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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...
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Sep 1, 202020 min read


A Death Long Feared: How China Decided to Impose its National Security Law in Hong Kong
China’s imposition of a national security law in Hong Kong has effectively ended the “one country, two systems” governance model in the...
Minxin Pei
Sep 1, 202025 min read


CLM Insights Interview with Xueguang Zhou
Questions for Xueguang Zhou (周雪光), author of 中国国家治理的制度逻辑 : 一个组织学研究 [The Institutional Logic of Governance in China; An Organizational...
China Leadership Monitor
Jun 1, 20208 min read


From the CCP Dilemma to the Xi Jinping Dilemma: The Chinese Regime’s Capacity for Governance
This essay analyzes how the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), held in...
Guoguang Wu
Mar 1, 202015 min read


CLM Insights Interview with Richard McGregor
Questions for Richard McGregor, author of Xi Jinping: The Backlash (Lowy Institute 2020) Insights Interview You argue in the book that Xi...
China Leadership Monitor
Mar 1, 202010 min read
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