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Why factional politics might no longer matter in China
Why factional politics might no longer matter in China

Written by Jabin T. Jacob

Under these circumstances, what will be worth watching is the composition of the Politburo Standing Committee for clues on what Xi’s policy directions for the next five years of his rule are going to be.

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Memory under assault: Rewriting history and banning commemoration in Hong Kong

Memory under assault: Rewriting history and banning commemoration in Hong Kong


Written by Jeppe Mulich

Too many young people have been politicised by the events of the past two years, and many of them now bear physical and mental scars, forming an embodied communal archive that will be hard to control. Commemoration, like dissent, is going underground.

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