Day: September 3, 2022

Di Xi Jinping survive a recent secret Party meeting? That’s the question China watchers are asking as Xi tries to cement his rule at next month’s Party congress. In this General Hostilities episode of China Uncensored, we look at the secretive communist party retreat at Beidaihe, how state media is portraying Xi after the retreat, and whether that means Xi is going to be presitator for life.

An Italian man, Xu Xiangshun, ended up in the Chinese countryside when he was little, and accidentally became Chinese. Here’s his story.

New lockdown mandates are popping up in China, just ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s most critical congress of the year. A U.S. ambassador is abiding by Chinese virus control mandates. He was spotted standing in line to get tested, while internet users question why. Taiwan shoots down Chinese drones for the first time ever. An expert says the island has to push back, or Beijing will keep pushing boundaries. We zoom in on one viewer’s question: Will U.S. efforts to counter China also hurt Taiwan? A