As the new year begins, a 36-year diplomatic tradition remains unbroken, bridging the vast distance between China and the ...

What does it mean when a regime speaks the language of ancient virtue but enforces it through curriculum mandates and ideological scorecards? The opening essay of Simulated Sagehood, a five-part ...

Behind the ceremonial vocabulary used by Xi lies a system of epistemic control – one that quietly disables any version of Confucian thought that could challenge party supremacy. The most subversive ...

(Bloomberg) -- For some years now, China’s annual gathering of its national legislature has been an increasingly disciplined and choreographed affair — its muted vibes practically an echo of deepening ...

China's contemporary Leninist Party-state is a culture-shaping regime, not a pawn to be moved at will by China's tradition. In fact, ancient China had a set of moral values that encouraged kindness to ...