China Studies Centre Working Papers: Recent submissions
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The Belt and Road Initiative as Ten Policy Commandments: Review of Xi’s Kazakhstan and Indonesia Launch Speeches
Published 2023-04-19In 2019 Foreign Policy described China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as “the most talked about and least defined buzzword of this decade”. Given that confusion and the importance of leader political speeches in China, ...Working Paper -
PRC Foreign and Military Policy, 1977-81: Shades of Mao, the Imprint of Deng
Published 2023-04-19This Working Paper is a draft chapter for a book on the poorly understood CCP elite politics of the early post-Mao period, tentatively entitled Hua Guofeng, Deng Xiaoping, and the Dismantling of Maoism. Conventional wisdom ...Working Paper -
Working Class Formation in China Since 1920
Published 2023-04-19In the 20th century, the Chinese working class did have the opportunity, and from time to time it looked like they had might be turning the trick. But in the end, they lost. Why? Chinese workers have been the subjects of ...Working Paper