Communism

As Beijing cracks down, it turns to familiar tools of repression.

An advocate for China describes why the pandemic has increased his trust in Xi, the party, and Beijing.

The Communist Party’s tools of control made for effective virus-fighting weapons.

Will the Wuhan virus hurt party rule in China?

The coronavirus has killed an early whistleblower. The question now is whether Beijing celebrates his sacrifice—or buries his story.

As the Wuhan virus spreads, access to health care is a critical issue.

Fragments of the wall have become museum pieces. But with the rise of extremist parties in Germany, the debate over the barrier’s legacy is anything but history.

The Communist Party calls 1949 a liberation. But China was far freer beforehand.

The Chinese president’s ambitions can’t be separated from the CCP’s ideology.

Propaganda is getting an upgrade with technological tricks.

The only way to win the next superpower showdown is to understand what exactly caused it.

Seumas Milne loves the Soviet Union, hates the EU, and has the ear of a possible future prime minister.

What does Xu Zhangrun’s punishment mean for hopes of academic freedom?

Xinjiang's detainees are the latest victims of a deep insecurity.

1,200 newly translated poems from Bertolt Brecht offer an unexpected survival guide for difficult times.

Stars like Kris Wu are huge with fans but sit uncomfortably with macho ambitions.

数十年来，中国设法避免了独裁统治通常会带来的大多数问题，而现在习近平对个人权力的追逐正在毁掉使中国成为例外的整个基础

The Chinese leader’s cult reaches into the most remote regions of the country.

For decades, the country managed to avoid most problems suffered by dictatorships. Now Xi Jinping’s personal power play risks undermining everything that made China exceptional.

As India’s police conjure up the specter of urban Maoist terror, the real insurgency remains deep in the jungle.