Can Xi’s Rising Power Head Off War on the Korean Peninsula?
For this last week of 2017, we asked our experts to predict what they see for the year ahead. CIA veteran and Asia hand Amb. […] More
Xi Jinping
Trump and Xi Click But National Rivalries Simmer
U.S. President Donald Trump responded to a flamboyant welcome by Chinese President Xi Jinping with effusive praise, as the two leaders presented a united front […] More
Xi Jinping Proclaims China is Entering a ‘New Era’
On Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping revealed the six other members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo (PBSC) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). […] More
Beijing Tightens Party Discipline as Xi Rises
China’s 19th Party Congress begins Wednesday in Beijing. The Congress occurs every five years, and is an opportunity to understand the Chinese leadership’s vision for […] More
Fear and Loyalty at China’s 19th Communist Party Congress
China, in all probability, will be even more belligerent after its historic 19th Communist Party Congress, which starts today, Wednesday, in Beijing. At the Congress, […] More
Chinese Communist Party Conference: Certain Present, Uncertain Future
All eyes are on Beijing Wednesday as the 19th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) begins. Carefully choreographed by the most central players […] More
Path Not Preordained: A Profile of China’s Xi Jinping
In 2000, Xi Jinping, the then relatively unknown (outside of China) Governor of Fujian, gave a rare interview to a Chinese newspaper. In this interview, […] More
Back to Basics: Staying Ahead of China
Compared to China, ISIS amounts to a nasty swarm of gnats. Compared to China, Russia comes across as a cranky old man (with a shotgun). […] More
China’s Supremo
Since coming to power in 2012, China’s Xi Jinping has reforged the Chinese Communist Party with his anti-corruption campaign and his accumulation of titles. In […] More
The Party Endures: China and the World in 2016
Editor’s Note: Over the coming days, The Cipher Brief presents some of our most incisive coverage on key issues of 2016 and a look ahead […] More
Did Mideast Crises Hamper Obama's Asia Pivot?
With the incoming Trump presidency, much ink has been spilled regarding the “end” of President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia. The pivot was centered on […] More
China's Economy: Great Power, Great Responsibility
For roughly 30 years, China’s “economic miracle” has catapulted the once-impoverished country from relative backwater to global economic juggernaut. Driven by export-led growth and massive […] More
Beijing's Inefficient Economics Policies
Since the liberalizing economic reforms implemented by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, the Chinese economy has grown at an average annual rate of nearly 10 percent. […] More
Job Creation in the Age of Globalization: Trump and Xi's Shared Challenge
President-elect Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping have more in common than they currently realize. Both want to make their countries “great again,” and both […] More
China's Fall 2016 Latin America Charm Offensive
In recent months, the People’s Republic of China has successfully faced and largely overcome a significant crisis in its relationships with Latin America, even while […] More
What’s at Stake in the South China Sea?
As the G20 summit in China came to a close, something far more worrisome than Air Force One’s stairway gaff overshadowed the summit. The Philippines […] More
China Wants Everything, But Its Sea Claims Are More ‘Core’
In Asia, there is now a “whiff of 1914,” a reference by Australian University Professor Hugh White to the lead up to World War One. […] More
The Prospects are Bleak
U.S. – China relations have deteriorated appreciably over the past few years. The prospect for improved relations are bleak, with a strong likelihood that bilateral […] More