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Gerard DiPippo
Jun 8, 202319 min read
China’s Economy After Covid-19
China's economy has emerged from "zero-Covid" without the inflation that occured in some other major economies but with reduced...


Patricia Thornton
Jun 7, 202319 min read
Grid Meets Web: How COVID-19 Extended the Party-State’s Social Control Capacity at the Grassroots
Although Xi Jinping is widely seen, both inside and outside of China, as a vigorous centralizer of political power, the party-state...


Patricia Thornton
Mar 1, 202321 min read
The A4 Movement: Mapping its Background and Impact
Although not the primary cause that prompted the sudden reversal of Xi Jinping’s signature “zero-COVID” policy, the protests that swept...


Minxin Pei
Mar 1, 202320 min read
The Sudden End of Zero-Covid: An Investigation
China’s sudden exit from zero-Covid in early December surprised many observers. The most powerful motivations for this decision were the...
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