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The West is wrong about Xi Jinping
News, Keyu Jin, Published on 06/04/2018
» China's recent constitutional amendment eliminating the term limits for the president and vice-president has left much of the West aghast. Critics fear the emergence of a new and unaccountable dictatorship, with President Xi Jinping becoming "Chairman Mao 2.0". This response is more than a little inappropriate.
Xi's anti-corruption campaign not as sinister as it looks
News, Keyu Jin, Published on 06/08/2016
» Much of the world is watching Chinese President Xi Jinping with concern. Not only has he been re-concentrating power in the hands of the central government; many believe that his radical anti-corruption campaign is a fig leaf for a political purge. They worry that Mr Xi is building a cult of personality, much like the one that surrounded Mao Zedong and fuelled the Cultural Revolution.