China’s Communist Party Turns The Blade On Itself

China’s Communist Party Turns The Blade On Itself

Gary Wilson, Struggle – La Lucha. The Communist Party of China has just adopted a sweeping program of self-discipline, and the document itself points to the reason. The party is fighting the capitalists and the capitalist relations that the market reforms created inside China, and it is fighting them inside its own ranks. The 20th […]

China’s focus on getting its house in order offers lessons in governance

The Communist Party’s call for “self-revolution” may be rooted in the pursuit of internal discipline, but its implications extend well beyond China. As the global order faces mounting challenges, Beijing’s emphasis on internal renewal raises a fundamental question: can countries hope to contribute to global stability without first putting their own houses in order? China’s fifth plenum placed considerable emphasis on combating corruption. Beijin…

From Party Discipline to Governance Capacity: What China’s Fifth Plenum Signals

Pakistan - China’s political and economic transformation over the past several decades has often been examined through the visible outcomes of development: infrastructure, industrialisation, technological progress, poverty reduction and the expansion of its role in the global economy. Less attention is sometimes given to the institutional processes that have accompanied that transformation. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Communist Party o…