Communism and the CCP

Soviet Ruins and China's Future

Why Beijing studies the USSR

Oct 21, 2024 • Lily Ottinger and Jordan Schneider

Imperial Legacy: 1949 to Xi's Death

Was autocracy the key to China's economic miracle?

Oct 4, 2024 • Jordan Schneider, Lily Ottinger, and Ilari Mäkelä

The Rise and Fall of LGFVs

How China’s local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) became China’s most complex economic challenge

Sep 19, 2024 • Jordan Schneider

Learning from the Soviet Collapse

Lessons from Chinese Communist Party documentaries on the fall of the Soviet Union

Dec 12, 2022 • Jordan Schneider

How the CCP Does Job Promotions

"We cadres can't be Bodhisattvas." How the system makes it hard for anyone to do the right thing.

Dec 1, 2020 • Jordan Schneider

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