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MIIT’s CCID Consulting and the Pay-to-Play “Top 100 Counties”
The Business of Bureaucratic Legitimacy.
 • Zichen Wang
Henry Huiyao Wang: It’s no longer about 'China versus the West'
An interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2026 on China.Table
Transcript: China’s propaganda machine? The controversies and reality around the Confucius Institute
Michael Jinghan ZENG recounts with Brian Wong, running a Confucius Institute in the Midlands, UK, as scrutiny, politics, and paperwork piled up.
 • Yuxuan JIA and Zhu Yutao
Liu Zuo: China should not rush to raise its tax burden
Veteran tax official says targeted cuts remain necessary and feasible despite fiscal strain.
 • Junyan Zhao and Yuxuan JIA
China should "invest in reform" to lift demand, says Bai Chong’en
Tsinghua Econ Dean proposes a two-track agenda of debt resolution and health insurance reform, backed by rule-based, targeted central bank support.
 • Yuxuan JIA
Monopoly without market, subsidies without subscribers: Guo Quanzhong on state media
Media scholar and former state-run news group executive explains the enormous challenges confronting China's mainstream media
Published on Pekingnology • 
China, U.S. to meet for another round of trade talks soon?
Several takeaways from Xi-Trump phone call
 • Zichen Wang
Farmers in Hunan are opting out of health insurance as premiums rise and coverage falls short
Research from Hunan warns of a potential government credibility crisis.
 • Sihan ZHAO and Yuxuan JIA

January 2026

Pete Hegseth may have spilled the beans on the upcoming National Defense Strategy
Did the Secretary of War just reveal his strategic priorities between the homeland, China, and Russia in a Fox News interview at a football field?
Published on Pekingnology • 
Jiang Feng on Germany's 2025 and beyond: no easy exit
The Chinese Germany watcher calls for structural reform in Germany and pragmatic ties with China.
 • Yirui LI and Yuxuan JIA
Zheng (Michael) SONG: What Kind of Economic Research Does China Need?
The tyranny of the top journal outputs and narrative control of U.S.-framed debates.
 • WEI Lai and Yuxuan JIA
China’s consumption problem is an income distribution problem
Senior CASS economist calls for setting income distribution targets in the 15th Five-Year Plan and an explicit ban on age discrimination in China’s…
 • Yifan YAN and Yuxuan JIA
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