance. Why Beijing is extending the holidays – and why anything goes when it comes to tapping the “spirit of dragon and horse” (龙马精神).
By Johnny Erling
Xinjiang has a new top security official. The 52-year-old Wang Gang takes over the powerful security and control post in the high-risk region.
By Julia Fiedler
The vice chair of Taiwan’s opposition party Kuomintang met with CP chief ideologist Wang Huning, among others, in Beijing. Meanwhile, Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te appealed for the country to follow the example of other democracies in terms of trade and the economy.
By Leonardo Pape
With an informed and deeply personal eye, Volker Häring and Christian Y. Schmidt recount their bike trip along the route of the Long March. In an era of “red tourism,” their travelogue is also strikingly relevant to the present day.
By Leonardo Pape
With the purge in the military, Xi Jinping is tightening his grip on power. The allegation of treason against the top general is being met with skepticism. Taiwan can breathe a brief sigh of relief.
By Andreas Landwehr
Chinese state media are warning party officials not to sit idle and run out the clock until the next Party congress. Inaction, they say, must be “firmly corrected”.
By Yi Ling Pan
At the 14th Party Congress, the future balance of power within the Communist Party of Vietnam will be decided. Incumbent General Secretary Tô Lâm is seeking to further consolidate his authority. An ambitious economic plan is also expected to be adopted.
By Yi Ling Pan
Gou Zhongwen, former head of the Chinese sports authority, is the fifth high-ranking politician to be sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption this year.
By Yi Ling Pan
The Chinese-American political scientist on the frustration of Chinese elites under Xi Jinping. And the question of how he could shape his succession.
By Angela Köckritz
Technologies that are still a long way from market maturity also play a role in the new Five-Year Plan. China wants to be the first in these promising industries.
By Jörn Petring
