Organization Date Title Keywords
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 07.8.19 U.S.-China Diplomacy After Tiananmen: Documents from the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library
These are the main documents in the George H.W. Bush presidential archives from the six months after June 4, 1989 that most pertain to how the Bush administration assessed the situation and decided to proceed following the Tiananmen Square crackdown....
China Europe Association for Civil Rights 05.3.18 Policy Analysis on China’s Civil Society Organizations First Quarter of 2018
Civil society organizations in China faced increasingly grim circumstances in the first quarter of 2018. Whether looking at the direct impact of the Law on the Management of Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations’ Activities or the Charity Law, control... 		Foreign NGO Law, Civil Society, Law
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law 04.1.18 China Philanthropy Law Report
China’s legal framework is constraining for civil society in general and philanthropic giving in particular. During the current administration of President Xi Jinping, Chinese civil society has come under a great deal of pressure. In terms of both... 		Foreign NGO Law, Non-Profit Sector, Charity, Philanthropy, Civil Society, Law
PEN International 03.13.18 Forbidden Feeds: Government Controls on Social Media in China
PEN America
Based on extensive interviews with writers, poets, artists, activists, and others personally affected by the government’s grip on online expression, as well as interviews with anonymous employees at Chinese social media companies, this report lays bare... 		Censorship, Internet Censorship, Social Media, Internet, Internet Freedom
Mercator Institute for China Studies 12.12.17 Central Planning, Local Experiments
Mareike Ohlberg, Shazeda Ahmed, Bertram Lang
The “Social Credit System” is designed to monitor and rate citizens and companies in China and to guide their behavior. “It is a wide-reaching project that touches on almost all aspects of everyday life,” the authors Mareike Ohlberg, Bertram Lang, and... 		Credit, Social Media, Technology, Social Credit System, Government, Private Sector, Internet
Human Rights Watch 09.1.17 The Costs of International Advocacy
Even as it engages with U.N. human rights institutions, China has worked consistently and often aggressively to silence criticism of its human rights record before U.N. bodies and has taken actions aimed at weakening some of the central mechanisms... 		Human Rights, International Law, International Relations, International Order, United Nations
The Economic and Development Reform Commission of the Urumqi High-Tech Industrial Development Zone 08.1.17 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Urumqi High-Tech Industrial Development Zone Innovation and Entrepreneurship Demonstration Base Work Plan
In 2017, the Economic and Development Reform Commission of the Urumqi High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, issued a work plan for the zone. The work plan describes the overall goals of the zone as well as... 		High-Tech Industry, Technology, Xinjiang, Uighur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Surveillance
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) 07.1.17 The Shuidong Connection
An Environmental Investigation Agency investigation in Mozambique revealed a Chinese-led criminal syndicate which for over two decades has been trafficking ivory from Africa to Shuidong, its hometown in southern China. According to this syndicate, it is...
Mercator Institute for China Studies 05.24.17 China’s Social Credit System: A Big-Data Enabled Approach to Market Regulation with Broad Implications for Doing Business in China
Mirjam Meissner
Under the catchphrase “Social Credit System,” China is currently implementing a new and highly innovative approach to monitoring, rating, and regulating the behavior of market participants. The Social Credit System will have significant impact on the... 		Big Data, Technology, Marketing, Consumerism, Business
Asia Society 02.7.17 U.S. Policy Toward China
Orville Schell and Susan L. Shirk
The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy generated the following report and set of recommendations to assist the 45th U.S. presidential administration in formulating a China strategy that will protect and further U.S. national interests. This report... 		U.S.-China Relations, U.S.-Taiwan Relations, North Korea, China-North Korea Relations, Environment, Asia Pivot, Pacific Pivot, Trade, Climate Change, Environmental Protection