Category: Xi Jinping

Comic Artist Details ‘Hijacking Broadcast’ in China; 100,000 People Meeting to Rescue Economy in China

China’s second in command talks with 100,000 people over the failing economy. Is he splitting from Xi Jinping or simply doing his part? We analyze why COVID-19 is causing a diverging opinion among top leadership inside the Communist Party. I speak with comic artist Daxiong, who escaped China after the Chinese Communist Party began a…


Challenges Mount as China’s Xi Makes Bid For Third Term in Power This Fall: Author

As Chinese leader Xi Jinping seeks to secure an unprecedented third term in power at this fall’s 20th National Party Congress, his opponents within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be leveraging the country’s internal troubles to undermine him, according to former diplomat and author Roger Garside. “There are tipping points … looming up in…


CCP Bans Senior Officials from Holding Assets Abroad, Expert Suggests Hong Kong Officials Could Be Next

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has reportedly ordered a ban on spouses and children of its senior officials from holding assets abroad. Failure to do so could prevent the cadre from receiving a promotion within the party. Experts warn that such measures may also apply to Beijing-affiliated officials in Hong Kong in the foreseeable future….


China Journal Slams ‘Another Central Committee’ for Undermining Party Leadership

News Analysis A Chinese Communist Party (CCP) publication recently published a commentary stressing the need for members to stay loyal to a “centralized and unified leadership”. The article in Red Flag Manuscript, a bimonthly political theory journal, also criticized some former chiefs for setting up another central government, a reference harking back to the Party’s earlier…


Blinken Gives Biden’s China Policy; Panel On US Taiwan Policy

President Joe Biden says “yes” to defending Taiwan for the third time, only to be walked back by his staff again. I invite three experts to discuss the Taiwan question and the U.S.-China relationship regarding Taiwan. Plus, Secretary of States Antony Blinken laid out the Biden administration’s China policy. We cover what’s in the details….


What Is the 20th Communist Party Congress? With Roger Garside

What is the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th national congress? And why is it important that Xi Jinping secure a third term? We explore the key Communist Party event and talk about what happens when the totalitarian leader retains power or is removed from power. I speak with Roger Garside, author of “China Coup,” about these…


Russia Will Strengthen Economic Ties With China, Cooperate With Beijing on Technology: Russian Foreign Minister

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country will focus on strengthening ties with China, saying the two neighboring countries have common interests and can make technological advances together. “Now that the West has taken the position of a ‘dictator,’ our economic ties with China will grow even faster,” Lavrov said, according to a transcript…


Pandemic Lessons Learned: Deer Are Not Military Horses

Commentary Earlier this month, The Lancet published an article titled “Shanghai’s life-saving efforts against the current omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic” by three renowned scientists at Shanghai’s top universities: Wenhong Zhang, Xinxin Zhang, and Saijuan Chen. The article praised the Chinese Communist Party’s draconian lockdown policy in Shanghai as “life-saving.” Not long before that,…


Xi Jinping’s Deal With Li Keqiang and Xi’s Major Crises: China Expert

Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping mysteriously vanished from the front pages of China’s official media on May 17 and 18, while Prime Minister Li Keqiang appeared in the official headlines on May 17. It is noteworthy that three days earlier, on May 14, two CCP major mouthpieces published the full text of a speech delivered…


What If China Dominated Global Vaccines? Operation Warp Speed Insider Explains

Are the “new Axis powers” caught in a bind? To each a different problem: in China, an economic downturn may be near as its lockdowns continue to impact daily operations. Russia is threatening a two-front war on Finland and Sweden, while it’s unable to finish what it started in Ukraine. And North Korea is now…