China's Climate Strategy
Chinese president Xi Jinping has put forth a set of significant commitments in response to the threat of global climate change. He has...
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Minxin Pei
- Jun 1, 2021
- 18 min
Threading the Needle: Balancing Security and Development in the 14th Five-Year Plan
Due to the deterioration of China’s external environment in general, and its escalating tensions with the United States in particular,...
Christopher Carothers
- Mar 1, 2021
- 20 min
Xi’s Anti-Corruption Campaign: An All-Purpose Governing Tool
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s signature anti-corruption campaign has attracted attention because of its high-profile investigations and...
Minxin Pei
- Mar 1, 2021
- 18 min
Grid Management: China’s Latest Institutional Tool of Social Control
The Chinese government began to implement a new form of social control – grid management – about fifteen years ago. On paper, the...
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
- Sep 1, 2020
- 20 min
The Saohei Campaign, Protection Umbrellas, and China’s Changing Political-Legal Apparatus
In January 2018 China began a three-year campaign, known as the saohei campaign, to crack down on “underworld forces.” A key emphasis of...
Minxin Pei
- Mar 1, 2020
- 20 min
China’s Social Credit System: Genesis, Framework, and Key Provisions
The Chinese government launched an ambitious program to build a social credit system in 2014. During the last six years, the State...
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