Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic in Wuhan, China has
remained under the international spotlight. Despite hostile sentiments toward the country …

We do not have a comprehensive understanding of authoritarian resilience or the quality of
governance globally, because we lack research analysing deepening autocratization in …

This essay reviews recent scholarship on four key components of the post-Mao party state's
cadre management regime—nomenklatura system, cadre performance evaluation system …

The nature and extent of the role of the Chinese state in the economy is fundamental to
many empirical and theoretical debates about that country's political economy. We …

The literature on developmental states has built theories of growth-enhancing strategies
through a mutually constitutive state–business relationship and institutionalised expertise …

Extensive research on the political mobility of Chinese officials at central, provincial,
municipal and county levels has yet to fully consider an important group of elites–the leaders …

Electricity is a basic requirement for a modern economy, and transmission grids at the center
of transition to a low-carbon power system. They are the principal means to integrate large …

'So many people I meet often discuss China in their own Western context, and few say that
the Chinese Communist Party is essentially the biggest business organisation in the world …

This article argues that the essence of China's neo-socialism under Xi Jinping is a CPC-led
(Communist Party of China) ranking-stratified political order. This political order diverges not …

Environmental monitoring data are essential to informing decision-making processes
relevant to the management of the environment. Their accuracy is therefore of extreme …