Category: Xi Jinping

Over 300,000 Chinese Officials Probed for Graft in 1st Half of 2023

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top disciplinary watchdog announced on July 22 the results of its disciplinary and criminal investigations for the first half of this year, with the number of officials probed for corruption reaching the highest level over the past decade. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) published a short notice on…


Can Mass Indoctrination Save Xi Jinping?

Commentary Can mass indoctrination save Xi Jinping? Times of turmoil and transition are always unstable and unpredictable; the mood of the “crowd” becomes critical and mercurial. The narrowness of the power base around a leader makes the ruler vulnerable and, of necessity, paranoid. Even trustworthy factions and supporters are not trusted. Neither is the loyalty…


China Is Developing Brain Control Weapons, Threatening US and Indo-Pacific Allies: Report

China is developing weapons targeting brain functions, with the goal of engaging in cognitive warfare to influence government and military leaders and control entire populations, according to a new report. “Unknown to many, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have established themselves as world leaders in the development of NeuroStrike…


The Emperor’s Tutor

Commentary The following is a condensed version of “The Emperor’s Tutor” by Ralph L. DeFalco III, published at Law & Liberty. In 1988, Wang Huning was a well-known political scientist and professor of international affairs at China’s Fudan University. That same year, Wang embarked on a trip that took him to the United States as a visiting…


Russia, China Should Lead ‘Global Governance Reform,’ Xi Says

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told a visiting Russian delegation that Beijing and Moscow should “lead the correct direction of global governance reform.” Mr. Xi made the remarks on July 10 while meeting Valentina Matviyenko, the chairperson of the Kremlin’s upper house or Federation Council, according to Russian and Chinese state-run media. “Both sides need to…


Beijing Inks ‘Comprehensive Strategic’ Partnership With the Solomon Islands

Ties between Beijing and the Solomon Islands leadership continue to deepen after Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare inked a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mr. Sogavare met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang during a week-long visit to China, which will conclude as the prime minister opens his country’s…


China’s Economy Is in Big Trouble and Investors Should Get Out: Miles Yu

American companies should reconsider their investment in China, as the country’s economy is in serious trouble with a struggling non-state sector, said Mile Yu, a senior fellow and director of the China Center at Hudson Institute. “China has been playing hard to get for the last several months and they would not talk. Now they…


How Xi Jinping Weaponizes Trade as an ‘Aggressive Lever’ Against Any Country That Crosses Him: Anders Corr

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in China for a four-day visit. Her trip is taking place as several major issues are continuing to unfold: Firstly, the CCP is forming a global bloc against the United States; secondly, it’s pushing other nations to drop the U.S. dollar; and thirdly, it recently put restrictions on key…


China’s Xi Jinping and the Galtieri Syndrome: Indicators of an Irrational War?

Commentary What motivates Xi Jinping? What could drive the actions of the leader of communist China is the key strategic question of the decade. Events and conditions ensure that there is a finite, short-term timeframe in which we will see profound strategic actions initiated by Mr. Xi before those factors turn against him. Is that…


Putin, Xi Speak in First Summit Since Wagner Mercenary Uprising in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi shared the same stage on Tuesday, speaking at a virtual summit of a Shanghai-headquartered regional security organization in the wake of an aborted Wagner mutiny that had political implications for both nations. Both leaders spoke about the importance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional power…