Governance Corpus

🇨🇳 China

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The Mao Era and the Cold War in Asia (1949–1976)

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The 19th and 20th Party Congresses — Xi Jinping's Second and Third Terms, the Abolition of Presidential Term Limits, and the Architecture of Post-2022 Governance (2017–2022)

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Common Prosperity and the 2020s Economic Pivot — Regulatory Crackdown, Real-Estate Reckoning, and the Turn to "New Quality Productive Forces" (2020–2025)

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The Third Plenum of the 20th Central Committee, the September 2024 Stimulus, and the Two Sessions of 2025 — Postponement, Pivot, and the Operationalisation of "New Quality Productive Forces" (2023–2025)

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China's Property Crisis, the September 2024 Stimulus, and the Local-Debt Architecture (2021–2026)

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The 2026 Two Sessions, "New Productive Forces" Operationalised, and China's Trump-2 Tariff-Response Architecture — Industrial Policy, Deflation Management, and the Belousov-Era Trade War (2025–2026)

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Hu Jintao Era (2003–2013) [background/predecessor]

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CN-A-00The Mao Era and the Cold War in Asia (1949–1976)1 October 1949 – 9 September 1976Fact-checked12k w CN-A-01The Foundational Arc — Mao, Deng, Jiang, Hu and the Pre-Xi Architecture of the People's Republic (1949–2012)1949–2012Fact-checked15k w

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Xi Jinping First Term (2012–2017)

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CN-B-01Xi Jinping's Rise to Power: The 18th Party Congress and the Architecture of Paramount Leadership (2012)2012–2015Fact-checked8k w

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Xi Jinping Second Term (2017–2022)

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CN-C-01The 19th and 20th Party Congresses — Xi Jinping's Second and Third Terms, the Abolition of Presidential Term Limits, and the Architecture of Post-2022 Governance (2017–2022)2017–2025Fact-checked13k w

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Xi Jinping Third Term (2022–present)

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CN-D-01Common Prosperity and the 2020s Economic Pivot — Regulatory Crackdown, Real-Estate Reckoning, and the Turn to "New Quality Productive Forces" (2020–2025)2020–2025Fact-checked12k w CN-D-02The Third Plenum of the 20th Central Committee, the September 2024 Stimulus, and the Two Sessions of 2025 — Postponement, Pivot, and the Operationalisation of "New Quality Productive Forces" (2023–2025)2023–2025Fact-checked15k w CN-D-03China's Property Crisis, the September 2024 Stimulus, and the Local-Debt Architecture (2021–2026)2021–2026Fact-checked13k w CN-D-04The 2026 Two Sessions, "New Productive Forces" Operationalised, and China's Trump-2 Tariff-Response Architecture — Industrial Policy, Deflation Management, and the Belousov-Era Trade War (2025–2026)2025–2026Fact-checked18k w CN-D-05The 2026 Fourth Plenum and the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) — Post-Trump-2 Industrial Policy, the Property-Stabilisation Question, and the Codification of the New-Productive-Forces Era2025–2026Fact-checked15k w CN-D-06The Trump-2 Trade War and the Rare-Earths Leverage — IEEPA Tariffs, the Geneva Modus Vivendi, and the October 2025 Export-Licence Weaponisation (2025–2026)October 2024 – August 2026Fact-checked14k w

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Economic Architecture (cross-era)

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CN-E-01PRC Cross-Strait Policy from the Pelosi Visit to Joint Sword 2024 — Coercion Architecture, Cognitive Warfare, and the Reunification Calendar Debate (2022–2025)2022–2025Fact-checked13k w CN-E-02PRC Cross-Strait Policy in 2025 — Strait Thunder-2025A/B, Lai's "Foreign Hostile Force" Designation, and Trump-2 Bargaining2025Fact-checked15k w CN-E-03China-EU Relations — De-Risking, EV Tariffs, and the Strategic-Rivalry Pivot (2023–2026)2023–2026Fact-checked13k w

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Foreign Policy

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CN-F-01The China-Russia "No-Limits" Partnership — From the February 2022 Beijing Declaration to the May 2025 Moscow Victory Day (2022–2026)2022–2026Fact-checked13k w CN-F-02China's Belt and Road Initiative — From the September–October 2013 Astana and Jakarta Speeches Through the "Small and Beautiful" Pivot to the Third Phase (2013–2026)2013–2026Fact-checked9k w CN-F-03China-Africa Relations — FOCAC, the Lending Arc, and the Question of African Agency (2000–2026)2000–2026Fact-checked10k w

