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A Journal of the China Research Center
2025: Vol. 24, No. 1
Editor’s Note
Most people probably have heard the proverb about the blind men and the elephant, each describing a very different animal depending on the part…
China’s Governance Model and Market Reforms: Insights from the Third Plenum of the 20th Central Committee
The 3rd Plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), held in July 2024, issued a Resolution of the Central…
Xi Jinping’s Corruption Quagmire
Introduction In October 2017, Xi Jinping told the delegates to the Nineteenth Party Congress that during the past five years, the Party’s “anti-corruption campaign…
Post-Pandemic Transformations: Evaluating China’s Climate and Air Quality Situation in the Wake of COVID-19
In 2014, Prime Minister Li Keqiang declared an all-out war on air pollution (Zhang et al, 2021). For the next eight years, the data…
The Significance of the Third Plenum of the Communist Party of China for Central Asian Countries
Vectors of Chinese Economic Policy and Central Asia Traditionally dedicated to economic issues, the Third Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party…
The Long March Toward Chinese “Modernization”
How three recent 3rd plenums have changed China All Communist parties in the world followed the Soviet model of governing — convening national party…
