Issue Positioning of Chinese Communist Party in Emerging Pluralist Society

• In Event: Managed Pluralism in Communist and Post-Communist States

Abstract

How does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mobilize the mass public in emerging pluralist society? What sorts of issues are critically utilized to stabilize one-party system in the rise of social divisions? This study examines 499 documents from CCP's archive: resolutions, manifestos, reports, and leaders' speeches of the 19 CCP's national congresses. Using estimation in structural topic modeling, the analysis shows the CCP substantially has altered the issue emphasis from position to valence agendas, keeping pace with increasing social differences. Aa a result, this study contributes to understanding China's issue politics over one century as well as representation of one-party system.

Author

• Yong Jae Kim, Hawaii Pacific University