Commentary Today we begin the celebration of Lunar New Year and welcome in the Year of the Tiger. I want to begin by wishing all Mandarin-speaking friends gong xi fa cai, and Cantonese speakers gong hei fat choy. Over the past decade, I have been increasingly critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as it has unleashed a major crackdown on everyone who displays anything other than absolute loyalty to Xi Jinping and the Party. The intensification of repression in China has included some of the most severe atrocity crimes—genocide and crimes against humanity—as well as a nationwide campaign of persecution against Christians, the dismantling of Hong Kong’s freedoms and autonomy, increased repression in Tibet, continued persecution of Falun Gong, the disappearance of human rights defenders, including lawyers, and the shutdown of whatever limited space previously existed for civil society, independent media, citizen journalism, and dissent. In response to these appalling …