In China, Echoes of Mao Emerge

Beijing is using ideology to compensate for its economic performance.

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A few recent developments suggest ideological change is coming to the Chinese Communist Party, however incrementally. Speaking at a Politburo Standing Committee session, Cai Qi, the CCP ideology chief and one of seven members of the elite Standing Committee, made some rare calls on party officials to better respond to public sentiment and guide public […]

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Victoria Herczegh
Viktória Herczegh is an analyst at Geopolitical Futures. She is also a PhD candidate at the Political Science and International Relations Doctoral School of Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. Her PhD research topic is "Double Standards projected by Great Powers". Ms. Herczegh holds a bachelor's degree of Chinese Language and Culture and a master's degree of East Asian Studies. She also spent one semester at Shanghai International Studies University studying Mandarin Chinese. Ms. Herczegh is a native Hungarian fluent in English, Spanish, French and Mandarin.