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China local governments
![China’s Third Plenum Shines Light on Center-Local Fiscal Challenges China’s Third Plenum Shines Light on Center-Local Fiscal Challenges](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-22-211604.jpg)
China’s Third Plenum Shines Light on Center-Local Fiscal Challenges
By Jennifer Lee
China watchers should temper their expectations and anticipate incremental changes building off of existing policy rather than deep reform.
![The Power – and Limits – of Xi Jinping The Power – and Limits – of Xi Jinping](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-23-211013.jpg)
The Power – and Limits – of Xi Jinping
By Zhuoran Li
Xi may have more power than any Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, but even he can’t fully implement his policy preferences.
![China’s Lackluster Vaccination Drive: A Tale of Local Cadre Incentives China’s Lackluster Vaccination Drive: A Tale of Local Cadre Incentives](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-29-145126.jpg)
China’s Lackluster Vaccination Drive: A Tale of Local Cadre Incentives
By Zhuoran Li
Why was China’s vaccination campaign so little, so late? The key lies in understanding cadres’ daily working routine under Xi Jinping.
![China Suddenly Abandoned Its Zero COVID Policy. How Did It Start In The First Place? China Suddenly Abandoned Its Zero COVID Policy. How Did It Start In The First Place?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-01-150439.jpg)
China Suddenly Abandoned Its Zero COVID Policy. How Did It Start In The First Place?
By Ceren Ergenc
We tend to think China has a strict, top-down COVID-19 policy, but local variation is what really shaped the outcome, from beginning to end.
![Why Xi Jinping’s China Will Clamp Down Harder on Domestic Criticism Why Xi Jinping’s China Will Clamp Down Harder on Domestic Criticism](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-china-flag-protest1.jpg)
Why Xi Jinping’s China Will Clamp Down Harder on Domestic Criticism
By Corey Lee Bell
The COVID-19 protests took aim at Xi personally – arguably a result of his high-profile moves to exert firm control over all levels of government.
![How Beijing Accidentally Ended the Zero COVID Policy How Beijing Accidentally Ended the Zero COVID Policy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-06-145223.jpg)
How Beijing Accidentally Ended the Zero COVID Policy
By Zhuoran Li
China’s central government aimed to modify the zero COVID policy incrementally following the 20th Party Congress. What went wrong?
![China’s Performative Zero-COVID Policy China’s Performative Zero-COVID Policy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-29-150515.jpg)
China’s Performative Zero-COVID Policy
By Zhuoran Li
To bolster their standing during the pandemic, local cadres are putting a new twist on the concept of performative governance.
![China’s ‘Fragmented Authoritar­ianism’ During the COVID-19 Pandemic China’s ‘Fragmented Authoritar­ianism’ During the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-15-165237.jpg)
China’s ‘Fragmented Authoritarianism’ During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Zhenze Huang
China’s pandemic response has been heavily mediated by the always-complex relationship between central and local governments.
![China’s Risky Revival of Mao-Era Grassroots Mobilization Methods China’s Risky Revival of Mao-Era Grassroots Mobilization Methods](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-06-07-144130.jpg)
China’s Risky Revival of Mao-Era Grassroots Mobilization Methods
By Dan Macklin
Mass mobilization has been key to Beijing’s pandemic strategy, but its continuation is undermining effective governance.
![What Keeps China’s Zero-COVID Policy Going What Keeps China’s Zero-COVID Policy Going](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-21-200842.jpg)
What Keeps China’s Zero-COVID Policy Going
By Zhuoran Li
The CCP's approach to pandemic management incentivizes officials to double down on extreme measures without regard for the costs.
![China and COVID-19: A Central-Local ‘Chess Game’ China and COVID-19: A Central-Local ‘Chess Game’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-19-24.jpg)
China and COVID-19: A Central-Local ‘Chess Game’
By Philipp Renninger
Attributing pandemic containment to “Beijing” is both wrong and right – and thus sheds light on China’s central-local governance.
![Wuhan Coronavirus and the Tacitus Trap Wuhan Coronavirus and the Tacitus Trap](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-30-3.jpg)
Wuhan Coronavirus and the Tacitus Trap
By Fu Yu
The outbreak revealed long-standing deficiencies inside China’s local administrations, which may pose a threat to the credibility of local governments across the PRC.
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