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Posts published in “Day: May 6, 2017

Is China’s quest for its own Chatham or Brookings in vain when loyalty is required for think tanks..?

by Zhuang Pinghui in the South China Morning Post, May 6, 2017 Chinese authorities are bringing the burgeoning industry of private think tanks into line with new rules ordering them to serve the Communist Party and register “big events” and overseas donations. The new “guidelines” were issued on Thursday by nine ministerial agencies and are designed to promote “healthy development” of the sector, according to the document. The organisations could be shut down if they…