🇨🇳 China In power: RIGHT
CURRENT MONTH — OCTOBER 2026
LEFT
8
Liberal / reformist / progressive critics
Governing side
RIGHT
21
Party hardliners / nationalist establishment
Governing side
Higher scores indicate more violent speech
Factions scoped to China political spectrum
Political compass
public mood vs who governs
Authoritarian
Libertarian
Left
Right
Leaning security
Leaning liberty
Leaning left
Leaning right
People
+63 / +50
Politicians
+55 / +90
24-MONTH HISTORY • LEFT VS RIGHT
● LEFT
● RIGHT
│ MAJOR EVENTS
MAJOR EVENTS
June 2024
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Tiananmen anniversary overseas protest rhetoric
August 2024
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Taiwan encirclement drills and force-reunification talk
October 2024
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National Day nationalist rhetoric peak
December 2024
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White Paper protest anniversary discourse
March 2025
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Two Sessions Taiwan/security hardline rhetoric
June 2025
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Factory labor unrest and strike rhetoric
August 2025
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Taiwan Strait tension nationalist spike
October 2025
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Party plenum nationalist security rhetoric
December 2025
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White Paper protest anniversary and labor dissent discourse
March 2026
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Two Sessions hardline security rhetoric
June 2026
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Tiananmen anniversary overseas rhetoric
August 2026
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Taiwan Strait drills and force-reunification talk
September 2026
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Hong Kong court jails Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung for inciting subversion
PUBLIC vs GOVERNMENT
Lines (left axis): public mood (Spectrum) and who held the state that month on the same left–right axis.
Bars (right axis): gap (public − government), autoscaled.
How to read this
Scores (0–100) estimate how often each side’s public discourse calls for violence or issues threats. Left and Right are that country’s own camps, not US parties transplanted abroad. In power is who holds the state that month. Public mood is where people sit left–right and liberty–order; who governs is the office-holders’ ideology (slow-moving). Higher violent-speech scores mean more violent rhetoric. Scores are for entertainment and experimental purposes. Full methodology