Going Viral: the Changing Images of Health and Hygiene in Chinese Propaganda
Avital Avina explores the use of propaganda imagery to combat disease and promote hygiene in China.
0808, 2023
2706, 2023
Hong Kong’s National Security Regime Threatens Its Status as a Financial Hub
Dennis Kwok writes that Hong Kong’s status as an international financial hub is teetering on the edge of a precipice due to Xi Jinping’s national security agenda.
2206, 2023
Tianxia under Xi Jinping: Is China a revisionist or reformist power of the Liberal International Order?
Olivia Cheung writes that Xi’s vision of tianxia suggests that it is unrivalled Chinese power and universal acceptance of Chinese influence that sustain world peace and prosperity.
0806, 2023
The history of China’s Financial Regulatory Reform after 1978
Chuang Men comments that China’s financial regulatory reform of 2023 is not novel compared to previous reforms.
1512, 2022
China’s zero-Covid strategy: causes for public protests
Daouda Cissé explores China’s zero-Covid strategy, its causes for recent public protests in major Chinese cities and its consequences for the world economy.
1312, 2022
Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid U-turn shows how much he fears his own people
Steve Tsang comments that Xi Jinping’s de facto U-turn on the zero-Covid policy and the management of the funeral for former leader Jiang Zemin reveal that he still feels insecure.
0712, 2022
Long Live the People: A Contested Slogan
The recent protests in China have seen demonstrators call out “Long Live the People”. But the slogan is a contested one: it is also claimed by the CCP where it means something different, and is now associated personally with Xi Jinping, writes John Gittings.
0712, 2022
Who is Jimmy Lai? The Hong Kong newspaper owner’s show trial
Eric Yan-ho Lai comments that the upcoming trial of publisher Jimmy Lai is seen as a symbol of the erosion of freedom of speech in Hong Kong.
1611, 2022
Xi’s vision for China after the 20th Congress
With the conclusion of the 20th Congress of the CCP, Xi Jinping has made himself at least as powerful as Mao Zedong who imposed totalitarianism in China. This is good news for him, but bad news for China and the world, writes Professor Steve Tsang.
1608, 2022
‘Rent’ in Exchange for Loyalty
Dr Jane Du discusses Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign and the impact it has had on China’s state-owned enterprises.