Following the third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in mid-July, Jean-Pierre Cabestan explores several critical issues with Jean-François Di Meglio. Professor Cabestan adresses the following topics:

Third Plenum and Subsequent Documents: Analyzing the new balance while maintaining the same directions.
Economic Challenges: Examining the confirmed "supply-side" approach amidst ongoing difficulties and the limited solutions available.
Impact Assessment: Evaluating the level of trust-building and the extent of diffidence towards the CCP.
Potential Changes: Discussing possible adjustments and "corrections of path" in the future.
Personal Changes: Identifying the personal changes brought about by this Plenum.

Documents mentioned :

CCP Communiqué: http://en.cppcc.gov.cn/2024-07/19/c_1006186.htm
CCP Resolutions: https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202407/18/content_WS6698d829c6d0868f4e8e93d1.html
Xi’s explanation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QLvrsW83HaSJ4woQcxmHk9-y-SrNQ9Td/view?usp=drivesdk

Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Associate Researcher at Asia Centre as well as at the Centre d’Études Français on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, is a Research Director at the CNRS attached to the French Research Institute for East Asia (IFRAE) at INALCO.

Jean-François Di Meglio, renowned sinologist, is the chairman of Asia Centre.

Founded in 2005, Asia Centre is an independent research institute that holds debates and issues publications on matters relating to international, strategic, economic relations, as well as the political and social transformations underway in the Asia-Pacific region. Rooted in university research, Asia Centre advises decision makers in the public sector as well as in private enterprises (Asia CONNECT).

This research is part of a European Commission project "China Horizons" (formal name is "Dealing with a resurgent China” or DWARC) which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700. The project is one of the EU-funded flagship projects to upgrade independent knowledge on China in Europe. The three-year project started in November 2022.

This specific podcast is part of the WP3 on Chinese party-state politics, a work package led by CBS (Copenhagen Business School).

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