Volume 24 Issue 1

Articles from Volume 24 Issue 1

Brain-Computer Interfaces: Medical Miracles and Innovation Policy

01.05.2024 Zoë Moore

Decades of strategic investment in science at the central and local levels have manifested in significant advances in Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs, 脑机接口) (Xinhua, November 15,...

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CCP Ideological Indoctrination, Part 2: The New Plan for Training Party Cadres

01.05.2024 John Dotson

Author’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series focused on recent initiatives taken by the Chinese Communist Party to implement ideological indoctrination...

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Taiwan’s Offshore Islands: Assessments Of Support For Integration

01.05.2024 Kristian McGuire

Kinmen County (金门县) and Lienchiang County (连江县; also referred to as Matsu (马祖)) are a crucial site of activity for cross-Strait relations. Over the last...

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Xi Demands Fealty Despite Domestic And Foreign Woes

01.05.2024 Willy Wo-Lap Lam

The Politburo held a “democratic life meeting (民主生活会)” on December 21–22, 2023, in which President Xi Jinping gave an internal, unpublished speech. According to accounts...

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Xi’s New Year’s Speech Dismisses Difficulties

01.05.2024 Arran Hope

On New Year’s Eve, a prerecorded address from Chinese President Xi Jinping was broadcast across the Party’s global network of official media outlets (Youtube, December...

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