Category: Xi Jinping

Human Rights Advocates Condemn CCP for Imprisoning 11 Falun Gong Practitioners Ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics

Human rights advocates are condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for sentencing 11 Falun Gong practitioners to up to eight years in prison just weeks before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 4. The heavy-handed sentences on Jan. 14 again draw attention to the regime’s human rights abuses as it seeks to…


Xi Jinping Struggles to Control China’s Economy and Avoid Chaos

News Analysis While the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks in the developed world are preparing to curb high inflation by winding down pandemic stimulus and raising interest rates, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is attempting to stimulate China’s economy, as he fears public unrest. “Once economic and financial risks are mishandled, they can easily…


Political Instability Awaits the CCP

Commentary This year the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be plagued with internal political instability as its leader Xi Jinping tries to secure a third, if not lifelong, term at the 20th Party Congress set for autumn 2022. Such a move violates the CCP’s tradition of upholding the two-term limit (each lasting for five years) of…


‘No New Coal Plants Should Be Built’: UN Secretary-General to World Economic Forum

In a special address to the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda 2022, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that “no new coal plants should be built.” “This must be a priority for us all—to phase-out coal,” he said. Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal who also previously led the Socialist International, has served as…


Xi’s 2022 First Military Order Aimed at Preventing Political Enemies, Expert Says

On Jan. 4, Xi Jinping, head of China’s Military Commission, signed the commission’s first order of 2022, announcing the start of annual training for the entire army and stressing the importance of military training in a bid to ensure the smooth running of the Twentieth Congress. In the brief military order, Xi asked the army…


Why is Xi Jinping’s Right-Hand Man Missing? Feat. Gordon Chang—What CCP Infighting Means for America

“[Xi Jinping] knows that if he were to fail, he wouldn’t get a nice house in the Chinese capital. He would be jailed; he’d lose assets; his family would be disadvantaged. He could even lose his life. So, the stakes are much higher for Xi Jinping.” The year 2022 is the “make-or-break” for the leader…


China’s Xi Orders Military to Create ‘Elite Force’ to Win Wars

Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered this year’s mobilization orders to the regime’s military on January 5, saying that it must evolve into an elite force capable of winning any war. “The armed forces must closely follow the evolution of technology, warfare, and rivals, redouble their efforts to better combine training with combat operations, and strengthen…


Dr. Antonio Graceffo: Xi Jinping’s Push for Paramount Status and China’s Economic Future

Going into 2022, a topic that will stick around is how China will use economic aggression to bully western nations. I sat down with Dr. Antonio Graceffo for a preview of what to expect in China affairs for the new year. From the ongoing U.S.–China trade war and political war, more nations are being sucked…


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…


How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Taught the CCP to Fight the US | Talking Points With David Zhang

No one wants to be No. 2, or as the Chinese saying goes: two tigers cannot live on the same mountain. In a life or death situation, can China and the United States co-exist? We focus on the United States’ Cold War example of fighting against communism and the USSR. The 30th anniversary of the fall…