May
11
Brief #111: Communist Youth League at 100
On 10 May 2022, the Communist Youth League of China celebrated its 100th
anniversary. This video looks at the League&
brief
analysis of Chinese current affairs
Apr
26
Brief #110: Why is Beijing insistent on its approach to COVID?
Beijing has doggedly stood by its Zero-COVID strategy despite the rising
concerns over its viability, cost and ethics. The harrowing
2 min read
Apr
14
Brief #109: State Council executive meeting (April 13)
Consumption, export, financing costs
1 min read
Apr
09
Brief #108: State Council executive meeting (April 6)
Sectors under special hardship and monetary policy.
2 min read
Apr
01
Brief #107: Chinese reactions to the MU5735 crash
Quasi-public catharsis and crisis nationalism
3 min read
Mar
29
Brief #106: prioritising and normalising Party history
The Communist Party carried out a year-long Party history campaign
[https://www.neican.org/china-neican-party-history-hua-guofeng/] in 2021 to
coincide with
2 min read
Mar
05
Brief #105: Government Work Report 2022 (foreign policy & national security)
Chinese premier Li Keqiang delivered this year's Government Work Report this
morning (March 5) to the gathering of
4 min read
Feb
25
Brief #104: Beijing's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Beijing’s positioning and language on the Ukraine crisis has shifted from trying
to thread a fine line to leaning
4 min read
Jan
11
Brief #103: big eyes, small hearts
A mature society allows space for political and aesthetic pluralism.
3 min read
Jan
04
Brief #102: Whataboutism, export control
Press freedom and Whataboutism
Hong Kong police raided the office of Stand News 立場新聞, a pro-democracy media
outlet, on December
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