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Cheng Xiaonong

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Dr. Cheng Xiaonong is a scholar of China’s politics and economy based in New Jersey. Cheng was a policy researcher and aide to the former Party leader Zhao Ziyang, when Zhao was premier. He also served as chief editor of the journal Modern China Studies.

China’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Are Running Out

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been vaunting “self-reliance” since its relationship with the United States took ...

Thinking About China November 4, 2020
The End of China’s Semiconductor Chip Dream

Commentary Western media recently reported that China’s largest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), may suffer trade sanctions ...

Thinking About China September 28, 2020
The Chinese Communist Party’s Cold War Against the US: A Historical Perspective

Commentary A new cold war, initiated recently by the Chinese regime against the United States, has many similarities ...

Thinking About China August 4, 2020
The Chinese Regime Always Picks a Fight With India Whenever It Encounters Challenges

Commentary After 58 years of peace along the border, military standoffs between China and India broke out in ...

Thinking About China June 26, 2020
Why International Rules Are Only ‘Soft Constraints’ for the Chinese Communist Party

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has surprised the international community by playing fast and loose in U.S.-China ...

Thinking About China December 15, 2019
Is Beijing Opening Its Financial Markets to Save Its Economy?

Commentary As China continues to see its economy decline and foreign exchange reserves shrink, the Chinese Communist Party ...

Thinking About China November 3, 2019
A Growth Dilemma: China on an Economic Seesaw

NEWS COMMENTARY The decline in the Chinese economy is a natural consequence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s ...

Thinking About China October 20, 2019
China’s ‘Communist Capitalism’: a Monster Created by Economic Globalization

Economic globalization has cast a huge shadow across the world. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) joined the ...

Thinking About China October 14, 2019
What Can We See From the Sudden Escalation of the Sino–US Trade War?

The back-and-forth tussle between the United States and China in the Sino–U.S. trade war has taken a new ...

China-US News September 21, 2019
Beijing Is Pursuing an Outmoded Strategy to Challenge US Naval Dominance

For those who stoke Chinese nationalist sentiments, feasibility and consequences of the 'Military Rise' narrative are of little ...

Chinese Regime June 22, 2019
Disloyalty Plagues Chinese Officialdom

Commentary A new dynamic has been dominating China’s communist bureaucracy in recent years: Officials are now largely disloyal, ...

Thinking About China May 20, 2019
Declining Construction, Rising Taxes Will Start Era of Struggle for Chinese Regime

There was a time when China’s local governments were immersed in revenues brought about by infrastructure construction. Once ...

Thinking About China April 15, 2019
2018: The Year of Chinese Economic Decline

News Analysis As we bid 2018 farewell, we see China’s 40 years of economic windfalls draw to an ...

China Business & Economy February 6, 2019
Systemic Failure and Strategic Defeat: The Microchip Front in the Sino–US Trade War

China’s infringement of U.S. intellectual property (IP) rights is one of the main disputes underlying the Sino-U.S. trade ...

China December 4, 2018
The Global Manufacturing Industry Is Moving Out of China

Globalization has transformed China into the “world’s factory.” Eighteen years ago, developed and newly industrialized countries moved their ...

China Business & Economy October 19, 2018
The Fate of China’s “World’s Factory”

Relations between the United States and China have deteriorated amid the trade dispute. The trade dispute is closely ...

China Business & Economy October 16, 2018
Which Factors Will Decide Victory in the Sino–US Trade War?

As the Sino-U.S. trade war escalates, the tariffs imposed by the United States on Chinese imports can be ...

Thinking About China September 22, 2018
Is the US Abandoning Africa to China?

Two recent international phenomena have drawn the world's attention to Africa. The first is China's generous financing and ...

China September 14, 2018
Capitalism With Chinese Characteristics: Why the Communist Party Has Abandoned Marxism in Deeds But Not In Words

China’s communist party has managed to survive by holding the banner of Marxism while enriching officials through ‘red’ ...

China August 14, 2016
Capitalism With Chinese Characteristics: State Enterprise Reform Through Massive Theft

In the third essay in a four-part series, the author examines how Chinese-style privatization works

China August 7, 2016
Capitalism With Chinese Characteristics: Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises

When China had to reform its state-owned enterprises, it went with corruption and coverup, according to scholar Cheng ...

China July 17, 2016
Capitalism With Chinese Characteristics: From Socialism to Capitalism

How to describe China’s economic model? A scholar goes for: “Communist capitalism.”

China July 10, 2016
The ‘New Normal’ of China’s Economy

With the boom days gone, where is China heading?

China February 15, 2016
China’s Obscure Hot-Money Flow

Despite strict state monetary controls, billions in hot money move almost unhindered into and out of China through ...

China September 21, 2013