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Spring 2025 Issue 83


Joel Wuthnow
Feb 2721 min read
Can Xi Jinping Control the PLA?
Recent purges of senior Chinese military officers have renewed the question of how firmly in charge of the People’s Liberation Army is Xi...

Jonathan Czin
Feb 2728 min read
Burying Deng: Xi Jinping and the Abnormalization of Chinese Politics
If Xi Jinping has accomplished nothing else in his tenure, he has succeeded in methodically bending or breaking the norms that have...


Minxin Pei
Feb 2722 min read
From Purge to Control: A Recent Pivot in Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Crackdown
A striking anomaly marks Xi Jinping’s never-ending anti-corruption campaign. Twelve years after its launch, the number of party members...

Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Feb 2626 min read
Counter-Espionage and State Security: The Changing Role of China’s Ministry of State Security
In recent years, China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has become more visible and more prominent, reflecting an apparent increase in...


Rory Truex
Feb 2618 min read
What We Know About Public Opinion in China, and Why It Matters for Policymakers
Survey research in China has long suffered from two core problems—difficulties in obtaining reliable representative samples and...
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