Apr
01
Brief #107: Chinese reactions to the MU5735 crash
Quasi-public catharsis and crisis nationalism
3 min read
brief
analysis of Chinese current affairs
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
3 min read
Dec
17
Brief #101: arts & literature, YouTube influencers, American attitudes
5 min read
Dec
14
Brief #100: Nicaragua, democracy, press freedom
1. Nicaragua
Nicaragua switched
[https://www.el19digital.com/articulos/ver/titulo:123654-nicaragua-reconoce-a-larepublica-popular-china-como-unico-gobierno-legitimo]
diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China on Thursday,
5 min read
Dec
10
Brief #99: Olympic boycott, Asia Power Index
3 min read
Dec
07
Brief #98: sanctioning Lithuania, Didi delisting, China-Africa forum
1. Sanctioning Lithuania
Beijing has escalated its “retaliation” against Lithuania
[https://www.neican.org/brief-97/] by removing it from China’
5 min read