Howard Wang
@howardgwang.bsky.social
China and defense at RAND. Previously USCC. Dr from SAIS. 台美人. Views my own.
Tifa are useful indicators because CCP leaders issue them in public channels, and China's implementing bureaucracy repeats them by "making representations" of where they stand, called biaotai 表态. This fosters a call-and-response cycle visible in public channels.
May 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Tifa are useful indicators because CCP leaders issue them in public channels, and China's implementing bureaucracy repeats them by "making representations" of where they stand, called biaotai 表态. This fosters a call-and-response cycle visible in public channels.
Tifa are the public outcome of debates that Party leaders conduct behind closed doors, in the neibu 内部. CCP-internal information systems historically promulgated lists of tifa to ensure all parts of Party and government were aligned to the Party center.
May 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Tifa are the public outcome of debates that Party leaders conduct behind closed doors, in the neibu 内部. CCP-internal information systems historically promulgated lists of tifa to ensure all parts of Party and government were aligned to the Party center.
The Chinese Communist Party announces its intentions in code but not in secret. CCP policy decisions are coded in in tifa 提法, usually translated as "slogan" or "formulation," and shared in open channels. My latest @RANDCorporation report discusses how to read these tifa:
May 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Chinese Communist Party announces its intentions in code but not in secret. CCP policy decisions are coded in in tifa 提法, usually translated as "slogan" or "formulation," and shared in open channels. My latest @RANDCorporation report discusses how to read these tifa: