PLA Political Work in Cyberspace
At a time when Xi Jinping is reasserting the CCP’s power and authority, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has intensified its...
Xi Jinping's Latest Power Move in Context
This past weekend, Xinhua announced through an “authorized release” that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee has proposed...
Quarterly Report 1 | October 2017- January 2018
About this Report The Party Watch Initiative Quarterly Report 1 provides a comprehensive overview of the most important Chinese Communist...
Loyalty and False Loyalty to the Party
With just a little under 90 million members, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) portrays itself as a powerful bulwark of socialism and the...
Why China’s 2017 GDP Numbers are a Reason to Worry
In mid-January, the National Bureau of Statistics of China proudly unveiled 2017’s economic data and a Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...