Archive - Inside China

Why a PKU Professor's Remarks Enraged the Chinese Internet

A controversy over gig workers reveals China's Polanyi-style countermovement

Aug 21 • Fred Gao

Cao Yuanzheng: Twenty Years Inside China's Financial Reform

From drafting reform policy to executing it on the front lines of the Bank of China

Aug 20 • Fred Gao

Jiang Zemin in Romania: On the Eve of China's Opening

How a puzzling aid mission to a Warsaw Pact country demonstrated the instincts of a future leader

Aug 16 • Leo

When Chinese Development Experience Crosses Borders

Li Haoyue on the translation dilemmas of Chinese enterprises overseas

Aug 12 • Fred Gao

China's MOFCOM Fires Back over US Restrictions

China Hits Back with Drone Export Curbs, Printer Probe, and Entity List Additions, What's next?

Aug 5 • Fred Gao and CT Zhao

Zhou Li'an: The Impossible Trinity of Governance

A leading Chinese political economist explains why governments can never have strict rules, big targets, and tight budgets all at once

Aug 3 • Fred Gao

July 2026

Reading the July Politburo Meeting (with transcript)

faster fiscal spending, and a gesture on balanced trade

Jul 30 • Fred Gao

Beijing Draws Its Line on "Overcapacity"

MOFCOM publised its position paper rebuts the overcapacity claims

Jul 28 • Fred Gao

DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng Breaks His Silence

In a rare four-hour talk, the reclusive founder reveals an almost Daoist philosophy of AI—AGI as a tide no company can own, he argues China's only real…

Jul 23 • Fred Gao

An Outlook for the July Politburo Meeting

As the end of July approaches, one thing is sure to come.

Jul 22 • Fred Gao

How Does Xi Jinping View AI Governance?

An Interpretation of Xi's Remarks at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance

Jul 17 • Fred Gao

Liu Shijin: China Saves Too Much to Grow

Former Deputy Director of the State Council's top think tank urges Beijing to treat weak consumption as a macro emergency, not just a livelihood issue

Jul 16 • Fred Gao

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