Tag Archives: Communism

  • Xi takes short cut to China’s Communist pantheon 26 October 2017 | Dan Martin This post has no comments yet

    Xi's achievements remain modest and incomplete compared to his forebears, and his exaltation says more about a party groping for a reassuring strongman to face a rapidly changing world. ...

  • NS Venkataraman President Xi Jinping’s confusion and dilemma 22 October 2017 | NS Venkataraman This post has no comments yet

    In his marathon opening address during the conference of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke about the “principal contradiction” facing China. ...

  • Nepal lawmakers elect Maoist chief as prime minister 4 August 2016 | Paavan Mathema This post has no comments yet

    Prachanda will be the eighth prime minister to lead Nepal since 2008, when he became premier for the first time and overthrew a 240-year-old feudal monarchy. ...

  • Thierry Dodin On the difference between big and grand 3 July 2011 | Thierry Dodin This post has no comments yet

    The current 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will cast a light on this unique organisation. ...

  • The long march backwards: Chinese capitalism 2 October 2008 This post has no comments yet

    Most people, particularly those living outside China, assume that the country's phenomenal growth and increasing global heft are based on a steady, if not always smooth, transition to capitalism. ...