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In September 2026, I visited Guangzhou and was able to observe institutions such as the Comprehensive Social Governance Center (社会治安总合治理中心 hereinafter referred to as the "Comprehensive Governance Center"), the Community Residents' Committee, and Party-Mass Service Centers（党群服务中心）. In grassroots…
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Under Xi Jinping, “the rule of law” ([i]fazhi[/i], 法治) has become an increasingly important concept for understanding Chinese politics. Its scope is broad. Domestically, China’s rule-of-law agenda seeks to bring Party and state institutions, as well as markets and society, under legal norms, combat…
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When I visited Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, in August 2026, Morowali—which had been established as a regency only in October 1999—came up repeatedly in conversation. Why are people in Central Sulawesi so interested in Morowali? What is happening there now? Who is coming, and in what numbers? How…
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When strategic competition and rivalry between China and the United States are discussed in Japan, the discussion often assumes Beijing and Washington are the only relevant actors. However, neither China nor the United States is monolithic. America in particular is a federal country, and each state…
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On Monday, June 8, 2026, at Keio University’s Mita Campus, a lecture titled “Vegetarianism and Culinary Regionalism in Eastern China” was held as a study meeting of the Center for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies. The speaker was Jakob Klein, Associate Professor of…
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