China’s Three Challenges in 2014
We will soon find out whether Chinese President Xi Jinping’s politically conservative course is intended to facilitate his pro-market economic reforms. Having spent 2013 formulating his agenda, this year Xi will have to demonstrate that he is as capable of applying power as he is at accumulating it.
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CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Since ascending to the Chinese Communist Party’s top post in November 2012, Xi Jinping has confounded observers. While his political strategy has entailed tightening the CCP’s control over ideology, cracking down on official corruption, repressing dissent, and championing a more nationalistic foreign policy, he has announced an unusually bold economic-reform blueprint.