BOOK
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David Shambaugh, November 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution
The 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
PAST EVENT
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
VIDEO
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.
VIDEO
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.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Cheng Li, October 16, 2007, Congressional US-China Working Group, the Committee of 100, and the National Bureau of Asian Research
In 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
VIDEO
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.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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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Friday, April 13, 2007
9:00 AM to 12:45 PM
Washington, DC
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