Decoding Chinese Politics Adds New Sections on the Party Center, Ethnic Policy, and Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao

Wednesday, October 9 — The Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis has launched three new sections of its Decoding Chinese Politics interactive website: the Party Center; Ethnic Policy; and Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao.

China is one of the most important but least understood countries in the world. Its decisions will shape the future of international business, diplomacy, and security. The Decoding Chinese Politics interactive website helps decode the “black box” of Chinese politics through interactive visualizations and explainer essays that map formal institutions, informal networks, key decision-makers, and major policy trends. The homepage analyzes China’s top leadership, while subpages analyze specific policy areas through explainer essays.

The first of the new sections, the Party Center, maps the top leaders and behind-the-scenes powerbrokers that run the central institutions of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, including leadership groups, who comprise China’s most centralized governance core in the post-Mao era. Another new section, Ethnic Policy, covers the people, structures, and policies that dictate the Party’s treatment of ethnic minorities across China, with special focus on Xinjiang and Tibet. And the third new section, about Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, analyzes who oversees making and implementing Beijing’s “one country, two systems” policies toward these places.

Explore the new sections here. For more information about the project, contact [email protected].