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CCP legitimacy
Amid the Trade War, the CCP Is Converting Hardship Into Power
By Tang Meng Kit and Zi Yang
The real test for the CCP is not whether it can survive economic hardship, but whether it can continue to extract legitimacy from suffering and sacrifice.
Exporting Culture, Cementing Control: How the CCP Pursues Domestic Legitimacy Through Soft Power
By Gu Bin
By strategically aligning soft power expansion with a revival of traditional culture, the Chinese government leverages successes like “Ne Zha 2” to enhance its domestic political legitimacy.
China Isn’t Poised to Invade Taiwan – But Beijing Might Benefit From That Perception
By Thiago de Aragao
China’s approach to Taiwan is less about an actual invasion and more about the strategic use of tensions to gain leverage – and shore up CCP legitimacy.
Why Contaminated Cooking Oil in China Is A Recipe for Disaster
By Genevieve Donnellon-May
China’s struggles with food safety persist – and few issues stoke public discontent so acutely.
China’s Quest for New Heroes
By Vincent K. L. Chang
Beijing is mobilizing a new generation of heroes and potential future martyrs to secure victory in its battle for global power and prestige.
Revisiting China: One Year After the White Paper Movement
By Jianli Yang
Is China any closer to meaningful political change?
The CCP’s Zero COVID Campaign Left a Lasting Mark on Chinese Politics
By Wilson (Yuxi) Wen
Zero COVID artificially and unnecessarily created the perfect condition for a political thunderstorm that could shake the ruling legitimacy and control mechanism of the party-state.
How Xi Jinping Used the CCP Constitution to Cement His Power
By Jarek Grzywacz
Xi’s eventual successor will face the problem of major revisions to the party constitution – meaning a complicated transition period.
Russia’s Irrational War in Ukraine Should Be a Warning for Predicting China’s Behavior
By Jan Švec
Many of the factors that led to Putin’s disastrous decision are also present in China’s authoritarian system.
Xi Jinping’s Legitimacy Malaise Is Bad News for Cross-Strait Relations
By Anthony Toh Han Yang and Jonghyuk Lee
Xi’s achievements as a core leader of the party are far inferior to those of Mao and Deng. Taiwan may be his only chance to secure a legacy-defining victory.
Why Is China Insisting It Is a Democracy?
By Brian Wong
The attempt to frame an alternative model of democracy highlights a shift in the CCP’s quest for legitimacy.
The Sixth Plenum and the Rise of Traditional Chinese Culture in Socialist Ideology
By Zhuoran Li
The CCP is turning to traditional culture to bolster its rule and guard against the spread of Western values.
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