SinoInsight 1 Work and anti-corruption arrangements Dec. 7 Xi Jinping presided over a Politburo meeting to analyze and study economic work in 2023, according to state mouthpiece Xinhua. The meeting also reviewed a work report by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Committee, as well as researched and deployed …
SinoInsight 1 ‘Zero-COVID’ policy and propaganda Dec. 5 1. Reuters reported that the PRC may announce 10 new measures to ease COVID-19 restrictions as early as Dec. 7, citing sources familiar with the matter. The 10 new measures will supplement the 20 measures that were rolled out in November. Reuters also reported that …
SinoInsight 1 State mouthpiece Xinhua published Jiang Zemin’s funeral committee list (江澤民同志治喪委員會名單) on Nov. 30, the day that Jiang’s death was officially announced. The list contained the names of 688 active and retired national leaders (205) and senior officials from the Party, the government, and the military. Xi Jinping was named as head …
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SinoInsight 1 Spontaneous gatherings held between Nov. 25 to Nov. 28 in many cities and institutes of higher learning across mainland China quickly turned into anti-lockdown and even anti-regime protests as anger over Beijing’s “zero-COVID” policy and the problems it caused boiled over. The gatherings were originally meant to commemorate a lockdown-related fire …
SinoInsight 1 Nov. 16 Qiushi, the CCP Central Committee ideological journal, published a nearly 6,900 character-long piece by Central Policy Research Office director Jiang Jinquan titled, “Ten Years of Great Changes in the New Era” (新時代十年的偉大變革). The article touted Xi Jinping’s “achievements” during his decade in charge from three aspects, namely, “historic changes” …
SinoInsight 1 Nov. 14 Sing Tao Daily, a pro-Beijing Hong Kong newspaper, reported that Yuan Jiajun, a member of the 20th Politburo and Party secretary of Zhejiang Province, will succeed Chen Min’er as Party secretary of Chongqing, a directly-administered municipality. Sing Tao added that Chen could succeed Li Hongzhong as Party secretary of …
SinoInsight 1 President Joe Biden and CCP general secretary Xi Jinping held a three-and-a-half hour meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. The White House readout of the Biden-Xi meeting contained the following noteworthy points: Biden told Xi that the United States will “continue to compete vigorously with the …
SinoInsight 1 Businesses, investors, and China watchers who have been scrutinizing Xi Jinping’s 20th Party Congress work report are alarmed by what they believe is an effort by Xi to reimpose Mao-era economic and social controls in the PRC. Xi’s ideological focus aside, observers are concerned by his plans to promote “common prosperity.” …
SinoInsight 1 Xi Jinping’s call for the CCP to be “unwavering” in his “zero-COVID” policy has many observers, businesses, and investors believing that the PRC will not move away from its draconian pandemic restrictions and measures. Many also believe that China’s economic prospects are bleak because Xi will prioritize political and national …
SinoInsight 1 Party mouthpiece People’s Daily began publishing a series of commentary articles by old and new members of the Politburo and its Standing Committee in the second week after the 20th Party Congress. The articles revolve around the theme of urging Party members to “conscientiously study, propagate, and implement the spirit …