Neil Thomas 牛犇
@neilthomas123
Fellow on Chinese Politics @AsiaSociety. Via @EurasiaGroup @MacroPoloChina @Harvard. Words @WashingtonPost @ForeignPolicy @LowyInstitute etc. Views my own. 🇦🇺
Who runs 🇨🇳? Not just Xi Jinping! The 🇺🇸 CIA used to store profiles of 🇨🇳 leaders & their networks on index cards that filled a room the size of a football pitch Now this info is at your fingertips, thanks to Decoding Chinese Politics by @AsiaPolicy This is how it works ⬇️🧵
Communist Party cadres in China are literally drinking themselves to death on the job Story from a must-read @ByChunHan piece in @WSJ: "Local officials gathered in China’s central city of Xinyang in March for a seminar about regulations requiring them to be frugal. Over lunch,…
This is very interesting piece. “Open-source data indicates that Li’s political stature is growing. Since becoming premier in March 2023, according to my analysis of state media reports and official regulations, he has chaired more meetings, gained more powers, and enjoyed a…
Li Qiang chaired a study session today on sci-tech commercialization Beijing should "use market forces more," "attract social [private] capital" and "encourage financial institutions to innovate financial products and services" Bit of a vibe shift from the COVID era.. 1/