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Online Dissent in China Doesn’t Mean Xi Jinping Is on His Way Out
Don’t be fooled by viral posts. The CCP allows and even encourages certain forms of online dissent – all part of its digital ...
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The Embarrassing Reason Xi Talks about ‘Great Changes Unseen in a Century’
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands following a signing ceremony in Moscow, Russia, ...
China's Disappearing Generals Put Questions Over Xi's Grip
China's Central Military Commission is its smallest in decades highlighting the personalisation of Xi Jinping's control even as questions grow over his power.
A 'regime' change brewing in China? Xi Jinping ‘missing in action’, changes in Communist Party (but take it all with a pinch of salt)
Of late, there have been speculative reports and analyst opinion articles about ‘changes’ in the power circles of China, several of which implied that President Xi Jinping, the 'Chairman of everything ...
End of Xi Jinping's regime? How aging 'ousted' rival Hu Jintao may be staging a silent coup against China’s mightiest leader
China’s President Xi Jinping has vanished from headlines and stages as rumours swirl of a silent coup. Intelligence sources ...
Trump’s worldview is causing a global shift of alliances – what does this mean for nations in the middle?
The US president wants separate spheres of influence dominated by the US, China and Russia. For small states, this new world ...