Welcome to China 360°, a bulletin featuring original insights from the scholars at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy’s 21st Century China Center to keep you informed about the complex and multidimensional developments in China and U.S.-China relations.
Issue 24: Aug. 25, 2022
CHINA DATA LAB
Update to the Chinese Elite Portal

Victor Shih and Young Yang bring us the latest updates to the elite portal, allowing users to explore even more information about who has governed China since the 1990s.
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BLOG
How Do Chinese Citizens Feel About Social Credit?
Sociology Department Ph.D. candidate Chuncheng Liu shares his research on how Chinese citizens feel about social credit systems in their country, digging deep into which societal groups support or oppose various facets of social credit.
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INTERVIEW
Oriana Skylar Mastro Talks Taiwan
GPS students Elissa Bozkhov and Katy Norris interviewed Stanford’s Oriana Skylar Mastro, who sheds light on what the latest round of rising tensions between China and Taiwan mean and what the U.S. needs to focus on going forward.
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PULSE ON CHINA
Chinese Youth Unemployment Crisis Looms Large
Research assistants Yuxin Yuan and Amanda Zhao share how the Chinese press is reporting on the recent staggering rise of youth unemployment in China.
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