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Joseph Torigian shares insights from his latest book, "Prestige, Manipulation, and Coercion: Elite Power Struggles in the Soviet Union and China after Stalin and Mao," on the nature and limits of institutionalization in Leninist systems.

https://t.co/P82aWRk8g8

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Japan expert Sheila A. Smith talks to CACR about former Prime Minister Taro Aso's August delegation to Taiwan, the improving state of Japan-South Korea ties, the Japan-US military relationship, and proposed increases in Japan's defense spending.
https://t.co/dLiYTjxalF

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Tuong Vu talks to CACR about the state of Vietnam's relations with China and the United States and the challenges facing the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam
https://t.co/VSLpFBHMr0

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Martin K. Dimitrov talks to CACR about his book Dictatorship and Information: Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China: https://t.co/D3UR5lvmHJ

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David Ownby talks to CACR about the difficulties facing China's intellectuals, the impact of the end of COVID controls, his latest book project, and the robustness of the Chinese regime: https://t.co/Vds57pyUEp

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Timothy Cheek talks to CACR about his upcoming research projects, the institutional charisma of the CCP, and how the CCP and comparable regimes survive crises: https://t.co/XVym15jIDB

[The Fletcher School @FletcherSchool]

Professor @davidclogan talks to @CCPWatch about his latest monograph on China’s nuclear buildup, the potential nuclear dynamics of a Taiwan contingency, and debates in the theoretical literature over counterforce and damage limitation strategies.

https://t.co/POyD8p74zA

[The Elliott School @ElliottSchoolGW]

The Elliott School of International Affairs has received a $1 million endowed gift from the Center for Advanced China Research, a Washington DC think tank founded by David Gitter, ESIA MA ’15, to advance contemporary China studies.

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For @Diplomat_APAC, CACR Analyst Connor Swank discusses how a Taiwan conflict will not only test the US' warfighting abilities but also its ability to forge a lasting political settlement that suits its interests and those of its partners.

https://t.co/LHnovaxaMv

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Check out CACR's latest Expert Voices interview with @davidclogan of the @NavalWarCollege. In an interview with Connor Swank, Logan discusses China's improving nuclear capabilities, its no first-use declaratory policy, and China-US nuclear dynamics.

https://t.co/DVzw12bb3U

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Sincere thanks to our contributors for their insightful chapters: @BruceDi17101288 @YanzhongHuang @wendyleutert @Dali_Yang @rzhongnotes, and Yun Sun of @Stimson_EAsia.

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The Party Watch Annual Report for 2022 is live! Our authors discuss Beijing's approach to "Seeking Progress While Maintaining Stability" (稳中求进) over a tumultuous year. https://t.co/usl56LdSVa

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For the CACR blog, Analyst @DanielFu1999 reviews Chinese academics and policy elites' concerns about the sustainability of the Belt and Road Initiative: https://t.co/dKJAEeUMgD

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The 20th Party Congress Report omitted 2 key phrases: “Peace and development" as the “theme of the times” and the “important period of strategic opportunity." CACR’s President and Director of Analysis discuss these changes in a special report:
https://t.co/ugrzkcYqjX

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Monday's Party Watch newsletter will include important speeches, news, and commentary from the Congress. Subscribe here to get our coverage and analysis in your inbox: https://t.co/YsaUoqLPXk

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In today's @nytimes, CACR's president David Gitter discusses significant omissions from Xi's report to the 20th Party Congress:
https://t.co/f45gz4vlRC

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For more analysis of the Party Congress, CACR collected expert perspectives prior to the event: https://t.co/BTj5U1RTd9

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For succinct weekly translations of authoritative Party documents, speeches, commentary, and news through the 20th Party Congress and beyond, subscribe to our newsletter: https://t.co/KzOeJYhD1O

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A useful guide for interpreting the 20th Party Congress Report from past Annual Report contributor Holly Snape, including summaries of and links to past relevant documents. Many materials cited here can also be found in our archived weekly newsletter: https://t.co/bexHqOgdLf

[Holly Snape @HollySnapeWang]

As Simon Leys put it: 'the analyst must absorb industrial quantities of the most indigestible stuff; reading Communist literature is akin to munching rhinoceros sausage, or to swallowing sawdust'

Wrote a thing on attempting to read the Congress report:
https://t.co/8zFkGaro5f

[Daniel Fu @DanielFuIR]

Excited to share an article I authored that was published by @CCPWatch. I use Chinese-language sources to argue that a large number of Chinese academics and policy elites expect some form of Japanese military intervention in case of a Taiwan contingency. 

https://t.co/YvgkR18Afq