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Beijing has abandoned zero-COVID: ‘ten new measures’ released on 7 December spelt its end, closing the trusted pandemic playbook with bewildering speed…
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For some policymakers in the PRC, talk of its fiscal demise is maliciously exaggerated. For actors downstream fiscal minefields are to be found around…
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November 2022

Because it was said by a PRC policy wonk first… We’ve been tracking and mapping PRC policy and opinion, translating key documents and keeping abreast of…
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Hey Beijing watchers! Well…what a difference a weekend makes. Are we now experiencing the 'two unprecendenteds'? The media so often dub Xi’s third term…
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COVID has taken several turns for the worse in the PRC. Amid a record surge in cases, the National Health Commission surprised everyone on 11 November…
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We kick off our coverage of top policy wonks with some celebrated veterans of the agriculture sector. Remember the faces—they will turn up often in ag…
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You may have pondered why vegetables in the PRC had little shelf life and strawberries were often spoiled before you even got them home…? Closed cold…
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Amid the expected infrastructure boom to support GDP growth, the neglected rural sector looks set to benefit. Rural infrastructure spending stepped up…
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Hey Beijing watchers! A warm welcome to the new-look CHINA POLICY analysis. Here we now bring together our much loved (policycn.com) and much welcomed…
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October 2022

The stern tone of the 20th Party Congress and the tightening unity around ‘Comrade Xi Jinping as the core’ was amplified by the Central Discipline…
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Cadre promotion and removal are front and centre in a newly issued CCP Central Committee document. ‘Personal’ morality and following central policy are…
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August 2022

Ag production is staggering under record heat and drought. Rice in the south, the top staple crop, is in big trouble. Extreme weather exposes…
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