Day: August 29, 2022

Xi Jinping will secure a third term this year. But the Chinese President could be facing dissent from within. A report claims that 3 “party elders” have written an open letter. They have allegedly criticized the “unlimited power” of the party. Palki Sharma has more. #Gravitas #XiJinping #CommunistParty

In 2015, UK’s then-prime minister David Cameron declared a ‘golden era’ in UK-China ties. 7 years later, the country’s prime ministerial candidates have named China as the biggest threat to national security. What explains this shift in British policy? Palki Sharma tells you.

If you believe the headlines, China is benevolently forgiving its loans to 17 African countries and loaning another $10 billion through the IMF to African nations to deal with Covid. In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at why that statement is not what it appears to be, how China uses its loans to advance its strategic interests in Africa, and why China has recently pulled back on its spending there.

China’s real estate market is melting down, and there is very little the Chinese Communist Party can do about. And what makes it even worse is that the real estate market makes a large percentage of GDP. When the real estate market suffers, the rest of the economy suffers. In this just us episode of China Unscripted, we talk about why real estate in China used to be considered such a good investment, what the CCP is doing to prop up the industry, and how investors are protesting their lost investments.