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The Origins and Implications of Xi Jinping’s “Common Prosperity” Agenda
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) formally unveiled a “common prosperity” agenda in August of this year. The concept is not new. ...
Minxin Pei
Dec 1, 202118 min read
CLM Insights: Interview with Joseph Fewsmith
Joseph Fewsmith. Rethinking Chinese Politics / Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 217 pp. ISBN :...
China Leadership Monitor
Dec 1, 20216 min read
The CCP’s Domestic Security Taskmaster: The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party oversees the vast coercive apparatus of the party-state....
Minxin Pei
Sep 1, 202120 min read
Emergence of the Central Office of Foreign Affairs: From leadership Politics to "Greater Diplomacy"
This essay examines how the Central Office of Foreign Affairs (COFA) has risen within the Chinese party-state system to become an...
Guoguang Wu
Sep 1, 202116 min read
CLM Insights: Interview with David Shambaugh
David Shambaugh, China's Leaders: From Mao to Now (Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, August 31, 2021), 416 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1509546510...
China Leadership Monitor
Sep 1, 20217 min read
The Myth of Authoritarian Superiority: China’s Response to Covid-19 Revisited
Is China’s authoritarian system superior to a liberal democracy in terms of crisis management? This question is addressed by looking at...
Yanzhong Huang
Jun 1, 202123 min read
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,...
Minxin Pei
Jun 1, 202118 min read
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...
Christopher Carothers
Mar 1, 202120 min read
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