Commentary
A new dynamic has been dominating China’s communist bureaucracy in recent years: Officials are now largely disloyal, or “harboring two hearts,” as the Chinese say.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping (L), Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R), and Li Zhanshu, head of China’s rubber-stamp legislature, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2019. Jason Lee/Reuters
Cheng Xiaonong
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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.
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