List of Communism articles
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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with a group of foreign executives in Beijing on March 28. China Has Picked Its New Model Entrepreneurs
A recent meeting shows the message that Xi wants to send to private industry.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and Premier Li Qiang, right, applaud at the closing session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China’s Overlooked Premier Is Slowly Building up Power
Xi Jinping has turned over critical economic roles to Li Qiang.
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A person is silhouetted against a giant chandelier. China’s Chandeliers Are Full of Anacondas
Perry Link’s essay collection finds meaning in silences.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attend a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi on Dec. 12, 2023. Vietnam Wants U.S. Help at Sea and Chinese Help at Home
Washington shouldn’t overestimate its influence in Hanoi.
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Donald Trump stands next to Hung Cao and a woman as people seated in a Vietnamese restaurant lift up their mobile phones to take pictures. In Virginia, a Vietnamese American Community Divided
A longshot Republican challenger to Sen. Tim Kaine appeals to fears about communism—and sees mixed results.
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Xi Jinping is seen from the side walking past a blue background with a bird. What Will a Post-Xi China Look Like?
Kevin Rudd on the fragility of Xi’s long-term ideological project.
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Marchers, most of them women in heels, dresses, coats, and hats carry signs for the communist part as they walk down a street in New York. The Contradictions of America’s Communist Party
Its members were the country’s original illiberal democrats—before imploding into irrelevance.
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Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairperson Vuong Dinh Hue, and other officials attend a wreath laying ceremony at the mausoleum of former President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi on Oct. 23, 2023. Will Vietnam’s Political Turmoil Shake Up Foreign Investment?
The president’s abrupt resignation suggests uncertainty, but it should not sow doubt about Hanoi’s economy or engagement with the world.
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People stand a man speaking into a microphone, many of them holding signs with people's faces on them. Why the Maduro Regime Has Turned on Its Former Allies
Venezuela’s socialist government is cracking down on other leftist parties.
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Two drawn posters are seen at a market in Beijing: on the right, Chinese President Xi Jinping holds an umbrella; on the left, former Chinese leader Mao Zedong is seen in profile. The Maoist Roots of Xi’s Economic Dilemma
Beijing needs domestic consumers to spend more, but the Chinese president’s ideology is getting in the way.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves and leads the way as Premier Li Keqiang claps and trails behind him in front of an ornate wall at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Li Keqiang Lived and Died in Xi Jinping’s Shadow
The former Chinese premier was heralded as a reformer, but change never came.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shake hands as they look past the camera. Both men are wearing black suits and dark blue ties, and they stand in front of a U.S. and Chinese flag. Purges Don’t Move Policy in China
Personnel are secondary in a Xi-dominated system.
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A man walks outside between two walls formed by tall, white stacks of cotton bales that tower over him. How Beijing Forces Uyghurs to Pick Cotton
Coercive labor is getting less visible, but more intense.
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Protesters march during a rally against China's harsh COVID-19 restrictions in Beijing on Nov. 28. China’s Massive Protests Are the End of a Once-Trusted Governance Model
Local tools of party power have been overwhelmed by zero-COVID.
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Pro-democracy protesters are arrested by police in Hong Kong in protest of China's new security legislation. Will Xi’s Paranoia Defeat Him?
The Chinese leader has taken security worries to a new level.
