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The Central Committee released its “Decision” document from its Fourth Plenum (see Senior Leaders section).

The various CCP department and organs focused on “studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth...

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The Central Committee’s Fourth Plenum concluded in Beijing (see Senior Leaders section). 

The Central Committee and State Council published an “Outline on Boosting Civic Morality in a New Era,” which establish...

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The Politburo met to set the agenda for the CCP Central Committee’s fourth plenum, which will be held between 28 and 31 October. After the meeting, the Politburo held a study session on the development of blo...

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Xi Jinping spoke about poverty alleviation work on National Poverty Relief Day (see Senior Leaders section).

People’s Daily issued a commentator article about the importance of achieving food security (see Pro...

[Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Beijing] 

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People’s Daily issued its first commentator article on the Hong Kong protests in 5 weeks, expressing the central government’s support for the Hong...

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Xi Jinping spoke at the PRC’s 70th anniversary celebration (see Senior Leaders section). 

Qiushi published a lengthy editorial dissecting an essay written by Xi Jinping about how the Party can maintain power (...

During the Politburo’s 40th Collective Study Session in April 2017, President Xi delivered a speech on strengthening the Party’s leadership over financial affairs, particularly over the financial mechanisms used to sti...

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Xi Jinping presided over a Politburo meeting to review proposed new guidelines for patriotic education and the work of the CCP’s party schools. He also presided over a Politburo collective study session on th...

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Xi Jinping took a trip to Henan Province, where he visited revolutionary sites in anticipation of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, toured the local manufacturing industry, and inspect...

In this two-part series, I examine the story behind China’s potential future military basing in Cambodia. Part I focused on how China used economic tools to win over the Cambodian leadership and drew conclusions about...