Jonathan Levine

Jonathan Levine is a lecturer of American Studies and English at Tsinghua University in Beijing and a contributing analyst at Wikistrat, a geostrategic consulting group. You can follow him on Twitter at @LevineJonathan.


Commentary

Fading state power and the threat of a second nuclear age pose serious challenges.

How to handle a country that threatens the world with its own implosion.

Inertia has become the name of the game.

Nobody can fault him for leaving, but like other exiles the Chinese dissident's influence back home is fading. 

Jiang Zemin has maintained influence long after his retirement. With Hu retiring too, Xi will have many elder statesmen to contend with.

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May 19, 2013