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Social Policy and Governance

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CN-G-01Xinjiang Governance and the Surveillance State — From the 2009 Ürümqi Riots to the Algorithmic Polity (2009–2026)2009–2026Fact-checked9k w CN-G-02China's Demographic Crisis — From the One-Child Policy to Population Decline (1979–2026)1979–2026Fact-checked9k w CN-G-03China's Education Reform — The Gaokao, "Double Reduction", and the Tutoring Crackdown (2002–2026)2002–2026Fact-checked10k w CN-G-04The Hukou System and Migration Governance — China's Internal Border (1958–2026)1958–2026Fact-checked9k w

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Biographies

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CN-H-GS-01Xi Jinping — A Biography (1953–2026)1953–2026Fact-checked8k w CN-H-GS-02Hu Jintao (1942–) — General Secretary 2002–20121942–Fact-checked9k w CN-H-GS-03Jiang Zemin (1926–2022) — General Secretary 1989–20021926–2022Fact-checked10k w CN-H-GS-04Zhao Ziyang (1919–2005) — General Secretary 1987–19891919–2005Fact-checked9k w CN-H-MIN-01Wang Yi (1953–) — Foreign Minister and Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office1953–Fact-checked13k w CN-H-MIN-02Wang Huning (1955–) — Chairman of the CPPCC, Politburo Standing Committee Member, and the Xi-Era Ideological Architect1955–Fact-checked12k w CN-H-PREM-01Li Keqiang (1955–2023) — Premier of China 2013–20231955–2023Fact-checked11k w CN-H-PREM-02Wen Jiabao (1942–) — Premier of China 2003–20131942–Fact-checked14k w

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Institutions

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CN-I-01China's Party-State Institutional Architecture — The Machinery of Party-Led Governance from the Hu Jintao Consolidation to the Xi Jinping Recentralisation (2002–2026)2002–2026Fact-checked11k w CN-I-02The People's Liberation Army and Party-Military Relations — "The Party Commands the Gun" from the Jiang–Hu Handover to the Xi-Era Purges (2002–2026)2002–2026Fact-checked12k w CN-I-03The CCDI and the Discipline-Inspection State — The Party's Sword from Wang Qishan's Campaign to the National Supervisory Commission (2012–2026)2012–2026Fact-checked10k w

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Contested Legacies

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CN-J-01Tiananmen 1989 — The Event, The Suppression, The Silence (1989)1986–2026Fact-checked12k w CN-J-02Tibet — Governance Since 1950, the Dalai Lama Succession, and the "Tibetan Issue" (1950–2026)1950–2026Fact-checked13k w CN-J-03Three Accounts — Cultural Revolution Memory and the Politics of the Verdict: the 1981 Resolution's Channelled Reckoning, the Scar-Literature Opening and Its Closure, the Managed Amnesia, the Maoist-Nostalgia Revival, and the Xi-Era Deepening of the Silence (1976–2026)9 September 1976 through mid-2026Fact-checked13k w

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Key Decisions

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CN-K-01The 2018 Constitutional Amendment — The Abolition of the Two-Term Limit on the State Presidency, the Reversal of the Deng-Era Institutional Settlement, and the Open Succession Question (2017–2026)2017–2026Fact-checked10k w CN-K-02The Zero-COVID Decision and the December 2022 Pivot (2020–2024)2020–2024Fact-checked11k w CN-K-03The National Security Law for Hong Kong (June 2020) — Prosecutions, Press Freedom, BNO Exodus, and the Article 23 Completion (2020–2025)2019–2026Fact-checked12k w CN-K-05The October 2017 Enshrinement of "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" in the CCP Constitution — The Doctrinal Elevation, the Wang Huning Architecture, and the Mao-Deng-Xi Pantheon (2012–2026)2012–2026Fact-checked15k w

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External Lens

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CN-N-01China in International Perceptions — From Engagement Consensus to Systemic Rival (1978–2026)1978–2026, weighted post-2008 per corpus scopeFact-checked9k w

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Megatrends

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CN-O-01China Megatrends — The 2030s Questions2026–2040 horizon, grounded in the 2012–2026 recordFact-checked10k w

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Reference & Canon

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CN-R-01China Governance Books Canon1949–presentFact-checked13k w