Wang Feng, Professor, University of California
Nov 27, 2013
The Chinese government announced that it will ease restrictions on the number of children couples can have.
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Yale University
Nov 27, 2013
Changes suggested by the Third Plenum could be useful for America’s ailing economy.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Nov 25, 2013
With significant reform measures clarified on the Party's Third Plenum for such important sectors as fiscal and finance systems and State-owned enterprises, there are few direct mentions or words about urbanization. However, if reading between the lines, a major shift in the development of urbanization is too apparent to ignore, writes Zhang Monan.
Qin Xiaoying, Research Scholar, China Foundation For Int'l and Strategic Studies
Nov 22, 2013
Chinese Party Third Plenum’s commitment to reforms in the political, economic, cultural, social and environmental fields has won popular supports among the Chinese people, writes Qin Xiaoying.
Gregory Poulin, Visiting Graduate Student, Harvard University
Nov 21, 2013
In order to sustain the close to one billon people expected to be living in cities by 2030, China will be required to meet the tremendous demand for access to resources, education, healthcare, and increasingly, affordable housing for migrant workers, writes Gregory Poulin.
Yi Xianrong, Researcher, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Nov 19, 2013
If government power cannot be effectively restrained and supervised, the decisive role of the market in resource distribution will be undermined, writes Yi Xianrong.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Nov 19, 2013
Through an analysis of the Third Plenum communiqué, Zhang Monan argues that China has entered a new stage of development, and a second round of economic reform will promote growth in the decade to come.
Niu Tiehang, Senior Fellow, CCIEE
Nov 18, 2013
China’s new leadership anticipates that entering Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations would trigger a new round of domestic reforms. Niu Tiehang elaborates on the new roadmap for Chinese reforms and the “outside-in” effects the TPP talks and the establishment of Shanghai FTZ would have on China.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Nov 15, 2013
Zhang Monan on the objectives of the Shanghai free-trade zone.
David Shambaugh, Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies and Director of the China Policy Program, George Washington University
Nov 14, 2013
After months of hype, China watchers the world over are underwhelmed by the immediate outcomes of the just-concluded Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee, writes David Shambaugh.