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Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China will remain consistent in its position on the Ukraine crisis and will continue promoting peace talks no matter how the situation evolves. In his phone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Xi elaborated on China's principled stance on the crisis and stressed that complex issues have no simple solutions. The Chinese side is glad to see Russia and the United States maintain contact, improve their relations and promote a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, Xi said. Putin, on his part, shared Russia's perspective on the current situation of the Ukraine crisis and the recent interactions between Russia and the United States. He said Russia highly appreciates China's constructive role in promoting a political ...

China is not a black box. While Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power has brought tighter control over dissent and leaks, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) now produces more routine political information than ever before. Of course, academic research, database access, and public commentary have all become significantly more constrained, but much open-source material on Chinese politics remains available. Chinese internet users engage daily with a sprawling mix of propaganda feeds, commercial platforms, and semi-official accounts. The CCP now publishes a constant stream of information to retain control over its narrative in a country of 1.4 billion people as well as inform and instruct its almost 100 million members. These updates include meeting agendas, personnel changes, budget dat