Edward Schwarck
Edward Schwarck is a PhD Candidate at the University of Oxford.
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The Power Vertical: Centralization in the PRC’s State Security System
Executive Summary: Centralizing reforms to the Ministry of State Security probably constitute the most important development in China’s civilian intelligence system since its establishment in 1983. These reforms instituted “vertical
Behind the Golden Shield: China Reforms Public Security Intelligence
In his last address before retiring as China’s security chief in October, Meng Jianzhu (孟建柱) briefed members of the Politburo Standing Committee on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to
New Faces in Xinjiang Signaling a Policy Shift?
As fresh violence erupted across Xinjiang in June, the outlines of a new ethnic policy—one rooted in Xi Jinping’s “mass line” approach— slowly may be coming into focus (Xinhua, July