

China, COVID-19, and Developing Country Debt
The COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous stress on many of the world’s government budgets. The world’s poorest countries in particular are...


Weekly Report 3|42 8.15.2020-8.21.2020
Highlights Qiushi published a speech Xi Jinping gave to a Politburo collective study session in 2015. The speech focused on China’s...


Weekly Report 3|41 8.8.2020-8.14.2020
Highlights Xi Jinping once again brought up the topic of food waste, this time saying limiting food waste is especially important in...


Weekly Report 3|40 8.1.2020-8.7.2020
Highlights Qiushi published Xi Jinping’s speech at the 29 June Politburo collective study session in which he emphasized the centrality...


Weekly Report 3|39 7.25.2020-7.31.2020
Highlights The Politburo convened to discuss the 14th Five Year Plan (see Senior Leaders section). People’s Daily’s Zhong Sheng column...


Weekly Report 3|38 7.18.2020-7.24.2020
Highlights Xi Jinping presided over a symposium for entrepreneurs, which urged them to “carry forward the entrepreneurial spirit” and...


Weekly Report 3|37 7.11.2020-7.17.2020
Highlights The Politburo Standing Committee met to discuss flood control and disaster relief (see Senior Leaders section). Propaganda...


Weekly Report 3|36 6.27.2020-7.10.2020
Highlights The Politburo met to discuss new regulations for party building in the military and grassroots organization elections. A...


Weekly Report 3|35 6.20.2020-6.26.2020
Highlights Sun Chunlan conducted an inspection of the response to the recent coronavirus outbreak in Beijing (see Senior Leaders...


Weekly Report 3|34 6.13.2020-6.19.2020
Highlights The CCDI and NSC announced that Chongqing Deputy Mayor and Municipal Public Security Bureau Head Deng Huilin (邓恢林) was under...