Category: Xi Jinping

Safeguarding Chinese Dissidents and How the World Can Use Xi Jinping’s Power Grab Against Himself

Commentary I’ve written earlier in these pages on how China’s judiciary, flawed to start with, has been deteriorating further with each passing year of Xi Jinping’s leadership, and how that deterioration is a natural and logical outcome of his attempt to gain stronger political control over, not only the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but the…


China’s Xenophobic Plan to Shut Out the World

Commentary On Aug. 11, the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and the central government’s State Council issued what the official Xinhua News Agency called “an outline on promoting the building of a rule of law government from 2021 to 2025, on the basis of the successful implementation of a previous 5-year plan.” The Chinese party-state’s announcement…


The New Civil War in China

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has plunged into its own civil war. It is between the “ultra-Maoists” around CCP leader Xi Jinping and the “liberals.” The outcome will be massively disruptive for the Chinese population and for nations which depend economically on China. The “ultra-Maoists” are in the ascendant, leading China toward a new…


CCP Moves to Indoctrinate School Children With ‘Xi Jinping Thought’

China’s top leader Xi Jinping wants to instill loyalty in all Chinese citizens—beginning from elementary school students. As students across the country return from summer break in September, they will find one more course on their curriculum: “Xi Jinping Thought.” The new drive for ideological control will run from grade school through college. The mandatory…


Riley Walters: Chinese Tech Companies Getting ‘The Heavy Hand’ From Beijing

The Chinese Communist Party is reining in its tech companies. But is it for control, finance, or politics? We speak with Riley Walters, deputy director of the Japan Chair at the Hudson Institute. He is an expert on macroeconomics. We learn more about the reason why Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his government would want…


Xi Jinping’s Destined Battle Within the Party

Summer is when the annual conclave of top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders takes place at the seaside resort of Beidaihe. The CCP’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its mouthpiece seem to work in sync to prepare for this unpublicized event and there’s much we can gain from seeing how they operate in advance of the…


China Coup: The Great Fall of Beijing

Commentary Xi Jinping is a modern-day tyrant. A number of world leaders would love nothing more than to see the leader of China removed from office. For that to happen, a coup is necessary. According to Roger Garside, a man who spent years working as a diplomat in China, the days of the one-party dictatorship…


The US-China Talks Highlight Four Facts

The U.S.-China talks in China’s Tianjin concluded with no specific outcomes over divergent values. However, the accusatory statements and wolf-warrior tactics revealed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) true intentions and concerns. Early this year, the CCP leader Xi Jinping claimed that “time and momentum are on China’s side.” He also made judgments that “the East…


US Needs to Fight Back Against China’s ‘Political Warfare,’ Expert Warns Senators

The Chinese regime is waging political warfare against the United States and U.S. policymakers need to recognize it for what it is, warned former deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger. “We’ve failed to adequately appreciate I think one of the most threatening elements of Chinese strategy, and that’s the way it seeks to influence and…


‘The Gang of Fudan’ Behind Xi Jinping’s Anti-America Narrative

New Analysis The Chinese idiom “everything under the sky submits to the one ruler” has been heavily stressed in recent years by Chinese regime media and Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he tries to build up his absolute authority with the help of several of his senior advisors, known as “The Gang of Fudan.” The…