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REUTERS/Aly Song - Men look at a screen displaying a picture of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai standing trial in Jinan, Shandong province September 22, 2013.

Opinion

Bo Xilai's Smile

September 24, 2013, Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen

Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen explain why disgraced Chinese Politburo member Bo Xilai's smile will haunt Chinese Community Party leaders if they fail to realize economic and legal reforms. Read More ›

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Toward a New Model of Major-Country Relations Between China and the United States

September 20, 2013

Blog Post

A Tiger Hunt in China's Oil Patch

September 13, 2013, Erica S. Downs

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David Dollar

David Dollar, Leading Expert on China’s Economy, Joins the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings as a Senior Fellow

David Dollar will serve within the John L. Thornton China Center and will hold a joint appointment in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings.

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About the China Center

The John L. Thornton China Center provides cutting-edge research, analysis, dialogue and publications that focus on China's emergence and the implications of this for the United States, China's neighbors and the rest of the world. Scholars at the China Center address a wide range of critical issues related to China's modernization, including China’s foreign, economic and trade policies and its domestic challenges. In 2006 the Brookings Institution also launched the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy, a partnership between Brookings and China’s Tsinghua University in Beijing that seeks to produce high quality and high impact policy research in areas of fundamental importance for China’s development and for U.S.-China relations.

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China's New Leaders

China's New Leaders

Before China's 18th Party Congress, Cheng Li profiled 25 possible members of the Politburo, examining their backgrounds, family and patron-client ties, political prospects and policy preferences. See Li's profiles of the seven individuals who were named to the Politburo Standing Committee:

Thornton Thinker Series

  • In the Name of Justice

    Striving for the Rule of Law in China

    Weifang He (Author), John L. Thornton (Foreword) and Cheng Li, November 5, 2012

  • China in 2020

    A New Type of Superpower

    Hu Angang (Author), John L. Thornton (Foreword) and Cheng Li, April 15, 2011

  • Democracy is a Good Thing

    Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China

    Yu Keping (Author) , John L. Thornton (Foreword) and Cheng Li, January 9, 2009

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