Commentary
There is an old adage to which many people subscribe: “How do you tell if a politician is lying? When his lips move.” If “communist” is substituted for “politician,” the accuracy of the adage increases to over 95 percent of the time.
Let us examine Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s latest whoppers that have been dutifully amplified and propagated by state-run Chinese media.
‘Whole-Process People’s Democracy’
On June 27, Xi made a pitch for soliciting public opinion on issues in preparation for the upcoming 20th National Congress that will be held this fall. According to China Daily, Xi claimed that “collecting public opinions online is an example of the whole-process people’s democracy.”…