Stability and social governance in China

China President Hu Jintao, left, shakes hand with former president Jiang Zemin while party members applaud after Hu delivered the closing ceremony speech of the 17th Communist Party Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. (Photo: AAP)

David Kelly, UTS

We live in a riskier, more uncertain world than just a few years ago.

Climate change, financial crisis and the decline of the West are three issues many put high on their list of ‘Black Swan’ factors, that is, major events that might occur very unexpectedly. China figures centrally in all three. Read more…