Patricia ThorntonJun 7, 202319 minDomestic SecurityGrid Meets Web: How COVID-19 Extended the Party-State’s Social Control Capacity at the GrassrootsAlthough Xi Jinping is widely seen, both inside and outside of China, as a vigorous centralizer of political power, the party-state...
Minxin PeiJun 6, 202319 minIdeology & Elite, Party AffairsXi Jinping’s New Economic Team and Government Re-organizationThe annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) that ended in mid-March unveiled a new economic team and a blueprint for...
Elizabeth WishnickJun 5, 202315 minNational Security & Foreign PolicyA “Superior Relationship”: How the Invasion of Ukraine Has Deepened the Sino-Russian PartnershipRelations between China and Russia have deepened since 2022, although each country is now more careful in messaging, especially to...