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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...
Gerard DiPippo
Jun 8, 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
Jun 7, 202319 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...
Patricia Thornton
Mar 1, 202321 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...
Minxin Pei
Mar 1, 202320 min read
The Covid–19 Pandemic and China’s Economic Slowdown
The Chinese economy has been undergoing a structural slowdown during the past decade, due to aging, decelerating productivity, and lower...
Alicia Garcia Herrero
Dec 1, 202213 min read
The Myth of Authoritarian Superiority: China’s Response to Covid-19 Revisited
Is China’s authoritarian system superior to a liberal democracy in terms of crisis management? This question is addressed by looking at...
Yanzhong Huang
Jun 1, 202123 min read
Chinese Crisis Decision Making: Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic Part Two: The International Dimension
The international aspects of the Chinese leadership’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic cover a broad spectrum of activities, both...
Michael D. Swaine
Sep 1, 202023 min read
Chinese Crisis Decision Making — Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic Part One: The Domestic Component
Available open sources indicate that in their domestic handling of the COVID-19 virus, the central Chinese authorities generally...
Michael D. Swaine
Jun 1, 202027 min read
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