China and the Lao Electrical Grid: Implications for Future Borrowers and China
Introduction On 4 September, Reuters reported that the government of Laos, on the verge of default on its debt, planned to establish a...
Weekly Report 4|10 12.31.2020-1.8.2020
Highlights Xi Jinping delivered a New Year’s Message that lauded the Chinese Communist Party’s ability to simultaneously combat Covid-19...
Weekly Report 4|9 12.12.2020-12.18.2020
Highlights The Politburo met for a year-end meeting to review economic and disciplinary work for 2020 (see Senior Leaders section)....
Rewriting History: How Beijing uses KMT Histories to Forward Its Policy Objectives
Image: Xi Jinping Visits the Siping Battle Memorial Hall in Jilin Province, July 2020. In recent months, Beijing has propagated two...
Raiders of the Propaganda Arc: The CCP Touts Archaeology to Boost China’s “Cultural Self-Confidence”
Image: On May 11, 2020, CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the Yungang Grottoes [云冈石窟] near Datong City (Shanxi Province) to...