In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair in China Studies Jude Blanchette is joined by Chenggang Xu, Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions and Visiting Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University to discuss the institutional underpinnings of China’s political economy. What explains the Communist Party’s ongoing resilience? Why did China pivot away from the economic reforms that had generated so much wealth for the country and the government? Xu advances the framework of “Regionally Administered Totalitarianism” (RADT) to describe China’s political economic transition during the reform period. He is also author of the forthcoming book Institutional Genes: The Origins of China's Institutions and Totalitarianism (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) exploring these questions.
Rebuilding Authority
Coalitions of the Weak
Factional Model-Making in China
China’s Power Position in Global Ports
Foreign and Security Policymaking in Xi Jinping’s China
The Rise of Data Politics
Elite Purges in Marxist-Leninist Regimes
Defending Stability Under Threat
The Xi Jinping Effect
Why Does the CCP Need a Core?
Grading Xi Jinping
Democratic Centralism
Performative Governance
From General Secretary to Chairman: Xi Jinping’s Third Road
Cyber Nationalism and Regime Support under Xi Jinping
Public Opinion in China
Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics
From Mao to Now
Political Risk and Firm Exit
Who Not What
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