In this podcast, we take a deep dive into the outcomes of the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th Party Congress. Now that the dust has settled following Xi Jinping’s resounding win, we turned to two leading China-watchers to analyze the implications…
By Christopher K. Johnson, Scott Kennedy, & Qiu Mingda — As Xi Jinping’s first term ends and his second begins, it is a particularly opportune moment to evaluate the major changes he has wrought in Chinese politics. Prior to his…
By Amrita Jash — Following a temporary thaw in China-Japan relations after the 2015 Security Talks, maritime territorial tensions have ramped up again in the East China Sea. In the recent talks between Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Shinzo…
By Christopher K. Johnson Around the turn of this century, analysts of Sino-Japanese relations began characterizing the relationship between East Asia’s two biggest powers with the simple shorthand “politics cold, economics hot” to explain the awkward circumstances in which issues…
By Christopher Johnson & Scott Kennedy Q1: What was the purpose of the meeting? The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) just held the Fifth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee. Presided over by General Secretary Xi Jinping, plenums are held at…
This week Bonnie Glaser, Director of the CSIS China Power Project, joins to analyze the U.S. Navy’s recent freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea and to assess China’s reaction. Then Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie…
This week on the podcast we turn to Chinese politics. In a new article for Foreign Affairs, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies scholars Christopher Johnson and Scott Kennedy argue that Xi Jinping has reasserted and expanded the role of…
Over the last fortnight, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies Deputy Director Scott Kennedy has appeared in numerous radio, print, and television outlets to help observers understand the Chinese government’s intervention to arrest the slide of its stock markets, primarily…
By Scott Kennedy Drastic times call for drastic measures. Since early June, China’s stock markets have been in free fall, losing 29 percent of their value in three weeks. No matter that all of the lost value was originally gained…
CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies Christopher Johnson sat down with Shannon Tiezzi of the Diplomat to discuss what to expect from China’s leaders in 2015. They discuss Xi’s continuing anti-corruption campaign, a stated commitment to developing the “rule by…