Xi’s Political Considerations and the Risk of Cross-Strait Crisis in 2022
There is an increased probability of cross-strait crisis in 2022.
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Analyzing ‘Anti-Xi’ Messaging in the Post-Sixth Plenum Party Press
Qu Qingshan and Jiang Jinquan’s articles pave the way for Xi Jinping to move against the Jiang faction.
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CCP Factional Struggle Intensifies With Purge of Ex-610 Office Cadres
The downfall of Sun Lijun and Fu Zhenghua appears to be connected to Xi’s effort at marginalizing and securing a decisive victory against the Jiang faction.
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Analyzing the Censorship of Wen Jiabao’s Essay
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What the Purge of Former Xinjiang Officials Say About the ‘CCP-ification’ of China and Factional Politics
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Biden’s Interim Strategies and Re-engagement With Communist China
◎ We see three potential scenarios for the future of the Sino-U.S. relationship under the Biden-Harris administration.
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Team Biden’s ‘Great Reset’ and Communist China’s Global Ambitions
◎ Team Biden will leave the CCP with clear avenues to “reset” relations with the U.S., sabotage Washington’s “new cold war” footing, and restart its own ambitions for global hegemony.
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The 2020 US Presidential Election and the Communist Threat
◎ The media’s irresponsible decision to play “kingmaker” boosts the CCP’s efforts to undermine America’s democratic system and its standing in the free world.
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Culture Strategy: Inoculating America and the World Against China’s ‘Virulent Strain of Communism’
◎ Ideological confrontation is anathema to today’s CCP because the Marxism-Leninism it enshrines is a bankrupt creed responsible for the killing and oppression of hundreds of millions.
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The Trump Administration Is Tough and Strategic on China
◎ Critics say that the Trump administration has no China strategy. An appraisal of the Trump administration’s China moves since 2017 reveals the exact opposite.