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Sunday, June 1, 2025
Summer 2025 Issue 84


Local Fiscal Constraints and Grassroots Stability: Enhancing Party Control and Supervising Law Enforcement
Local fiscal constraints have the potential to challenge the Chinese Communist Party’s continued drive for grassroots-level social...
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
May 3025 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 3031 min read


Broke But Not (Yet) Bankrupt: Local Government Finance in the Age of Economic Stagnation
The combination of the real estate crash that started in 2021 and the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2022 has contributed to a dramatic fall in...
Minxin Pei
May 3024 min read


The U.S.-China Trade War: Implications for Central and Local Budgets
Although temporarily alleviated, the high tariff rates announced by the U.S. could have a major impact on China’s economy, although the...
Victor Shih
May 3016 min read


Local Cadres’ Inaction versus Central Control in Xi Jinping’s China
This article analyzes how central-local relations have evolved in Xi Jinping’s China from the perspective of elite politics, focusing on...
Guoguang Wu
May 3021 min read


CLM Insights Interview with Joseph Torigian
Joseph Torigian. The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping. Stanford University Press. June 3,...
China Leadership Monitor
May 306 min read
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