Samantha Hoffman
Samantha Hoffman is an independent consultant. She is currently finalizing her Ph.D.: “Programming China: The Communist Party’s Autonomic Approach to Managing State Security”. She tweets @he_shumei
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Grasping Power with Both Hands: Social Credit, the Mass Line, and Party Control
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long claimed that only it can lead the Chinese people to prosperity. This claim underlies Deng Xiaoping’s famous saying that China must “grab with...
Managing the State: Social Credit, Surveillance and the CCP’s Plan for China
On July 20, the Chinese government released its Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan. [1] The plan has gained significant media attention in part because it links AI with another...
Jamestown Fellow Peter Mattis Presents on China’s Central State Security Commission at IISS
Jamestown Fellow Peter Mattis and China Brief contributor Samantha Hoffman gave a presentation, "Managing the power within China’s Central State Security Commission," at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in...
Jamestown Fellow Peter Mattis with Samantha Hoffman publish in War on the Rocks
Jamestown Fellow Peter Mattis and Samantha Hoffman have written an article on China's State Security Commission for War on the Rocks, entitled "Managing the Power Within: China's State Security Commission"
Ensuring Comprehensive State Security in the “Ideological Battleground” Online
Mao Zedong once warned: “Whenever you want to overthrow a regime, you must first create public opinion… If the military defense line is not stable, it will break down after...
Portents of Change in China’s Social Management
Within the period of a few short weeks, two very similar environmental protests erupted in Qidong, Jiangsu and in Shifang, Sichuan. In both incidents thousands of protesters demanded the end...
Sino-Philippine Tension and Trade Both Rising amid Scarborough Standoff
Tensions are once again on the rise in the South China Sea. On April 10, a standoff began when two Chinese surveillance vessels blocked a Philippine warship from detaining Chinese...
China and Pakistan: Evolving Focus on Stability within Continuity
On November 16th, a two-week joint anti-terrorism exercise, Friendship-2011 (Youyi-2011), commenced between China and Pakistan. The exercise was the fourth instalment of the “Friendship” counter-terrorism series. The initial 2004 exercise...
Plenum Document Highlights Broad Role for Social Management; Rising Leaders Meet in Pyongyang
Plenum Document Highlights Broad Role for Social Management From October 15 to 18, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) convened the 6th Plenum of the 17th Central Committee to address China's...
China’s European Satellite Launch Sets New Milestones; South Africa-China Deals Court Controversy; Putin Visits Beijing; New Sino-Kazakh Pipeline Deal Signed
China’s European Satellite Launch Sets New Milestones On October 7, a Chinese Long March-3 rocket blasted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, delivering a French Eutelsat communications satellite...