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List of 70 Years of the People’s Republic of China articles
70 Years of the People’s Republic of China
The PRC has outlived the Soviet Union. But what will its future hold?
A massive military parade dominated Beijing on Oct. 1, with President Xi Jinping at the center. But is China an awakening giant or a stumbling one? And how much is the country today rooted in the past? Throughout China’s national week, Foreign Policy will explore these questions—and others.
Xi Jinping Is the Life and Soul of the Party
The Chinese president’s ambitions can’t be separated from the CCP’s ideology.
The People’s Republic of China Was Born in Chains
The Communist Party calls 1949 a liberation. But China was far freer beforehand.
China’s Youth Are Trapped in the Cult of Nationalism
Dreams of liberalization have clashed against the reality of successful propaganda.
China’s Vast History Can’t Be Caught in the CCP’s Net
There are 10,000 stories of China. The government wants to tell only one of them.
5 Bad Things in China’s Future (and 3 Good Ones)
Xi Jinping’s rule could get very dark.
China’s Entertainment Future Is Guns, Trains, and Loving the Party
As censorship tightens, tales of technology and the military are mandatory.
Xi Jinping Has Embraced Vladimir Putin—for Now
But the Russia-China flirtation may not last forever. As in the classic novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” the Chinese can be calculating about alliances.
China Has No Room for Dissenting Friends
Small nations know they can break from Washington—but not from Beijing.