From mid-October to early December, potentially radical events impacted cross-strait relations between the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People’s Republic of China (China). It started when Xi Jinping gave himself an expected but unprecedented third term at the 20th…
Seven months into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the consequences of the war remain unclear. Russia might regain the upper hand or be forced off Ukrainian soil. No less certain is the length and intensity of Russia’s status as a…
The rise of China has been one of the clearest, most predicted, and most predictable realities in a century of international politics. Rather than the result of a sudden shift like the decline of Britain after World War I or…
Every year since the death of Mao, it has become increasingly clear that China is on the rise and likely – though never certain – to emerge as a superpower. These four-and-a-half decades were not without setbacks, especially the economic…
Suing the Rural Chinese State and the Shift from Tax Reform to Land Seizures Introduction Beginning in the 1990s, both scholars and central officials repeatedly suggested that taxes and fees imposed on peasants[1. We use the term “peasant” here with…