Ep. 3: Chinese Politics & The 19th Party Congress – Joseph Fewsmith

China's 19th Party Congress, held in October 2017, drew significant anticipation and attention, not only among professional China watchers, for its domestic meaning and foreign policy signals, at a time when the PRC is staking out a new role on the world stage.  In this episode, Boston University Professor Joseph Fewsmith, one of the leading experts on Chinese elite politics, discusses with Neysun Mahboubi the politics surrounding this latest Congress, from specific personnel decisions to broad policy implications, with special attention to the position of Xi Jinping.  The episode was recorded on November 30, 2017 at the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, in connection with the Center's post-Congress policy roundtable featuring Prof. Fewsmith and other experts.

Sound engineering: Neysun Mahboubi