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The PLA’s Evolving Role in China’s South China Sea Strategy
During the past eight months of the global COVID pandemic, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been active in promoting...
Oriana Skylar Mastro
Dec 1, 202020 min read


Continuous Purges: Xi’s Public Security Apparatus and the Changing Dynamics of CCP Elite Politics
This essay identifies three waves of purges in the Ministry of Public Security under the Xi Jinping leadership, and then focuses on the...
Guoguang Wu
Dec 1, 202018 min read


From “China Inc.” to “CCP Inc.”: A New Paradigm for Chinese State Capitalism
CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping has overseen a significant transformation of China’s domestic economic system, undergirded by important...
Jude Blanchette
Dec 1, 202019 min read
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