Category: Xi Jinping

Rights Group Says Several Chinese ‘White Paper’ Protestors Still in Detention

SHANGHAI—Several demonstrators who were apprehended for publicly protesting China’s then-ongoing zero-COVID policy remain in detention, face charges or have not been heard from, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday. In late November, protests broke out in numerous cities across China, calling for an end to the country’s nearly three years of strict…


Wellington Airport Bookstore Sells Xi Jinping’s Political Theories At Premium Place

Books written by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping are being sold at an excellent spot in the airport bookstore in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital. Multiple copies of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China Volume Four” are on prominent display at the forefront shelf of a bookstore, a photo circulating on social media shows….


Do as We Say, Not as We Do

Commentary “Do as we say, not as we do” is clearly the attitude of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In his recent media appearance, the new Chinese ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, instructed us that obtaining nuclear powered submarines pursuant to the AUKUS agreement would not be constructive. It would not be helpful, he added,…


900 Million COVID Infections in China—Is This a Sign of the Next ‘Great Leap Forward’?

Commentary Two months after Chinese leader Xi Jinping secured his third term at the 20th National Congress in October last year, he abruptly abandoned his “zero-COVID” policy. This U-turn shocked many, but perhaps only some people noticed that Xi made similar policy changes in two other key areas: the economy and foreign affairs. If we…


A Question of Trust

Commentary An essential basis of international relations is that foreign parties can trust what they say to each other. If a world leader directly tells another leader a position or stance that his or her country asserts or adheres to, let alone an alleged fact, the other can believe it. If a nation enters into…


Xi ‘Lying Flat’ and Losing Out? No Way!–Even Purged Opponents Rally Around Him as the West Gets It Wrong Again

Commentary While protests of various kinds spread in China as Xi Jinping’s Lockdown Policy went bust, the West is again misreading him and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in a big way, but this time alongside many of Xi’s fiercest online critics too. With his virus policy about-face done with zero preparation for medical and…


China’s Mass Zero-COVID Protests Challenged CCP’s Grip of Power: Prominent Human Rights Activist

Large-scale protests that erupted in China against the regime’s zero-COVID policies, with protesters calling for freedom and an end to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), showed the determination of the Chinese people discontented with the party’s rule, according to a human rights activist. Mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns that broke out at the end of…


China’s Mass Zero-COVID Protests Challenged CCP’s Grip of Power: Renowned Human Rights Activist

Large-scale protests that erupted in China against the regime’s zero-COVID policies, with protesters calling for freedom and an end to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), showed the determination of the Chinese people discontented with the party’s rule, according to a human rights activist. Mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns that broke out at the end of…


Xi Jinping’s Achilles’ Heel

Commentary When Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third term as the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the 20th National Congress in October last year, people were surprised to find that the Politburo’s Standing Committee comprised of Xi’s yes-men. It seems that Xi has a firm grip on power and that no one…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Gordon Chang on Virus Explosion in China, Xi Jinping Losing Control, and CCP Gearing Up for War

Is Omicron the COVID-19 variant spreading in China? Or is it something else? And what does the explosion of the virus—and the associated real death toll in China—mean for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the author of China’s draconian “zero-COVID” policies? We sit down again with China analyst Gordon Chang to discuss the complicated realities the…