Anti-corruption has remained a top CCP priority for more than a decade, reflecting its central role in maintaining political security and shaping economic outcomes. The CCDI’s influence was underscored in 2025 by the promotion of its deputy secretary, Zhang Shengmin, to vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, alongside a record number of investigations into cadres. The recent surge in disciplinary activity signals significant institutional and political adjustments ahead. Interpreting these developments offers insight into how the CCP is regulating itself ahead of the 21st Party Congress in 2027 amid mounting domestic and global geopolitical turbulence.

China’s recent pronatalist turn reframes fertility as a core nation-building and economic strategy, using both welfare expansion and market mechanisms to steer reproductive behavior. Policies such as childcare subsidies, the proposed Childcare Services Law, and the taxation of contraceptives signal intensified state involvement under the guise of demographic recovery. While projecting a global image of gender equality, the state continues to instrumentalize women’s reproductive capacities to meet population goals.

The Hainan Free Trade Port represents China's boldest reform experiment since 1978, aiming to bring in a new stage of economic liberalization and globalization. Backed by strong central support, Hainan is uniquely positioned as a competitive rival to Hong Kong and Singapore in order to deepen China's integration with the global economy. As a long-term testing ground for institutional reform, it's success will hinge on sustained capital attraction and effective risk management, becoming a key strategic tool and indicating China's burgeoning interest in economic globalization.

Since 1949, work conferences have played a central role in shaping China’s national policy and governance under the CPC. Distinct from legislative sessions, they function as high-level forums for debate, policy review, and theoretical innovation, with outcomes later formalized through Party Plenums. Positioned between discussion and decision-making, these conferences allow the CPC to flexibly adjust policies and guide domestic and international governance.

This is the third of a six-part series analyzing the Taiwanese TV series ‘Zero Day Attack’ for the Organization for Research on China and Asia’s (ORCA) ‘Reviewing Chinese Culture’ segment.

चीन अपनी भौगोलिक जानकारी की सुरक्षा को लेकर हमेशा से ही बेहद सतर्क रहा है। वह भौगोलिक डेटा सुरक्षा को राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा का मामला मानता है। इसीलिए चीन की मिनिस्ट्री ऑफ़ स्टेट सिक्योरिटी घरेलू फ्रंट के बहाने अपने पड़ोसियों के साथ-साथ अपने दूरगामी भूरणनैतिक मित्रों को बार-बार अपने सख्त कानून का हवाला देकर चेतावनी देती आई है।

The Special Issue “India’s Soft Push for Power in South Asia: Shaping A Favourable Tomorrow” was ideated keeping in mind the increasing need for Indian policymakers to mitigate challenges emerging against New Delhi’s South Asian policy. Through each chapter, contributed by emerging Indian scholars specializing in India’s neighborhood policy, the publications envisions new and existing strategies to effectively leverage India’s soft power appeal in South Asia. 

Religious exchanges, especially pilgrimages to Mount Kailash, have long symbolized the fluid cultural ties and contested sovereignties between India, Tibet, and China. The recent reopening of the Kailash yātrā reflects cautious Sino-Indian rapprochement post-Galwan. However, such religious engagement implicitly challenges Beijing’s authority in Tibet. Pilgrimage remains a subtle yet potent site of geopolitical tension and cultural assertion.