Xi Jinping was unanimously re-elected with 2,952 votes. But censors suspect that “2,952” is now a code word used to poke fun at the Chinese pseudo-democracy.
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The Suicide of the Pink-Haired Girl: How the CCP Exploited a Tragedy
A 24-year-old student was insulted for months on social media and committed suicide. The Two Sessions’ answer: more surveillance.
The “Buddhist and Taoist Clergy Database,” Another CCP Imposture
Advertised as a tool against fraudulent “false monks,” it will in fact also help cracking down on Buddhist monks and Taoist priests not controlled by the CCP.
Courtesy of the Two Sessions: Two New Powerful (and Dangerous) Chinese Agencies
Meet the new National Financial Regulatory Administration and National Data Bureau. Both mean more CCP control on the economy and the Internet.
The Italian Job: How the CCP Laundered Mafia Money in Italy
A massive Italian Tax Police investigation unveiled a 15-billion-euro money laundering operation involving Italian mafia, Colombian drug barons, and Putin’s oligarchs.
Burning Effigies: China Threatens American Academic Miles Yu
A Cultural-Revolution-style statue vilifies a scholar who has mightily upset the Communist Party.
China’s New Directives on Law Schools: They Should Teach that Separation of Powers Is Wrong
A document by the Central Committee published on February 26 orders law schools to oppose “constitutionalism” and other Western democratic fallacies.
“The Most Important Feature of Chinese Communism is Atheism”
The popular TV series “The Knockout” is mobilized by the CCP for a new campaign against religion.
Wang Yi’s Visit to Italy: A Missed Opportunity
The present Italian leadership expressed the intention to walk out of the 2019 Belt and Road agreement signed by the previous government. So far, it has not happened.
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.