Tag: Chinese Regime

Meet the 7 Men Who Will Rule China

Led by Xi Jinping, the seven men strode on the red carpet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 23, revealing the new generation of the ruling elites. These powerful officials are members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top decision-making body. Current leader Xi Jinping heads…


Dozens of Senior Officials Purged Under Xi’s Anti-Corruption Campaign

News Analysis Since Xi Jinping took office in late 2012, many high-level officials have reportedly been dismissed amid his anti-corruption campaign. One China expert says that the campaign was aimed at targetting Xi’s political rivals. The number of officials who were removed from their posts and the amount of money they embezzled is just the tip of…


Chinese Markets Fall as Xi Stacks CCP With Loyalists

News Analysis News that Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping would assume a third term in power sent markets into a dive on Oct. 24, marking a broader pessimism that the leader’s policies will have negative consequences for the global economy. Investors in the Chinese market wiped nearly 10 percent off the value of internet giants…


Hongkongers in Over 10 Cities in UK and Canada Protest Against the Attack at Chinese Consulate in Manchester

On Oct. 16, staff from the Chinese consulate in Manchester, UK, beat peaceful pro-democracy protesters from Hong Kong, causing outrage among Hongkongers around the world. On Oct. 23, Hong Kong people in more than a dozen cities around the world launched a solidarity action, condemning the violence of the Chinese Communist Party officials and urging…


Australians Rally to Support Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Manchester Consulate

Protesters rallied at the Chinese consulate in Sydney on Sunday to support the Hong Kong protestor who was beaten at the Chinese Consulate in Manchester. Started by Aus-Hong Kong Connex, an organization founded in April to help Hong Kong migrants new to Australia, the protest was organized to condemn the beating of a Hong Kong…


16-Year-Old Daughter Dies in COVID-19 Quarantine in China

Reports of a 16-year-old girl dying in a COVID-19 quarantine center after her family’s pleas for help went ignored have been spreading on Chinese social media since Oct. 18 during CCP’s party congress and has sparked public outrage. The girl’s father is believed to have been silenced by authorities after he spoke publicly of her…


Family Pleads as 16-Year-Old Daughter Dies in COVID-19 Quarantine in China

Reports of a 16-year-old girl dying in a COVID-19 quarantine center after her family’s pleas for help went ignored have been spreading on Chinese social media since Oct. 18 during CCP’s party congress and has sparked public outrage. The girl’s father is believed to have been silenced by authorities after he spoke publicly of her…


Xi Jinping Secures Another 5-Year Term as CCP Leader

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will remain in power for five more years, extending his 10-year reign over the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) until at least 2028. Xi, 69, will be the general secretary of the CCP for an unprecedented third term, breaking a two-term norm set by his predecessors. The Chinese regime unveiled its…


Xi Jinping Secures Unprecedented Third Term as CCP Leader

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will remain in power for five more years, extending his 10-year reign until at least 2028. Xi, 69, will be the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for an unprecedented third term, breaking a two-term norm set by his predecessors. The Chinese regime unveiled its new leadership on Oct….


Ex-Chinese Leader Escorted Out of Communist Party Congress as Xi Cements Control

China’s former top leader Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of the closing ceremony of a key Communist Party meeting in Beijing with no explanation, stirring questions in a usually highly choreographed event. The visibly frail 79-year-old was sitting on the left side of his immediate successor Xi Jinping in the front row when a…