Weeks prior to the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese authorities launched a string of crackdowns on Maoists, according to reports. The regime arrested them and intimidated their families and friends to remain silent. The sweeping move has increased the tension among Maoists. Chinese Maoists are usually primarily Chinese nationalists. They prefer planned economy to market economy, which they deem as the root cause of present-day China’s social problems. When it comes to foreign policies, they assert China should take a tough line with Western democracies. The police of Jijing city in northern China’s Shandong province conducted a series of arrests of Maoists in different provinces on undisclosed criminal charges since May 12, according to RedChinaCn.net, a China-based website that promotes communism and is opposed to China’s economic reform over the past 30 years. The Epoch Times has noted many unusual spelling mistakes in the RedChina article, which …