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After the Dust Has Settled: Effects of Information Control in China During the Crisis Period of COVID-19

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This research analyzes the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign-style mode of policy making during COVID-19 under the perspective of the policy process model. While there have been research efforts about China’s campaign-style policy implementation during times of crises, the COVID-19 case features for the first time the utilization of advanced technology to manage the public. Therefore, this research presents in detail what methods the CCP utilized during the COVID-19 crisis period, and what its effects were on the public. The research finds that the CCP was able to swiftly curb the pandemic by mobilizing the mass through a campaign mode of policy-making, and has successfully utilized advanced information and communication technology to not only monitor its citizens’ health but also the spread of information. This study does not intend to downplay China’s initial failure to control the pandemic outbreak. However, the scope is to examine the policy procedures of the authoritarian government, which has proved once again to be resilient in a time of crisis.

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This research analyzes the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign-style mode of policy making during COVID-19 under the perspective of the policy process model. While there have been research efforts about China’s campaign-style policy implementation during times of crises, the COVID-19 case features for the first time the utilization of advanced technology to manage the public. Therefore, this research presents in detail what methods the CCP utilized during the COVID-19 crisis period, and what its effects were on the public. The research finds that the CCP was able to swiftly curb the pandemic by mobilizing the mass through a campaign mode of policy-making, and has successfully utilized advanced information and communication technology to not only monitor its citizens’ health but also the spread of information. This study does not intend to downplay China’s initial failure to control the pandemic outbreak. However, the scope is to examine the policy procedures of the authoritarian government, which has proved once again to be resilient in a time of crisis.

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