Jeremy Wallace
In the early 1980s, the Chinese leadership promised that the country was going through a period of “reform and opening up.” Gathering information in China was never transparent or without risks, but people were increasingly willing to speak up, and archives and government data slowly became more available.
But since 2013, when President Xi Jinping took control, that opening has gone into reverse—a process accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, while observing China has become increasingly difficult, information and resources are out there to use to do good, careful work and analysis—if you know where to look.
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