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Global Greens and Xi-era CCP
Measured distance across six axes
Opposite ends of the recorded space. They agree within three points on EC, CH. They diverge by eight points or more on CU, AU, SC, ID.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Global Greens | Xi-era CCP | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −05 | −02 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | −09 | +08 | 17 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| AU · Organisation of power | −06 | +10 | 16 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| SC · Scale of decision | 00 | +10 | 10 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| ID · Rule of membership | −08 | +07 | 15 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −04 | −02 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
Each axis runs from −10 to +10; the distance is the straight-line separation across all six at once, out of a maximum of 49.0. How the scoring works →
The evidence behind the widest gaps
A distance figure is worth nothing unless the scores behind it can be checked. These are the artefacts supporting the axes that separate these two most.
Global Greens · CU −09
Coded −9: respect for diversity is one of the six founding principles.
- Programme textThe Charter commits to gender equity, indigenous rights and cultural diversity as core rather than adjacent.
Xi-era CCP · CU +08
A pronounced traditionalist turn: Confucian revival, birth promotion, and campaigns against what the party calls effeminate culture.
- Documented act or statuteThe one-child policy was replaced by a three-child policy with pronatalist incentives from 2021.
- Documented act or statuteBroadcast regulations from 2021 restricted celebrity culture, gaming hours for minors and private tutoring.
Global Greens · AU −06
Coded strongly negative: rotation, mandates and referenda were founding organisational commitments, not later additions.
- Programme textThe 2001 Global Greens Charter names participatory democracy as one of six principles.
- Documented act or statuteDie Grünen operated office rotation and imperative mandates in its early parliamentary practice.
Xi-era CCP · AU +10
At the ceiling. Term limits removed, no independent judiciary, no lawful opposition, comprehensive surveillance.
- Documented act or statuteThe presidential two-term limit was removed from the constitution in 2018.
- Documented act or statuteNo political party other than the CCP and its eight sanctioned satellites may contest power.
What this comparison does not establish
Proximity means similarity of stated position. It carries no claim about competence, circumstance, scale of operation, or what either organisation actually did to the people under it. Two organisations can sit close together and produce entirely different histories, because those things are not on any axis and could not be.
Global Greens
2001– · Worldwide
Ecological wisdom, social justice, participatory democracy, non-violence, sustainability, respect for diversity.
Xi-era CCP
2012– · China
Party leadership over everything, national rejuvenation, common prosperity, and discipline of private capital.
Distance is not the whole answer. Two organisations can sit the same distance apart for entirely different reasons, and the reason is the content of any claim about them. Open the comparison in the atlas to weight the axes yourself.
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