Minxin PeiJun 1, 202118 minIdeology & Elite, Party AffairsThreading the Needle: Balancing Security and Development in the 14th Five-Year PlanDue to the deterioration of China’s external environment in general, and its escalating tensions with the United States in particular,...
Christopher CarothersMar 1, 202120 minIdeology & Elite, Party AffairsXi’s Anti-Corruption Campaign: An All-Purpose Governing ToolChinese leader Xi Jinping’s signature anti-corruption campaign has attracted attention because of its high-profile investigations and...
Guoguang WuDec 1, 202018 minIdeology & Elite, Party AffairsContinuous Purges: Xi’s Public Security Apparatus and the Changing Dynamics of CCP Elite PoliticsThis essay identifies three waves of purges in the Ministry of Public Security under the Xi Jinping leadership, and then focuses on the...
Sheena Chestnut GreitensSep 1, 202020 minIdeology & Elite, Party AffairsThe Saohei Campaign, Protection Umbrellas, and China’s Changing Political-Legal ApparatusIn January 2018 China began a three-year campaign, known as the saohei campaign, to crack down on “underworld forces.” A key emphasis of...
Minxin PeiSep 1, 202025 minIdeology & Elite, Party AffairsA Death Long Feared: How China Decided to Impose its National Security Law in Hong KongChina’s imposition of a national security law in Hong Kong has effectively ended the “one country, two systems” governance model in the...