In a nation where textbooks still teach that sex before marriage mars girls forever, Yao Sifan is offering a feminist take on the facts of life.
An oppressive ruling by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee — aided by a compliant Hong Kong judge — has silenced champions of democracy.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/26/beijing-deals-another-blow-to-hong-kongs-autonomy/
The government will build another metropolis from scratch. But it's not planning on following the old playbook.
The Communist Party's enthusiasm for private Confucian schools is cooling. It could be fearful of a moral system outside its control.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/16/is-beijing-getting-scared-of-homeschooled-confucian-activists/
Shady deals. Befuddled investors. SEC investigations. Change can't come fast enough to the EB-5 visa.
Some parents prefer the invasive measure to lightly regulated, frequently brutal bootcamps.
Pressure to save, marry, and work leaves no room for democratic aspirations.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/03/its-not-communism-holding-chinas-youth-back-its-their-parents/
A Chinese regulation would prohibit online insults based on religion. Some decry it as antithetical to Communist values.
The 2017 race for Chief Executive was supposed to be a watershed exercise in democracy. Instead, it may be a coronation.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson surprised many by parroting Chinese talking points, but it's unlikely to signal a policy shift.
Beijing has been criticized for its Great Firewall and online censorship. Now it's looking prescient.
Peter Navarro doesn't speak Chinese, and has scant in-country experience. Should that matter?
The country's got all the right stuff to be a soft-power giant. But Beijing won't get out of its own way.
While Washington rips up trade deals, Beijing sees the region as a “land of vitality and hope.”
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/06/china-steps-into-the-latin-american-void-trump-has-left-behind/
Uighur militant groups are splitting, and may now compete to see who can hit China the hardest.
Beijing long sought a rhetorical reboot in bilateral ties. Now it’s talking differently.
With social conservatism fading, tech firms and advertisers are scrambling to show their tolerant side.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/27/chinas-new-multibillion-dollar-target-market-lgbt-youth/
Would-be superstar authors once toiled in obscurity. Online publishing changed all that.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/24/how-china-became-a-sci-fi-powerhouse/
Harvard and Peking University researchers just upended conventional wisdom.
Donald Trump's administration has been chaotic. Chinese history suggests that's by design.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/01/americas-mao-zedong-trump-chaos-is-deliberate/
Thousands of Christian believers return to China every year. Why can't they find a place to worship?
They saw the women's march as a chance to combat creeping global misogyny — and to send a message back home.
In its efforts to discredit and control the media, Sean Spicer and Donald Trump have sounded eerily similar to Communist Party officials.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/24/white-house-echoes-beijing-in-treatment-of-u-s-press/
Glitz, glamor, beauty, charm — China has all of that. It will need to use those assets better to manage the new U.S. President.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/23/reboot-chinas-foreign-service-for-the-age-of-trump/
What does it mean to 'own' a home in the communist country? Eventually, Beijing will have to decide.