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CLM Insights Interview with Ching Kwan Lee
Ching Kwan Lee. Forever Hong Kong: A Global City's Decolonization Struggle. Harvard University Press, August 12, 2025. 344 pp....
China Leadership Monitor
Aug 31, 20258 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 30, 202531 min read


Who’s Afraid of Chizuko Ueno? The Party’s Ongoing Counteroffensive against Feminism in the Xi Era
The detention of young female activists who participated in the A4 anti-lockdown protests in November 2022 brought renewed attention to...
Patricia Thornton
Nov 30, 202319 min read


The A4 Movement: Mapping its Background and Impact
Although not the primary cause that prompted the sudden reversal of Xi Jinping’s signature “zero-COVID” policy, the protests that swept...
Patricia Thornton
Mar 1, 202321 min read
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