Provincial Leaders Shuffled Ahead of 2017 Transition
In the latest edition of the Hoover Institution’s China Leadership Monitor, Alice L. Miller...
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LatestParty Discipline Becomes Plenum Focus
The Chinese Communist Party Central Committee’s Politburo has met this week and set the date...
What to Expect at China’s Fifth Plenum
The 18th Communist Party Central Committee will hold its fifth plenary session in Beijing next...
Will Xi Defy 10-Year Term Convention?
At Foreign Policy, the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Willy Lam discusses signs that Xi...
Minitrue: Party Cliques Will Not be Tolerated
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Party Plenum’s Likely Focus: Rule of Law, Zhou Yongkang
Several sources have told the South China Morning Post that this year’s Party Central...
The Third Plenum of 18th CCP Congress: A Primer
With the third plenary session of the CCP’s 18th Central Committee set to be held in...
Key Economic Reform Meeting Set for November
After an internal Party meeting, the third plenary session of the CCP’s 18th Central...
Five Year Ban Imposed on New Government Buildings
Central authorities issued a directive on Tuesday banning the construction of new governmental buildings for five years. Xinhua gives details: The directive called on all CPC and government bodies to be frugal and ensure that...
Announcement Hints at Jiang’s Waning Influence
Chinese state media reported Wednesday that former president and Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin, who emerged as a key power broker during China’s leadership transition last year, asked that his name be moved down the...
Xinhua: China to Reform Labor Re-Education System
The Chinese government will pursue reforms to its Re-education Through Labor (RTL) system, according to a report in Xinhua News which followed a national political and legal work conference in Beijing on Monday. From the...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (32)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Word of the Week: “Party” Central Committee
Editor’s Note: The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of...
Ministry of Truth: Paeans to Kim Jong-Un and More
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Drawing the News: So Long, Sparta
The new Politburo Standing Committee has been elected, Xi Jinping has taken the helm–now all that remains of the 18th Party Congress are lingering inconveniences for Beijingers, and memories. Artist: unknown Source:...
Sensitive Words: Party Congress Brawl?
Back to Filtering as Usual, For Now: CDT noted in several recent Sensitive Words posts that Sina...
Committee Selection Belies “Intra-Party Democracy”
Delegates to the Communist Party’s 18th Party Congress moved closer to formalizing their leadership transition on Tuesday, trimming the list of nominees for a new Central Committee which will appoint a Politburo and...
China Bans Advertisements During TV Dramas
As part of the campaign of “cultural reforms” to promote the development of “socialist culture” that were discussed in an October plenary session of the CCP Central Committee, China has officially ordered...
