New book on Xi’s thought shows that he still sees the world as the arena of a struggle between Communism and Anti-Communism.
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Party History Study: Xi Jinping’s Main Campaign in 2021
All Chinese are mobilized. But “history,” Xi explains, in a Marxist context, has not the same meaning it has in a bourgeois academia.
Diluting Tibetan Buddhism to Cancel an Entire People
Bitter Winter’s review of the new report by International Campaign for Tibet. Destroying religion is the CCP’s road to destroying Tibet’s culture and soul.
“China is Genocidal Just Like Nazi Germany”
China breaches the 1948 Genocide Convention. Bitter Winter’s review of the Newlines Institute report and its aftermath.
Keeping the Uyghur Culture Alive in Exile
Non-Chinese culture is repressed or reduced to a tourist attraction in Xinjiang. But exile and sorrow have produced a flurry of poetry and creativity among the diaspora.
“Poverty Has Been Eliminated in China”—Only, It Is Not True
Triumphal ceremonies hailed Xi Jinping’s victory in the “war on poverty.” But data are either false or misinterpreted.
China’s Secret Weapon: Changing the Meaning of “Human Rights”
For the first time in history, a Chinese Foreign Minister addressed the UN Human Rights Council. His speech was a textbook example of Orwellian “newspeak.”
Church of Almighty God Refugee Cases Discussed in New Book
Massimo Introvigne and Rosita Šorytė explore while some asylum applications are still rejected, and what can be done about it.
Xi Jinping Cracks Down on Feng Shui
Party members are punished for engaging in “superstitious activities.” Normally, such campaigns soon extend to the general population.
“Fighting Corruption”: Xi Jinping’s Code Word for “Fighting Dissent”
Before you applaud the CCP’s anti-corruption measures, consider that in China the notion of corruption is politically constructed and includes criticism of the Party.