Neil Thomas 牛犇 ✓
@neilthomas123 · Washington DC · joined 29 Mar 2011
Senior Fellow on Chinese Politics @AsiaSociety. Ex @EurasiaGroup @Harvard. Words @ForeignAffairs @ForeignPolicy @NYTimes @WashingtonPost etc. Views my own.
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"From the American side, the key priority is to ensure rare earths are getting delivered from China to American companies," said Neil Thomas, a fellow at @AsiaPolicy . "From the Chinese side, I think the main priority is to have a successful visit that delivers good visuals and h
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Sharing this fascinating @FT piece by @sunyu1117 that I contributed to, which looks at the increasing appeal of military and police academies in China
"Chinese high school graduates are increasingly shifting their sights towards police and military academies and other https://t.
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"The more sensational the claim [about Chinese politics], the more attention it attracts ... Sticking to the facts quickly becomes dull when so little is known about internal maneuvering in Beijing compared with democratic political systems."
My lament about Pekingology in https
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Why are Chinese leaders so focused on internal discipline and Party building this year? Because it's still difficult to get local officials to do what they want. Go deeper in this @AsiaPolicy piece by @LiZhuoran0322
This year China launched a campaign for Party cadres to study h
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@neilthomas123 @AsiaPolicy Cool. You should make this an app.
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Decoding Chinese Politics is here: https://t.co/lyxKcHzGHe
We will be updating DCP to reflect personnel changes & our ongoing research
Help us improve DCP by sharing ideas, feedback, and corrections (scroll): https://t.co/BFw7IYrLm6
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Great to work w/amazing team at Center for China Analysis @AsiaSociety @AsiaPolicy, inc @yifanz0303, Haolan Wang, Gavin Xu & Hongjia Yang
Special thanks to Jing Qian and CCA Senior Fellows @guoguang_wu @jessicacweiss & Chris Johnson (who provided the nugget in the first tweet!)
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Decoding Chinese Politics starts with top leaders
But has similar network maps & explainer essays for institutions, people & policies in
1⃣ Economy & Trade
2⃣ Energy & Environment
3⃣ Finance
4⃣ Foreign Affairs
5⃣ Hong Kong, Xinjiang & Tibet
6⃣ Military
7⃣ Security
8⃣ Technology
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How are these leaders connected?
Just hover over the gray lines b/w any two leaders and you get a brief on their relationship
Below we see He Lifeng is a close confidant of Xi from his Fujian days. That's a reason why He is one of the most important people in Beijing right now.
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China is one of the world's most important but least understood countries
Decoding Chinese Politics helps us outline the "black box" in Beijing & make better calls about what's inside
Below the "wheel" there is an explainer essay on key institutions, people, and policies
And..
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Decoding Chinese Politics begins w/network map of top leaders
You see key institutions and the people in them
You can group leaders by institution or faction
Gray lines show political connections b/w leaders
Below we see Xi has packed the new Politburo w/allies & loyalists h
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Click on anyone in the wheel and you see with whom they have personal, professional, or other ties
You also get key info about their roles, their background, and demographic data
Below we see He Lifeng is connected to Xi and Xi allies like Cai Qi, Chen Wenqing, Wang Xiaohong ht
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Who runs 🇨🇳?
Not just Xi Jinping!
The 🇺🇸 CIA used to store profiles of 🇨🇳 leaders & their networks on index cards that filled a room the size of a football pitch
Now this info is at your fingertips, thanks to Decoding Chinese Politics by @AsiaPolicy
This is how it works ⬇️🧵 h
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Dibandingkan akun berukuran sama
4 postingan dari 90 hari terakhir, dibandingkan dengan rentang 10K–100K pengikut. tampil luas, tetapi sedikit penonton yang merespons.
Median tayangan4 432akun ini924median untuk 10K–100K
Jangkauan, %12.86%akun ini3.62%median untuk 10K–100K
Interaksi, %0.93%akun ini1.52%median untuk 10K–100K
| Metrik | Akun ini | Median untuk 10K–100K | Rasio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median tayangan per postingan | 4 432 | 924 | 4.80× |
| Jangkauan (tayangan ÷ pengikut) | 12.86% | 3.62% | 3.55× |
| Tingkat interaksi | 0.93% | 1.52% | 0.61× |
Akun lain pada rentang ini → Bandingkan dengan akun lain → Bagaimana tolok ukur ini disusun →
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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes49.8%2 623 in total
Reposts13.1%687 in total
Replies1.7%88 in total
Bookmarks35.4%1 864 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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