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Local Fiscal Constraints and Grassroots Stability: Enhancing Party Control and Supervising Law Enforcement
Local fiscal constraints have the potential to challenge the Chinese Communist Party’s continued drive for grassroots-level social...
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
May 3025 min read


“Going Xianzhong Mode”: Can Local Governments Stop “Revenge Against Society” Attacks?
Indiscriminate mass attacks have been increasing in China since at least 2000, with 2024 clocking in as the bloodiest year on record....
Patricia Thornton
May 3031 min read


Broke But Not (Yet) Bankrupt: Local Government Finance in the Age of Economic Stagnation
The combination of the real estate crash that started in 2021 and the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2022 has contributed to a dramatic fall in...
Minxin Pei
May 3024 min read
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