An Informative Read

正Xi Jinping:The Governance of China(Volume Ⅱ) contributes to understanding of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on the CPC,China’s future path of development,and the nation’s policies A little over three years ago,the State Council Information Office of China,the Party Literature Research Office of the Communist Party of China(CPC)Central Committee and the China International Publishing Group(CIPG)edited and published Xi Jinping:The     

Partisan Infighting Among House Republicans: Leaders,Factions, and Networks of Interests

Congressional parties are commonly viewed as unified legislative teams, but recent intraparty battles have revealed serious ideological divisions within the House Republican caucus. Using annual ratings from nearly 300 interest groups, we estimate the ideological locations of Republican legislators in order to map their party's factional structure. Based on the distribution of interest‐group support from 2001 to 2012, we detect three Republican factions that we characterize as worker oriented, pro‐business, and ethno‐radical. We find that Republican leaders block bills by legislators in the worker and ethno‐radical subgroups and that they advance bills by members in the corporate faction.     

A CHAMPION OF GLOBALIZATION

<正>Xi Jinping emphasizes China's global leadership at the Beijing forum By Jon TaylorPresident Xi Jinping's keynote address to the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation laid out a bold vision for a new era of international cooperation by positioning China as a champion of a more inclusive and balanced form of globalization.     

Worlds Apart

正As the G7 falters,the SCO Qingdao Summit offers a new model of regional cooperation On June 9 and 10,the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit was held in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong Province.The leaders of the participating countries released a series of documents codifying