Cheng Li

FILE PHOTO - China's Communist Party Chief Xi Jinping reads at the Great Hall of the People during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing March 10, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo - RTX2QS17

Implications of the CCP 6th plenary session

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era

By Cheng Li

2016

China's President Xi Jinping (2nd row, 2nd L), Premier Li Keqiang (2nd row, 2nd R), Politburo Standing Committee member Liu Yunshan (2nd row, R) and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Yu Zhengsheng (2nd row, L) clap during the closing ceremony of National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RTSAMMW

The U.S. presidential election & China’s leadership transition

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Premier Li Keqiang of China addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTSOSTM

China’s role in the United Nations

Thursday, September 22, 2016

China's President Xi Jinping reviews honour guards during a welcoming ceremony for Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (not in picture) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RTSNI5U

Chinese politics, economy, and rule of law

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Voters line up outside a polling station in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s elections: Testing democratic reform in China

Richard C. Bush, Cheng Li, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) addresses a joint news conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington September 25, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron - RTX1SHK8

Assessing U.S.-China relations under the Obama administration

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

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How will China’s success at the G-20 summit be measured?

Cheng Li and Zach Balin

Monday, August 29, 2016

People cycle past a billboard for the upcoming G20 summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, July 29, 2016. Picture taken July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song - RTSL4WN

G-20 ushers in collective leadership

Chen Weihua and Cheng Li

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Chinese President Xi Jinping (7th from R in the first row) and Premier Li Keqiang (6th from R in the first row) attend the celebration of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Where is Chinese politics going?

Thursday, August 11, 2016