In a totalitarian society, the government dominates everything for its continued power. China is such a society, and in today’s Martin Center article, Bruce Gilley writes about the ways China has corrupted academic research.

For today’s China under Xi Jinping, academics must be loyal stalwarts of the party who advance its goals by means fair and foul. This represents a return to earlier Maoist understandings that were briefly loosened during the 1980s and 1990s. Xi’s government has issued strict new guidelines that tell China’s academics to toe the line.

For today’s China under Xi Jinping, academics must be loyal stalwarts of the party who advance its goals by means fair and foul. This represents a return to earlier Maoist understandings that were briefly loosened during the........

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