Peter Martin
Peter Martin is a government relations consultant for APCO Worldwide in Beijing. His client work focuses on elite politics, state-owned enterprises, and investment policy in China.
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Articles by Peter Martin
A Mandate, Not a Putsch: The Secret of Xi’s Success
When U.S. President Barack Obama said that Chinese President Xi Jinping “has consolidated power faster and more comprehensively than probably anybody since Deng Xiaoping,” he was voicing a view held...
The Humbling of the NDRC: China’s National Development and Reform Commission Searches for a New Role Amid Restructuring
It’s been a tough year for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The Chinese government’s central economic planning ministry dominated economic policy-making in the Hu-Wen era, and came to...
Hunting Season for Multinationals in China?
There is a widespread perception among the foreign business community in China that there has been a concerted crackdown on multinational companies since China’s new government took power in March....