Volume 18 Issue 16

Articles from Volume 18 Issue 16

Pocketbook Purges: Why Investors Everywhere Need to Understand CCP Politics

10.10.2018 Matt Schrader

In the last issue of China Brief, this column examined the case of Huarong Asset Management, a major PRC financial firm, whose fortunes nose-dived after...

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A Look at the PLA’s Youth Aviation Programs

10.10.2018 Aaron Jensen

As the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and the People’s Liberation Army Naval Aviation (PLAN Aviation) prepare for more challenging missions and continue to...

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Grasping Power with Both Hands: Social Credit, the Mass Line, and Party Control

10.10.2018 Samantha Hoffman

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long claimed that only it can lead the Chinese people to prosperity. This claim underlies Deng Xiaoping’s famous saying...

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Vatican Agreement Latest Front in Xi’s Widening Religious Clampdown

10.10.2018 Willy Wo-Lap Lam

A new agreement between the PRC and the Vatican on the joint appointment of bishops demonstrates that the administration of CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping...

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