Welcome to China 360°, a bulletin featuring original insights from the scholars at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy’s 21st Century China Center to keep you informed about the complex and multidimensional developments in China and U.S.-China relations.
Issue 26: Oct. 15, 2022
POLICY REPORT
The Party Remakes China: What to Watch for After the 20th Party Congress

The center has put together a comprehensive report on how the coming 20th Party Congress will influence China’s direction of change during Xi Jinping’s third term. With contributions from several center scholars, this report pulls together data-driven insights on elite politics and factional coalitions with projections on how personnel changes will affect China’s economic policymaking, national security, climate goals and outbound investment.
MEMO
China Forum Takeaways
We compiled a list of eight key takeaways from our latest gathering of the UC San Diego Forum on U.S.-China Relations in July. You can check out what the participants have to say about China’s involvement with Russia and Ukraine, its plans for Taiwan and domestic challenges in China and the U.S.
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DATABASE
Visualizing China’s Political Elite
Victor Shih’s elite dataset portal, through which you can visualize the makeup of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) elites from the provincial standing committees and up, has added data going back to the 1990s. You can now explore the education, ethnicity, gender and career trajectories of the CCP elites from 1997 to 2022. Check out our new blog about the updated dataset and how to use the interactive portal.
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