Category: Deng Xiaoping

ANALYSIS: China’s Economy Is Facing Its Biggest Challenge in Decades

China’s economy is facing its biggest challenge in decades, and the authorities are running out of tools in their toolbox to address the issues, according to experts. The country’s latest macroeconomic data point to an economy on the verge of deflation. The June consumer price index was flat year on year and down by 0.2…


Chinese Ambassador to France Makes Comments on CCP’s Aims to Reshuffle World Order

After Chinese ambassador to France Lu Shaye’s remark that post-USSR republics “don’t have an effective status” in international law sparked outrage across the European continent, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning rejected Lu’s comments, saying they did not represent China’s official position. In an interview with the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times, Miles Yu,…


China’s New Premier Reiterates ‘Opening-Up’ Policy at International Forum, But Outside World Skeptical

China’s new Premier Li Qiang reiterated the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s new “reform and opening-up” policy at the Boao Forum a few days ago. However, observers believe that the CCP’s fundamental policy and economic situation won’t experience significant changes as long as the CCP is around, despite the leadership’s change in tone. Li Qiang…


Marxist Scholar Who Helped to Cement Deng Xiaoping’s Rise to Power Dies

News Analysis In early January, headlines around the world noted the passing of Hu Fuming, professor of philosophy at China’s Nanjing University. Hu died on Jan. 2, as COVID-19 raged in China.  He was renowned for his role in writing “Practice Is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth,” a 1978 article that helped former leader…


Memorial Tributes to Ex-leader Zhao Ziyang, Who Opposed the Tiananmen Massacre, Shared Online Before the 20th Congress

In the days leading up to the opening of the 20th congress, several old articles and videos commemorating former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Zhao Ziyang were circulated on Chinese social media. The timing, ahead of the CCP’s most vital conference, “could be a sign of civil dissatisfaction with the authorities in Chinese society and…


Gregory Moore: ‘Zero-COVID’ Marches China Into Dangerous Territory for the Regime

China’s zero-COVID policy could push citizens toward more discontent and further escalate tensions with the regime. “As long as the economics are good, the [Chinese Communist] Party can kind of get away with being really draconian because people can kind of endure it because living a good life is getting better, right? But if the…


True Story Behind Deng Xiaoping’s South Tour Through the Eyes of a Historical Witness

Commentary Recently, a series of articles have been published under the title “The 30th year of Deng Xiaoping’s South Tour” on DWNews, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda mouthpiece that targets overseas Chinese-language readers. Deng traveled to Shenzhen, a southern Chinese city, in January 1992 in an effort to win back his power in China…


Xi Jinping Signals to Purge Jiang’s Faction: China Experts

Commentary A pro-Beijing Chinese language news portal recently published a series of articles, commemorating “the 30th Year of Deng Xiaoping’s South Tour.” As of Jan. 27, at least nine articles have been published on Beijing-based DW News on Deng’s south tour, which Deng intentionally conducted to voice his policies of the socialist market economy amid…


CCP Leader Xi Jinping’s New Year Speech Signals Backtracking to Mao’s Dictatorship

Commentary On Dec. 31, 2021, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping delivered a New Year speech through state-run media, boasting of 2021 as a “landmark” year of “exceptional significance” and “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” The Chinese nation, however, has something different to say amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the CCP’s purging of…


CCP Passes Landmark Resolution Elevating Xi Jinping’s Standing

China’s leader Xi Jinping cemented his authority on Nov. 11 by directing the ruling Communist Party to pass a historical resolution that sought to place Xi as an equal among the most influential figures in the regime’s history. “Establishing Xi Jinping’s core position to the Central Committee and the entire Party,” as well as the…