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Chinese Communist Party

Arcs in the news about Chinese Communist Party from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 108 stories · 200 articles · earliest story we hold Aug 16, 2022

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Jul 18.

All arcs1 named arc in 2026

Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.

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every arc in 2026 at its own dates · opens on month
Jan 1 – Oct 24, 20261 arc shown
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The US push to force TikTok's sale or ban it, from state bans to the 2025 deal

2 of 138 stories this year · 2 about Chinese Communist Party · gone quiet

TikTok finalizes deal to form new American entity · 47 articles, Jan 23The U.S. Government Banned TikTok. Now It’s Back · 6 articles, Jul 18

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Aug 15, 20220224
Aug 29, 2022415580
Sep 5, 202205311
Sep 12, 202236625
Oct 10, 2022210161
Oct 17, 20226217129
Oct 24, 202255929
Nov 7, 20222029
Nov 14, 202213213
Nov 28, 202271513104
Dec 5, 20228131270
Dec 12, 2022914758
Dec 19, 202279151
Dec 26, 20221217
Jan 30, 2023153321351
Feb 6, 2023142414164
Feb 13, 2023313642
Feb 27, 202361910107
Mar 13, 20231001
Mar 20, 2023172913173
Apr 3, 20238201189
Apr 10, 202327430
Apr 17, 202310141167
Apr 24, 202335215
May 1, 20230101
May 8, 202323413
May 15, 2023132313170
May 22, 202354422
May 29, 202314413
Jun 5, 202313122
Jun 12, 202398234
Jun 19, 202313228125
Jul 10, 202359028
Jul 17, 20231214878
Jul 31, 202312320
Aug 7, 20231322699
Oct 9, 2023514347
Oct 23, 202328321
Dec 25, 20230319
Jan 1, 202449221
Jan 8, 2024713532
Jan 15, 20241418
Jan 29, 2024813657
Feb 5, 202424216
Mar 4, 2024619571
Mar 11, 2024304919291
Mar 18, 20241517
Apr 1, 20242305
Apr 15, 202464835
Jul 15, 202415011
Jul 22, 20240407
Aug 12, 20241045
Sep 2, 202449318
Jan 6, 20251225
Jan 13, 2025254425272
Jan 27, 20250102
Feb 3, 202555320
Feb 24, 20250314
May 5, 20250067
May 19, 2025162915185
May 26, 20259211085
Jun 2, 2025210220
Jun 16, 20251136
Aug 4, 202548630
Aug 18, 20252327
Aug 25, 202533214
Sep 1, 202537326
Oct 6, 202502110
Oct 20, 20250336
Oct 27, 202503610
Nov 3, 202553819
Nov 10, 20250156
Nov 17, 202526722
Jan 19, 202604214
Jan 26, 202642322
Feb 2, 20261126
May 11, 20261216
Jun 29, 20261012
Jul 6, 202612912
Jul 13, 2026285344581
Jul 20, 20260011
Aug 10, 2026001014
Aug 31, 202622814
Sep 7, 202638433
Sep 14, 202669640
Sep 21, 202632512
Sep 28, 20260012
Oct 5, 20260023

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else16 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Chinese Communist Party that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Sep 21– 22China expels two top ‘disloyal’ military leaders from Communist Party7 articles · 7 independent sources
    3 left, 2 center, 1 right
  2. Sep 8– 9Elaine Chao held Chinese Communist Party positions during her time in Cabinet, report claims4 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 2 right
  3. Aug 13– 15Chinese intelligence official buys historic building near White House: report11 articles · 10 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 9 right
  4. Jul 15– 19‘Shark Tank’ Star Kevin O’Leary Sued After Claiming Data Center Critics Had Connections With China8 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 2 right

Stories that name Chinese Communist Party

  1. Oct 7Wanying Zhang was just the tip of the iceberg: The Chinese government is ramping up spy recruitment across the US — and threatening people’s families if they don’t sign on2 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 2 right
  2. Sep 21– 23Select China Committee Begs Trump to Pressure Xi Jinping to Release Religious Worshippers4 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 3 right
  3. Sep 11– 15China bristles at Anthropic CEO’s ‘fearmongering’ about its AI development74 articles · 44 independent sources
    7 left, 12 center, 8 right
  4. Sep 1– 3U.S. journalist gets 2 year sentence for acting as agent for China, DOJ says14 articles · 14 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 8 right
  5. Jul 17– 21Documents touted by Trump say election systems 'would be difficult to manipulate'14 articles · 14 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 10 right
  6. Jul 16– 18UK nationalizes Chinese-owned British Steel to protect nation's steelmaking capacity15 articles · 13 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  7. Jul 13– 18Trump doubles down on US election attacks in his primetime speech562 articles · 147 independent sources
    27 left, 51 center, 39 right
  8. Jul 5– 8Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release14 articles · 14 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 10 right
  9. May 14Jury convicts man accused of running secret Chinese spy outpost in New York City6 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right
  10. Feb 2China criticizes decision to award a Grammy to the Dalai Lama7 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 2 right