Investigations
Follow a system across time
Seven investigations connect policy decisions, responsible institutions, operating mechanisms, individual cases, and documented consequences. Begin with the historical sequence, then test the explanation against case files and sources.
How to use an investigation
From command to consequence
- 01Establish the sequenceIdentify who decided what and when.
- 02Locate the machineryConnect Party bodies, state agencies, and operating mechanisms.
- 03Read the casesSee how policy reached people, firms, and communities.
- 04Check the recordSeparate documented facts from the site's analysis.
Investigation cluster
Historical disasters and suppressed memory
Trace how Party decisions produced catastrophe from the Great Leap Forward through June Fourth, then constrained public memory.
9 connected filesThe Great Leap Forward and Great FamineSix articles and case files reconstruct decision, implementation, numerical disputes, and institutional legacy of The Great Leap Forward and Great Famine.6 articles2 cases1 events10 connected filesThe Cultural RevolutionSix articles and case files reconstruct decision, implementation, numerical disputes, and institutional legacy of The Cultural Revolution.6 articles3 cases1 events10 connected filesThe 1989 Democracy Movement and Military CrackdownSix articles and case files reconstruct decision, implementation, numerical disputes, and institutional legacy of The 1989 Democracy Movement and Military Crackdown.6 articles3 cases1 events
Investigation cluster
Present-day systems of control
Follow the links among cadre dependency, political capital, surveillance infrastructure, and extralegal repression.
17 connected filesCorruption, Cadre Dependency, and Political PurgeTracing anti-corruption through asset information, appointment exchange, inspection, case selection, and post-purge replacement.9 articles4 cases4 events44 connected filesPolitical Capital, Party Organizations, and Wealth ControlFrom SOE Party committees, policy finance, and local land debt to private-business relationships, relatives' interests, and offshore-evidence limits.24 articles11 cases9 events21 connected filesNationwide Surveillance Infrastructure and Offline EnforcementFrom video and police big data to biometrics, phones, real-name systems, platforms, and grids.11 articles5 cases5 events50 connected filesExtralegal Control and Group-Based RepressionFrom liuzhi, RSDL, torture, and relational pressure to governance of Xinjiang, Tibet, religion, labor, and reproduction.25 articles13 cases12 events