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 ...

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 ...

The Chinese economy is, arguably, more imbalanced than ever. The continuous stream of facts and arguments from people like Michael Pettis and Brad Setser show this beyond any doubt. In the context of ...