These bodies are encouraged to open up internationally in order to collect foreign analyses and promote official Chinese concepts. Researchers are restricted to working on subjects that are of use to the Party. They have also been subject to stricter political controls which could damage, over time, the international credibility of Chinese think tanks.

Alice Ekman, Head of China research, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri.

Article published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 82, No. 4, Winter 2017-2018.