Why Beijing’s Attempt to Force Pension Payments Could Backfire
By resorting to short-term fixes to China’s pension system and other economic woes, Xi Jinping and the CCP are sowing the seeds of larger crises.
SOCIAL WATCH

Risk Watch: China’s Social Security Ministry in Deficit, Has Less than a Year of Pension Funds in 13 Regions
◎ The HRSS pension fund deficit is a ticking time bomb for the Chinese authorities.

Political Risk Watch: Xi Slams Bureaucratism After Beijing Residents Protest
◎ Over a hundred residents of Beijing Chaoyang District’s Feijia Village marched in the streets on Dec. 10 to protest the Beijing municipal government’s forced eviction of the “low-end population” from the city.

Political Risk Watch: Chinese Netizens Liken Beijing Migrant Eviction to ‘Anti-Chinese’ Discrimination Abroad
◎ Eviction campaigns like the one in Beijing will exacerbate the already very intense social conflicts and heighten political risk across China’s provinces.

New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese Education Group Faces Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse
◎ Mainland Chinese press has been carrying reports of child abuse by a kindergarten run by RYB Education since Nov. 22.

Legal Watch: Falun Gong Adherent Acquitted in Spiritual Practice’s Birthplace
◎ How the Xi administration handles the Falun Gong issue will be an important benchmark of his dedication to legal reform.

China’s ‘Warren Buffett’ May Be Caught up in Anti-corruption Drive
◎ The CCP declared open season on financial sector corruption after the 19th Party Congress.

Punishing of Famous Actress Puts Chinese Financiers on Notice
◎ The probe of the financial sector will affect the princelings and other high-ranking CCP officials.

Exploding Meteor Over China Augurs Ill for CCP Elder
◎ Chinese astrologists from Hong Kong note that the exploding meteor is an ill-omen for Jiang Zemin.

Sichuan Authorities Use SWAT Teams Against Massive Protests, then Compromise
◎ Tens of thousands of residents in Renshou County in Meishan City, Sichuan Province took to the streets for several nights starting Sept. 21.
