Party and State

The Party leads on everything

Party and State

The Party leads on everything

China’s changing governance in Xi Jinping’s new era

Katja Drinhausen

Report

Sep 24, 2019

Research

Party and State

EU at odds with UK and US in response to new Hong Kong security law

Newsletter

Jun 04, 2020

Protesters gesture with five fingers, signifying the "Five demands - not one less" as they march along a downtown street during a pro-democracy protest against Beijing's national security legislation in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 24, 2020. picture alliance / AP Photo

What do young Chinese think about social credit? It's complicated

Marc Oliver Rieger

Mei Wang

Mareike Ohlberg

Report

Mar 26, 2020

Xi’s one-party state is smothering what made China successful

Nis Grünberg

Analysis

Dec 19, 2019

China launches media offensive on its human rights record

China Update 18/2019

Newsletter

Dec 12, 2019

Propaganda beyond the Great Firewall

Chinese party-state media on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Mareike Ohlberg

Graphic

Dec 05, 2019

China’s actions in Xinjiang denounced as crimes against humanity

China Update 17/2019

Newsletter

Nov 28, 2019

Social control or a fix for a non-law-abiding society?

Lavender Au

Mats Kuuskemaa

Analysis

Nov 01, 2019

Celebrate the people, not the party

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Analysis

Oct 01, 2019

Get yourself a job: Beijing’s measures to tackle rising youth unemployment

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Max J. Zenglein

Analysis

Jul 22, 2019

Insights

Party and State

National People's Congress celebrates Xi Jinping's success (SWR)

MERICS in the Media

May 24, 2020

"The National People's Congress will be a difficult balancing act"

Press release

May 20, 2020

Chinese Communist Party: The ideologists are back (Zeit Online)

Nis Grünberg

MERICS in the Media

Dec 16, 2019

MERICS China Dispute: 70th anniversary of PRC - Can the CCP deliver its "China Dream"?

Podcast

Oct 01, 2019

Celebrate the people, not the Party (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

MERICS in the Media

Sep 26, 2019

The Peoples Republic celebrates its 70th anniversary

“The Communist Party is readying China for battles ahead“

Press release

Sep 26, 2019

„30 years after Tiananmen: Social movements are less likely in today’s China”

Podcast

Jun 13, 2019

Technology first? China's citizens and the digital surveillance state (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

MERICS in the Media

Jun 11, 2019

Interview on the legacy of June 4 (Spiegel Online)

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

MERICS in the Media

Jun 04, 2019

Experts on Party and State

Katja Drinhausen

Katja Drinhausen

Analyst

Nis Grünberg

Nis Grünberg

Analyst

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Research Director Politics and Society, MERICS Lab

Thomas des Garrets Geddes

Thomas des Garets Geddes

Junior Analyst

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