Day: August 10, 2022

China’s ruling Communist Party: the faces to watch

Chin@Strategy

*Reached retirement age or moved to ceremonial post List of abbreviations CCDI: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection CCP: Chinese Communist Party CMC: Central Military Commission CPPCC: Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference CYL: Communist Youth League NDRC: National Development and Reform Commission NPC: National People’s Congress PLA: People’s Liberation Army PRC: People’s Republic of China PSC: Politburo Standing Committee South China Morning Post

Connections with China’s most powerful people

Chin@Strategy

Click on the names to see profiles *Reached retirement age or moved to ceremonial post List of abbreviations CCDI: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection CCP: Chinese Communist Party CMC: Central Military Commission CPPCC: Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference CYL: Communist Youth League NDRC: National Development and Reform Commission NPC: National People’s Congress PLA: People’s Liberation Army PRC: People’s Republic of China PSC: Politburo Standing Committee South China Morning Post

Chinese Communist Party: the 19th Central Committee – visually explained

Chin@Strategy

*Reached retirement age or moved to ceremonial post List of abbreviations CCDI: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection CCP: Chinese Communist Party CMC: Central Military Commission CPPCC: Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference CYL: Communist Youth League NDRC: National Development and Reform Commission NPC: National People’s Congress PLA: People’s Liberation Army PRC: People’s Republic of China PSC: Politburo Standing Committee South China Morning Post

China’s new Politburo and its Standing Committee: who will leave and who will stay?

Chin@Strategy

*Reached retirement age or moved to ceremonial post List of abbreviations CCDI: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection CCP: Chinese Communist Party CMC: Central Military Commission CPPCC: Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference CYL: Communist Youth League NDRC: National Development and Reform Commission NPC: National People’s Congress PLA: People’s Liberation Army PRC: People’s Republic of China PSC: Politburo Standing Committee South China Morning Post

China’s New White Paper Lays out Vision for Post ‘Reunification’ Taiwan

Chin@Strategy

Advertisement Amid the worst security crisis in the Taiwan Strait in over 20 years, China’s State Council has released a new white paper on “The Taiwan Question and China’s Reunification in the New Era.” The paper outlines, in detail, Beijing’s approach to Taiwan under the “new era” of Xi Jinping’s leadership, and serves as an update to previous white papers on Taiwan issued in 1993 and 2000. The paper begins by underscoring China’s commitment to “Resolving the Taiwan question and realizing China’s complete reunification,” calling this goal “a shared aspiration…

Woman at centre of China #MeToo case vows not to give up after appeal rejected

Chin@Strategy

The woman at the centre of a landmark case in China’s #MeToo movement has vowed not to give up after a court rejected her appeal for an apology and damages. In 2018 Zhou Xiaoxuan accused a high-profile state TV presenter, Zhu Jun, of forcibly kissing and groping her during a 2014 internship. The case inspired many others to share their experiences of sexual assault and caused a social media storm. On Wednesday the court in Beijing ruled after a closed-door hearing that evidence submitted by the 29-year-old was “insufficient” in…

U.S. Insists It Will Operate Around Taiwan, Despite China’s Pressure

Chin@Strategy

The Biden administration is vowing to continue sailing warships through the Taiwan Strait and to conduct air operations in the region in response to Chinese military drills that U.S. officials say are evolving into a long-term strategy of heightened military pressure on the island. Administration officials said they did not want to escalate the tense confrontation, which China maintains was provoked by last week’s visit to the island by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But in interviews and public statements, American and Taiwanese officials made clear they now believe China used Ms.…

How We Mourn Covid’s Victims

Chin@Strategy

LONDON — Piece by piece, the Covid-19 sanctuary was born on a hilltop in the town of Bedworth in central England. The process was meant to be a metaphor for a human life. Like bones fused over time, it grew taller as the memorial’s creators spent months joining intricate pieces of wood into a skeletal structure that finally stood on its own, 65 feet high. Then they burned it all down. There have always been monuments to commemorate the loss of life from calamitous events, such as the thousands of…

Chinese ambassador to Australia says Beijing will use ‘all necessary means’ for Taiwan ‘unification’

Chin@Strategy

China’s ambassador to Australia has warned Beijing is prepared to use “all necessary means” to prevent Taiwan from being independent, saying there can be “no compromise” on the “one China” policy. Xiao Qian on Wednesday repeatedly blamed the US for the recent escalation in tensions. China’s decision to launch ballistic missiles in live-fire exercises in response to speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was “legitimate and justified”, he told the National Press Club in Canberra. Xiao said after a “good start” with the newly elected Albanese government, “there is an…