Topic: Xi Jinping

Dreaming dictators
Dreaming dictators October 30, 2025 Greg Maresca A bizarre, hot-mic conversation between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reveals haunting aspirations.
Xi and Putin revel in the thought of transplanted body parts to preserve their youth
Xi and Putin revel in the thought of transplanted body parts to preserve their youth September 4, 2025 Andrea Widburg They join the pantheon of real and fictional horror figures who pillaged young people’s bodies to stay young.
Beijing imposes vaccine mandate, backs down and cancels after 48 hours due to public outrage
Beijing imposes vaccine mandate, backs down and cancels after 48 hours due to public outrage August 23, 2022 Thomas Lifson This must be a first in communist China. Is Xi nervous about the pending 20th Party Congress, where he hopes to ratify his plan to become dictator for life?
The Practical Realities If China Invades Taiwan
The Practical Realities If China Invades Taiwan May 29, 2022 Laura Lam With rumors swirling about China invading Taiwan, it’s worth thinking about the CCP’s strengths and weaknesses.
The Biden administration blunders again with both Russia and China
The Biden administration blunders again with both Russia and China February 28, 2022 Rajan Laad At this point, it's becoming almost impossible to tell whether these stumbles are deliberate or the result of extreme incompetence.
Xi's plan to punish Australia for insisting on investigating the origins of COVID backfires
Xi's plan to punish Australia for insisting on investigating the origins of COVID backfires November 29, 2021 Thomas Lifson His newly aggressive behavior toward domestic entrepreneurs, Taiwan, his neighbors, the South China Sea, and the rest of the world is not without cost to important factions in China. And now he has lost face.
Signs of resistance among China's power elite to Xi's power-grab
Signs of resistance among China's power elite to Xi's power-grab November 26, 2021 Thomas Lifson Factionalism is a permanent feature of large organizations in China, with often semi-covert alliances plotting to enhance their group's power or to influence decisions in their favor. Xi has a large number of enemies.
Low expectations as Xi and Biden to hold 'virtual meeting'
Low expectations as Xi and Biden to hold 'virtual meeting' November 15, 2021 Thomas Lifson Neither country wants a war...now.
The Four Horsemen of our Apocalypse: George Soros, Xi Jinping, Bill Gates, and Joe Biden
The Four Horsemen of our Apocalypse: George Soros, Xi Jinping, Bill Gates, and Joe Biden July 9, 2021 Patricia McCarthy People are waking up to the damage done to this country by the wrecking crew that is the Biden administration.
What You Shouldn’t Forget About China
What You Shouldn’t Forget About China March 27, 2021 Marion DS Dreyfus Weakness is toxic in dealing with the Chinese, as I observed when I first arrived to work as a Vice President and professor in one of the 67 universities in Wuhan, Zhejiang Province