Nov 22,2013 Topics of the Month

The China Dream – 5

The highly anticipated Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee was held in Beijing on November 9-12. The Chinese leadership had sent strong signals that this Third Plenum would be comparable to the famed Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee in December 1978, which adopted reform and opening and profoundly changed China. […]

Ming Wan
civil society , soft power , State Security Committee , Third Plenum , Xi Jinping
Oct 18,2013 Topics of the Month

The China Dream – 4

This monthly post tracks developments around the “China Dream” since September 17, 2013 and engages Manoranjan Mohanty whose view was summarized in the rejoinder to my previous post. Mohanty suggested that the “China Dream” was used mainly as a political mobilization instrument and did not represent a fundamental shift in Chinese policy making. I agree […]

Ming Wan
APEC summit , CCP power , EAS , good-neighborly treaty , Li Keqiang , Mao legacy , purify the society , Shanghai FTA , Southeast Asia , Taiwan
The China Dream – 3
Sep 17,2013 Topics of the Month

The China Dream – 3

This monthly post tracks developments around the “China Dream” since August 16, 2013. It continues to be the case that if we follow the thread of the “China Dream” discourse we learn much about Chinese domestic politics and foreign policy. After the Beidaihe meeting was over, the Chinese leaders reengaged in high profile diplomacy. On […]

Ming Wan
China Dream , ideological struggle , leadership differences , Liu Yunshan , Xi Jinping , Yang Jiechi
The China Dream – 2
Aug 21,2013 Topics of the Month

The China Dream – 2

Chinese politics may be entering one of those intriguing periods. This monthly post tracks the development around President Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” since July 10, 2013, and responds to the comments by William Callahan and Gilbert Rozman. I agree with Callahan that there are different China dreams and Xi’s “China Dream” evolved partly from the […]

Ming Wan
China Dream , Communist theory , Political Standing Committee , The American Dream , Xi Jinping
Aug 02,2013 Open Forum

Xi Jinping’s “China Dream”: Same Bed, Different Dreams?

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” slogan has attracted much attention. It should. The remarks and actions by a rising power’s new leader normally attract attention because they provide clues about where he intends to lead his country. Xi’s “China Dream” is meant as the vision for China over the next decade and, perhaps, longer. […]

Ming Wan
China Dream , Peaceful Development , Xi Jinping
The China Dream – 1
Jul 09,2013 Topics of the Month

The China Dream – 1

This is the first monthly posting on President Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” campaign. My longer article, published in this journal, provides a broader discussion of the state of affairs related to the China Dream. That article addresses four questions: What the China Dream means, how it reveals Xi’s leadership, what is the chatter on the […]

Ming Wan
China Dream , Chinese Communist Party , Constitutionalism , Mass Line , Peaceful Development , Socialism with Chinese Characteristics , Xi Jinping