In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
As 2024 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and...
After a decades-long infrastructure spending spree, many of China’s local governments now find themselves saddled with unsustainable levels of debt and a surplus of vastly ambitious but often underutilized infrastructure...
On March 16, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that the Chinese economy was off to a good start in 2024, with reported 5.3% year-on-year GDP growth in the first quarter of the year. The better-than-expected...
This year’s Two Sessions—the annual meetings of the legislative National People’s Congress (NPC) and the advisory Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)—are taking place amid grim economic conditions. The...
Over the past month, in response to disappointing economic data, various Chinese government agencies have announced measures intended to stimulate household spending and bolster consumer confidence. China’s economy continues to...
Jeremy Wallace, associate professor of Government at Cornell University, joined CDT to discuss his new book, Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China. In a wide-ranging conversation,...
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
The governor of Liaoning Province acknowledged this week that his government had inflated economic...
China will surpass middle income status (defined by the World Bank as having a per capita gross...
Recent government statistics have shown that, in 2015, China’s economy grew at the slowest...
As Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown continues apace, the latest high-profile target is Wang...
The 18th Communist Party Central Committee will hold its fifth plenary session in Beijing next...
In Maclean’s Jason Kirby writes about a surge of labor unrest that is quickly becoming a...
On his Dart-Throwing Chimp blog, political scientist Jay Ulfelder presents a series of graphs...
While many regions in China have lowered GDP targets amid the “new normal” of slower...
According to an updated report from the World Bank’s International Comparison Program, China...
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