内容摘要：Leaders in Beijing will want to portray an image of strength both to its own people and to the international community. They will want to appear as if they have not budged an inch. The message from China is that it is being responsible and rational and doing what it can to avoid a global recession.

Leaders in Beijing will want to portray an image of strength both to its own people and to the international community. They will want to appear as if they have not budged an inch. The message from China is that it is being responsible and rational and doing what it can to avoid a global recession.

"There’s a big difference between China doing well, and Chinese people doing well."Whyte, Rozelle and Alisky’s research is based on four sets of academic surveys conducted between 2004 and 2023.

In-person surveys were conducted together with colleagues at Peking University's Research Center on Contemporary China (RCCC) in 2004, 2009 and 2014. Participants ranged in age from 18-70 and came from 29 provinces. Tibet and Xingiang were excluded.In 2023, three rounds of online surveys, at the end of the second, third and fourth quarters, were conducted by a survey research centre at a university in China. Participants ranged in age from 20-60.The same questions were used in all surveys. To make responses comparable across all four years, the researchers excluded participants aged 18-19 and 61-70 and reweighted all answers to be nationally representative. All surveys contain a margin of error.

The study has been accepted for publication by The China Journal and is expected to be published in 2025.Researchers for the China Dissent Monitor (CDM) have collected data on “dissent events” across China since June 2022 from a variety of non-government sources including news reports, social media platforms operating in the country and civil society organisations.

Dissent events are defined as instances where a person or persons use public and non-official means of expressing their dissatisfaction. Each event is highly visible and also subject to or at risk of government response, through physical repression or censorship.

These can include viral social media posts, demonstrations, banner drops and strikes, among others. Many events are difficult to independently verify.Outpatient services at the hospital, which have been piloted over the last two years, will continue, with building work due to be completed later this year.

Ms Hanna said a public meeting was scheduled for late February, when more details would be provided on the design and anticipated timelines for work, along with the likely new services."Everyone has come a long way in agreeing that future, which we will see coming into fruition from later this year," she added.

Dr Ben Riley, Oxford Health's Chief Operating Officer, said: "This investment will help us to make real our vision for more local healthcare provision in the community."Working in partnership with our health and care partners and the local community to make the case for the funding has been hugely important.