Day: January 7, 2023

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On January 4, Miles Yu, director of the China Center at Hudson Institute, in a commentary in the New York Post, writes that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not only kills with brutality like other totalitarian regimes, but it also kills with “incompetence and stupidity.” ——————- #SpotlightOnChina #China #ChinaInsights

There are many people who would like to help China and see the Chinese people thrive and prosper. But to some, that means helping the Chinese Communist Party, which is the biggest threat to the Chinese people’s wellbeing there is. In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at what we keep getting wrong about China and the Chinese Communist Party, why conflating China with the CCP is problematic, and what things might look like for China without the CCP.

China are buddying up with another equally oppressive regime. The Taliban! A match made in heaven!

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Last year, under the pressure of the CCP’s brutal tech crackdown and ailing economy, big industry firms had no other choice but to cut the workforce and reduce operating costs. According to a recent South China Morning Post report, Jack Ma’s Alibaba slashed nearly 10,000 employees in the June quarter. Meanwhile, gaming giant Tencent laid off 7,300 staff between April and September. The outlet noted these layoffs took a toll on the expensive property market of Chinese tech companies.  ——————- #

China’s PLAN deployed beyond the 1st island chain for two weeks in December 2022. In this video, I go over the number of sorties, ship and sensor performance employed during the exercise. Summary of limitations and capabilities gives you an idea what China is able to do in modern naval warfare. Type-001 Liaoning and Type-055 destroyer escorts Update on Type-003 Fujian aircraft carrier and the new KJ-600 AEW

China Update is about China economic and political news and analysis, today we discuss the Chinese economy, reopening and other China developments #chinaupdate 00:00 Introduction 00:11 World Restricts Chinese Travellers | Shanghai 04:42 Chinese Economy: Singapore, Caixin PMI, Railways & Office Space

After Xi Jinping secured a third term in office, a lot of China watchers were quick to pin him as China’s all-powerful leader. But if there’s anything we can learn from Chinese Communist Party history, it’s that no one—no matter how powerful—is safe from their enemies. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about Xi Jinping’s rise within the Party, the power struggle between him and former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, and whether Hu Jintao, another of China’s former leaders, was publicly purged by Xi.