The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda magazine Qiushi Theory reprinted party leader Xi Jinping’s talk to cadres of Central Party School in March 2022. The talk, reprinted on July 1—which the party claimed to be its founding day in 1921—was filled with Xi’s concern that the party is at the brink of collapse if cadres…
Chinese Regime Fears Repeating the Collapse of Former Soviet Union, Expert Says
Former CCP Intelligence Chief Promoted to Head of China’s Political and Legal Affairs
Chen Wenqing, a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has recently become Secretary (head) of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission. The Politburo is the CCP’s executive decision-making body, with Xi Jinping at the helm. Members of the Politburo often assume other executive positions. Collectively, they make decisions on laws…
Politburo Members Update CVs to Hide Western Training, Show Loyalty to Party: Expert
At the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese leader Xi Jinping unveiled his new picks for the party’s top echelon, the Politburo. A number of members updated their official resumes by either deleting or toning down their foreign education and experience. The phenomenon of foreign credentials being a taboo for the…
Xi Jinping’s Historic Third Term Signals Continued International Conflict: Analysts
Xi Jinping secured his third term as Party leader and has full control of the Politburo, the apex of political power, during the 20th national meeting of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Judging from Xi’s defending ideology more than the economy, scholars anticipate the CCP will only intensify its competition and confrontation with the West….
Xi Jinping Appoints New Administration Members: What Does This Mean for Taiwan?
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced members of its 20th Politburo and Central Military Commission (CMC) on Oct. 23. Four new members of the Politburo have a military background and two CMC members are from China’s eastern theater command that is responsible for Taiwan, triggering further concerns abroad over Taiwan. The hierarchy of the CCP…
Nearly 5 Million CCP Officials Probed for Graft in the Past Decade, Systemic Corruption Revealed: China Observers
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) disciplinary watchdog claims to have investigated almost five million Chinese officials of all levels for possible corruption since Xi Jinping became the paramount leader in 2012. Xiao Pei, deputy secretary of the CCP’s Committee for Discipline and Inspection, said in Beijing on Oct. 17 that the top disciplinary body filed…
China’s Film Industry Saw 40 Percent Box Office Drop in the First Half of 2022
China’s film industry has entered a deep winter amid the communist regime’s draconian COVID-19 lockdowns, with box office attendance in the first half of 2022 down nearly 40 percent year-on-year and no clear sign of recovery. Despite the summer holiday, which is the peak season for China’s film industry, box office sales have been lackluster…
China’s Economy Slumps Further, According to New Data, Raising Fears of Layoffs
Both official and independent data show that China’s economy has slumped further in the second quarter of the year, with manufacturing slowing down unexpectedly and a downturn in the real estate sector intensifying. This has raised fears of a wave of layoffs in the second half of the year adding to already severe unemployment issues in China….
House Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Deny Senior CCP Officials US Visas
Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) has reintroduced legislation with the aim of preventing the Chinese regime from stealing U.S. intellectual property by denying visas to people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese military. The bill, named the Stop China’s IP Theft Act, would prohibit the issuing of visas to senior officials of…
More Than 5,000 Regional Party Leaders Taken Down in 2020
The official website of the CCP’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a document on Feb. 2, stating that 5,836 “top leaders” at or above the county and department level were “investigated” last year. At the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) recent Politburo meeting, party leader Xi Jinping emphasized the need to strengthen central supervision of key…
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