Its aim is “to fend off the Western countries’ values and cut off their influence”—with a little help from Putin.
Hu Zimo
The Bridge Man: Where Is Peng Lifa?
One year after he hung an anti-Xi-Jinping banner on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge the whereabouts of the activist remain unknown.
The New Chinese Measures for Religious Activity Venues Come into Force on September 1: The Full Text
Even worse than the draft version, the Measures will convert places of worship into branches of the CCP propaganda system. “Bitter Winter” offers a full English translation.
Xi Jinping Deadly Serious On Creating “Second Capital” in Hebei
New guidelines for Xiong’an are being issued, while dissidents consider the political significance of the move.
The Case of Comedian Li Haoshi, Detained for a Joke, Is Far from Over
His whereabouts are unknown, but all companies associated with him are being fined or prohibited from working, and other comedians are prudently closing shop.
Xi Jinping: Beijing’ National Art Museum Is Not Socialist Enough
If you believe the mission of the NAMOC is to showcase the best Chinese art you are wrong, the President says. It should teach visitors the “correct political orientation.”
China, Beware of the New Anti-Espionage Law
With the new rules, all those who send abroad news the CCP does not like may be considered “spies”—including “Bitter Winter” reporters.
Coming Soon in China: New (and Worse) “Administrative Measures for Religious Activity Venues”
The new measures will replace those of 2005, and introduce stricter provisions making CCP propaganda at all places of worship mandatory.
Xi Jinping Launches His “Non-Western” Model of Modernization
As “a new form of human civilization. Chinese-style modernization breaks the myth of ‘modernization=Westernization’” and offers a (non-democratic) model to the world, Xi said.
“Socialist Spiritual Civilization”: The Great Comeback of an Old CCP Concept
A notion launched by Deng Xiaoping, promoted by Jiang Zemin, and much less emphasized in later years, is now revamped by Xi Jinping through his latest book.
Hu Zimo
Uses a pseudonym for security reasons.