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POLICY BRIEF NO. 9: Meet Your Local Social Affairs Committee
October has been a pretty quiet month as we approach the 18th Party Congress which is now scheduled to start on November 8.
In-depth analyses on the issues facing Chinese civil society. Most of these articles have been written by CDB’s staff or translated from Chinese sources, while others are guest contributions from academics and NGO practitioners inside and outside of China.