Category: Xi Jinping

China’s Celebrity Fan Clubs the Latest Target Under Beijing’s Widening Crackdown on Internet Sector

For months, Chinese authorities have been cracking down on the country’s powerful internet sector, targeting an array of companies over issues from anti-trust to data security. Now, online celebrity fan clubs are the latest to feel the heat. The regime’s top internet regulator, in a bid to rein in what it described as China’s “chaotic”…


Spreading China’s Wealth

Commentary People in China, especially rich ones, are about to learn a new history and an element of communism the older generations had forgotten and the younger ones never knew. Over the past 40 years or so, it has been widely reported that former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping sparked the rapid growth of China’s economy…


What’s Behind Beijing’s Crackdown on China’s Tutoring Industry?

Commentary On July 24, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping banned for-profit tutoring on core school subjects. I believe that such a move is related to the CCP’s strategic plan for China’s future education. Since the Mao Zedong era, the CCP has been fully aware that education pertains to its future successors. There are different views on…


There’s More to Beijing’s Crackdown on Tutoring Industry

Commentary On July 24, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping banned for-profit tutoring on core school subjects. In my opinion, the curb on for-profit tutoring is related to the CCP’s strategic plan for China’s future education. The CCP has been fully aware that education pertains to its future successors since the Mao Zedong era. There…


Why Are So Many Westerners Championing Communist Philosophies?

Commentary What’s the difference between communism and socialism? Not much, actually. Under socialism, according to American commentator Kevin D. Williamson, “central planning ends with a gun in your face.” Under communism, “central planning begins with a gun in your face.” Either way, there’s a gun; and either way, misery is guaranteed. The goal of socialism is, in…


Chinese Regime Adds ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ to National Curriculum

The Chinese regime has announced that, from September, students will be taught “Xi Jinping Thought” from primary school all the way to university—in a bid to “arm” their brains with Marxist belief and communist ideology. The Ministry of Education issued new guidelines on Aug. 24 incorporating the ideology tied to the Chinese leader Xi Jinping…


Xi Jinping’s New Wealth Redistribution Plan Unsettles Investors

Commentary Chinese leader Xi Jinping explained his theory of Politics in Command Economy as creating “a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful.” In a 2016 speech, he told business leaders that in addition to making money, they had to love the motherland and love the Communist Party….


Chinese Leader Fast Tracks to Military Modernization at All Cost

Commentary Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping touted the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military centenary goal to build the world’s strongest force by 2027 in an internal meeting on July 30. The year 2027 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CCP and the PLA (People’s Liberation Army). Xi’s goal can be seen as…


Premier Visits Flooded Region; Chinese State-run Media Reports Delayed

On Aug. 19 Chinese state-run media reported that Premier Li Keqiang’s Henan trip had started the day before, where at least 300 people were killed in floods in July. Li started his trip on the morning of Aug. 18, visited the people whose houses had been submerged, the metro tunnel where passengers were killed by…


Chinese Premier Visits Flooded Region; State-Run Media Reports Delayed

On Aug. 19 Chinese state-run media reported that Premier Li Keqiang’s Henan trip had started the day before, where at least 300 people were killed in floods in July. Li started his trip on the morning of Aug. 18, visited the people whose houses had been submerged, the metro tunnel where passengers were killed by…