Tag: CCP Xi Jinping

Kissinger Meets With Chinese Leader, Defense Minister in China

Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Defense Minister Li Shangfu in Beijing last week amid heightened tensions between the United States and China. The 100-year-old Kissinger is revered in China for having engineered the opening of relations between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Washington under former president…


Former Peking University Professor Exposes Xi Jinping’s Little-Known State of Mind–Part II: Dictator’s War Ambitions

Australia-based Yuan Hongbing, a former law professor at Peking University, has a unique perspective on the CCP and its leader Xi Jinping. In a recent exclusive interview on The Epoch Times’ Pinnacle View program, Mr. Yuan said he believes that a war in the Taiwan Strait is inevitable because of Mr. Xi’s idealist goal of…


Beijing’s Targeting of Overseas Activists Has Major Implications for Canada

Commentary Canada is seen by many as a refuge. A refuge for those escaping regimes where their opinions or missions are seen as inconsistent with the types of societies those regimes try to impose on their populations. In these nations, there is one way, and only one way, of doing things. You either acquiesce or…


John Robson: Beijing’s Turn Toward Cute Puppy Diplomacy Shouldn’t Be Trusted

Commentary One of Robson’s Rules of History is “Never attack the Anglosphere.” Doing so might seem redundant these days given the harm we’re already inflicting on ourselves, from fiscal policy to gender. But free societies possess an extraordinary resilience tyrannies can neither understand nor match. And the runner’s faltering steps, laboured breathing, and uneasy looks…


Zhang Youxia, Xi Jinping’s Ally in the Chinese Military

News Analysis Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s success in securing his third term was not as easy as it appeared. One of Xi’s allies, Zhang Youxia, played a critical role in helping him control the military and stabilize the situation. Zhang Youxia was born in Beijing in July 1950. His father, Zhang Zongxun, was a general…


Head of ‘Non-Political’ BC Group Meets Xi Jinping at Meeting for ‘Fresh Troops’

The head of a British Columbia-based group that says it is a “non–political” organization helping Chinese integrate into Canadian society travelled to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping at a government conference this week. Chinese state media videos and photos show Canadian Community Service Association president Niu Hua attending the “10th Conference for Friendship of…


John Robson: Trudeau’s Denial of Knowledge of Alleged Chinese Funding to Candidates Raises Serious Concerns

Commentary The latest twist in the saga of Chinese communist subversion of Canadian democracy has seen Prime Minister Justin Trudeau turn into Sgt. Schultz from “Hogan’s Heroes,” the dopey clod who knew and saw nothing. Confronted by a reporter at the Francophonie Summit in Tunisia, he intoned “I do not have any information, nor have…


Aussie PM and Chinese Premier Meet in Cambodia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met informally with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at a gala dinner for world leaders. It’s a significant development as work continues behind the scenes to secure a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The dinner was hosted by King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen, for leaders…


Xi Jinping Purges Party Veterans’ Influence When Determining Top Personnel

Chinese state media recently released some details of the process of forming the new Central Committee leadership body, from which it can be seen that Chinese leader Xi Jinping did not seek any advice from the senior figures of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the process of preparing the top personnel of the 20th…


Xi Cements Control Over CCP’s Military, But China’s Ability to Win Wars Still Questionable: Analysts

The world can expect a more militarily aggressive China after Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third term in power, cementing his status as the most powerful Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader since Mao Zedong, the regime’s first ruler, according to analysts. Xi’s tenure for another five years, and perhaps more, also puts him in the…