Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng’s audacious escape from detention is likely to have as big an impact on US-China relations as it is having on the ruling party’s internal ideological conflicts.

“The fate of Chen Guangcheng is not one of those …

The case of Chen Guangcheng, the blind human rights advocate, is creating a dual dilemma – for China’s ruling Communist party and the US government.

The barefoot lawyer’s escape from house arrest and his move to seek refuge at the …

The scandal over ousted neo-Maoist Bo Xilai (right) reflects a growing ideological struggle within the ruling Communist party, say analysts. But is Beijing winning the global war of ideas between democracy and authoritarianism, as some observers fear?

Reformers, including …

Blind ‘barefoot lawyer’ Chen Guangcheng, one of China’s leading human rights advocates, has reportedly escaped from home imprisonment and may have reached the US Embassy in Bejing.

Chen is in Beijing and “100 percent safe,” according to Bob …

China’s ruling Communist party’s rejection of democracy is simply an updated variation of the “Asian values” concept, says a prominent observer, which “has served to justify collectivist-authoritarian rule by aligning it with local tradition and culture, with autonomy defined in …

(Above) Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley on the ouster of Chinese Communist Leader Bo Xilai, and how it will impact U.S.-China relations.

Chinese authorities today “clamped down further on social media in an effort to stop the spread …

Turkey is not only a potential model for transitions emerging from the Arab Spring. It can also give other democracies a lesson in raising human rights with China, writes Nury Turkel.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan led a 300-strong …

Never mind the China model.

South Korea demonstrates that emerging Asian states need not sacrifice democracy for the benefits of economic growth, serving “as a unique role model not only for its economic accomplishments, but its political shift …

The dismissal of former rising star Bo Xilai (above) from China’s ruling Communist party leadership and the investigation of his wife for the murder of a British associate have produced “the most tumultuous upheaval in the nation’s leadership in …

The international hacking group Anonymous has reportedly disabled several Chinese government websites to protest a regime crackdown on social media.

“Dear Chinese government, you are not infallible, today websites are hacked, tomorrow it will be your vile regime that will …