By Dr. Willy Lam Academics, journalists and other free-thinking intellectuals have taken the bold step of calling for more freedom of expression and less police oversight over the internet (more…)
By Dr. Willy Lam President and Commander-in-Chief Xi Jinping launched the largest-ever war game involving the nation’s People’s Armed Police late last month. Official news agencies said more than (more…)
Who is in charge of China’s macro-level financial and economic policy? Most observers will say President Xi Jinping, who is head of the two highest-level decision-making bodies: the Central (more…)
China continues its buildup on artificial islands in the South China Sea as it restructures its military to fight “short-duration, high-intensity regional conflicts,” the Pentagon said. (FULL STORY) (more…)
By Dr. Willy Lam Despite reports about challenges to his power, President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping has quietly — and relentlessly — built up his personal (more…)
By Dr. Willy Lam Remember the “One Belt One Road” (OBOR), a multi-trillion-dollar intercontinental project that underpins President Xi Jinping’s ambition to catapult China to super-power status? (FULL STORY) (more…)
By Dr. Willy Lam The apparent leitmotif of this year’s meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the top advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), (more…)
By Dr. Willy Lam It is a standard policy of authoritarian regimes to divert the attention of its disgruntled citizens by engineering a foreign crisis. Beijing considers Taiwan issues (more…)
By Dr. Willy Lam The year 2016 being the 50th anniversary of the start of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (GPCR) (1966-76), not only intellectuals but relatively liberal officials (more…)
