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Save to My PortfolioChina's Changing Political Landscape: Prospects for Democracy

Cheng Li, May 01, 2008

In China’s Changing Political Landscape, leading experts examine the prospects for democracy in the world’s most populous nation. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioChina’s Economic Decisionmakers

Cheng Li, March 03, 2008, China Business Review

Following political transitions resulting from China's 17th Party Congress and 11th National People's Congress, Cheng Li argues the country’s new economic leadership team will need to work together to balance China’s economic growth with its sociopolitical challenges. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioA Pivotal Stepping-Stone: Local Leaders’ Representation on the 17th Central Committee

Cheng Li, January 28, 2008, China Leadership Monitor, No. 23

Besides their relatively young age, the six rising stars in the new Politburo—Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Yuanchao, Wang Qishan, Wang Yang, and Bo Xilai—have one important thing in common. They have all had leadership experience as provincial chiefs. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioChina's Leadership, Fifth Generation

Cheng Li, December 25, 2007, Caijing Magazine

Is the emergence of a more collective form of leadership atop the Chinese Communist Party a cause for celebration or anxiety? And how have the economic and social reforms that China has been experiencing over the past 30 years been reflected in the nation’s politics? Cheng Li takes a look at these important questions and finds that the Chinese leadership today appears to be evenly balanced between elites and populists. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioChina’s New Military Elite

Cheng Li and Scott W. Harold, December 18, 2007, China Security Vol. 3 No. 4

Analyses of the 17th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party have mostly focused on the policy and personnel changes taken at the leadership conference. Cheng Li and Scott Harold argue that the implications of massive turnover among military representatives is just as important of a development in China. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioChina’s 17th Party Congress: Maintaining Delicate Balances

David Shambaugh, November 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution

China’s 17th Party Congress: Maintaining Delicate BalancesThe Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 17th Congress, which convened from October 15-21, resulted in a series of delicate personnel and policy balances struck among the new leadership. Indeed, the selection/election of the most senior leaders themselves—comprising the Politburo, its Standing Committee and Secretariat, and Central Military Commission—reflects careful compromises among institutional and factional interests. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioChina’s 17th Party Congress: Looking Ahead to Hu Jintao’s 2nd Term

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
2:00 PM to 5:15 PM
Washington, DC

On October 30, the John L. Thornton China Center and the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies hosted a conference on the outcomes of the 17th Party Congress and Hu Jintao’s second term. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioChina: Riding Two Horses at Once

Cheng Li, October 23, 2007, Foreign Policy Web

At the conclusion of the 17th Party Congress, China’s leaders named the likely successor to President Hu Jintao. The trouble is, they picked two vastly different men to vie for the same top job. Will these new “heirs apparent” be able to work in tandem? Or will their competition for power pull the country apart? Read More

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Save to My PortfolioChina's 17th Party Congress Outcome

Cheng Li, October 22, 2007

China Center Senior Fellow Cheng Li provides an update on the 17th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, including an assessment of the newly anointed leadership.

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Save to My PortfolioChina's 17th Party Congress Update

Cheng Li, October 17, 2007

China Center Senior Fellow Cheng Li provides an update on the 17th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, including an assessment of Hu Jintao's populist approach and relations with Taiwan.

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Save to My PortfolioChina’s Most Powerful “Princelings”: How Many Will Enter the New Politburo?

Cheng Li, October 17, 2007, Jamestown Foundation, China Brief, Volume 7, Issue 19

The 17th Party Congress may cause strong social resentment in China due to the possibility that the newly established Politburo will be filled with many “princelings,” who come from the families of former high-ranking officials. Cheng Li argues that "the presence of these princelings will reinforce public perceptions of the convergence of power and wealth in the country."  Read More

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Save to My PortfolioLeadership Change at the 17th Party Congress: A Preview

Cheng Li, October 16, 2007, Congressional US-China Working Group, the Committee of 100, and the National Bureau of Asian Research

Leadership Change at the 17th Party Congress: A PreviewIn testimony before a Congressional Committee, Cheng Li discusses upcoming changes in China's top leadership that will occur at the 17th Party Congress and will be announced in the coming days.  Read More

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Save to My PortfolioPreview of China's 17th Party Congress

Cheng Li, October 11, 2007

China Center Senior Fellow Cheng Li previews the 17th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and how important the event is for choosing the next generation of China's leaders.

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Save to My PortfolioChina’s Two Li’s: Frontrunners in the Race to Succeed Hu Jintao

Cheng Li, October 08, 2007, China Leadership Monitor, No. 22

Of all the issues surrounding China’s upcoming 17th Party Congress, Cheng Li says that the most intriguing one centers on the selection of a candidate or candidates to succeed Hu Jintao.

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Save to My PortfolioChanges in China's Political Landscape: The 17th Party Congress and Beyond

Friday, April 13, 2007
9:00 AM to 12:45 PM
Washington, DC

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In Brief

Held once every five years, China’s Party Congress maps the country’s political and strategic direction. During the 2008 congress, President Hu Jintao’s populist approach to governing China became the Communist Party’s official platform, and the next generation of leaders was brought to power.

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Cheng Li

Cheng Li

Director of Research, John L. Thornton China Center

A director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Cheng Li focuses on the transformation of political leaders, generational change and technological development in China.
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