Category: Xi Jinping

The Complex Power Hierarchy Behind China’s Internal Spy Chief

News Analysis Surveillance, intimidation, and manipulation act as the grease for the gears that drive all communist systems. Whether it was the regimes of the past, or the leading communist country of our modern day, the systems all share these characteristics. For communist leaders to control those below them, they are fully dependent on whoever…


Chinese Leader Xi Surpasses All Predecessors, Including Mao, According to Centennial Propaganda

News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took the occasion of their 100th anniversary celebrations to heavily promote leader Xi Jinping, magnifying his achievements to make him seem to surpass all previous party leaders. State-run Xinhua News Agency published a nearly 100,000-character “Chronicle of the CCP’s 100-Year History” on June 27. Xi Jinping’s time in…


Xi Jinping Is War Hungry, at China’s Expense

Commentary Chinese leader Xi Jinping is increasingly taking China down a disastrous path of scientific decoupling and military buildup that leads to the country’s estrangement from the world, and risks war. On July 30, according to the South China Morning Post, Xi made a series of comments promoting China’s military power and economic independence, with…


Despite Historic Floods in Central China, Xi Jinping Leaves to Visit Tibet

Commentary Deadly floods ravaged Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan Province in central China, affecting millions of Chinese residents. As of July 29, the official death toll was 99, but the actual number may be much higher due to Beijing’s strict censorship. Despite the devastating floods, Chinese leader Xi Jinping left mainland China for a three-day trip to Tibet…


Xi Jinping Visits Tibet to Mark the 70th Anniversary of the CCP’s Rule

On the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) takeover of Tibet, Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the region and inspected a railroad project that has a strategic importance in “maintaining stability” along the Sino-Indian border. Xi visited Nyingchi (also known as Linzhi) and the capital Lhasa from July 21 to 23, according to state-run…


Doug Bandow Interview: US and China Both Hold Illusions About Each Other

What does the United States aim to achieve in dealing with China? Are there any assumptions by the United States about the state of China? What about the other way around? What illusions does China hold about the United States? In the ongoing conflict between the United States and China, both parties seek to dominate…


Biden Warns Cyberattacks Against US Could Spark a ‘Real Shooting War’

President Joe Biden warned on July 27 that the United States could respond with a “real shooting war” against countries that decided to launch cyberattacks against America. Biden made the remarks during a speech at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which provides oversight to the U.S. intelligence community. “If we end…


Xi Jinping’s Seven Misjudgments

Commentary All of the problems that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is facing today come from fundamental structural factors that can’t be resolved. This is its biggest crisis. Western countries also encounter issues, but under their democratic form of government, there are solutions. Whether it is fast or slow, deep or shallow, democracies can mitigate…


81 Percent of Americans Are Concerned About Chinese Influence in US: Poll

A vast majority of Americans across the political spectrum are worried about the Chinese regime’s influence in the United States, according to a national poll. Eighty-one percent of respondents to a Convention of States Action and Trafalgar Group poll said they were concerned, somewhat concerned, or very concerned about Beijing’s influence over U.S. government, media,…


No More ‘Wolf Warrior’ Rhetoric: Xi Asks World Leaders to ‘Cooperate’

Chinese leader Xi Jinping changed his “wolf warrior” tone to “cooperation” and “fusion” with other countries at a July 16 virtual conference with U.S. President Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and other world leaders of the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC. “We should tear down the walls [barriers between countries], instead of building walls. We should…