Latest Articles about Ideology / Propaganda
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History and Heritage: As COVID Misery Mounts, Xi Looks to the Past for Lessons and Legitimacy
Long lines of cars have recently been reported at Beijing’s funeral homes and crematoriums (VOA Chinese, December 17). This body backlog belies official assurances that COVID-19 deaths in China’s capital remain in the single digits. At times, the dichotomy between the reality of the COVID-19... MORE
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Keep Calm and Carry On: Xi Jinping Takes a Page From the Book of Jiang Zemin
On November 30, with mass protests only recently suppressed in Beijing and Shanghai and still simmering in Guangzhou and Chongqing, state media notified the “whole party, army and country” that former General Secretary Jiang Zemin, who led the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from mid-1989 to... MORE
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Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy: Roadmap to Global Leadership?
Only a short time ago, the question of whether the People's Republic of China (PRC) aspires to global leadership was generally considered farfetched. However, President Xi Jinping’s recent announcements of the Global Development Initiative (GDI) at the UN General Assembly in 2021 and the Global... MORE
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The 2021 Party History Study Campaign Stresses Revolution and Sacrifice
On June 15, Qiushi, the leading theoretical journal of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published an article by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) titled, “Taking history as a mirror, use history to demonstrate convictions, know history and love the party, know history and love... MORE
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Looking Back on Short Flashes of Liberalization in the Chinese Communist Party’s 100 Years
Introduction After Mao Zedong (毛泽东, 1893-1976) became the undisputed leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1936, he began a thorough-going purge of the party’s earliest generation of free-thinking intellectuals in the temporary party headquarters at Yan’an, Shaanxi Province. Since then, the CCP has... MORE
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Moscow in Confrontational Mode Reacting to Biden’s Inauguration
The Kremlin-controlled Russian media and top officialdom have greeted President Joe Biden and his administration taking power in the US with a massive, almost hysterical propaganda broadside. Kremlin news outlets have been castigating Biden as an old and senile figurehead president, who will hardly survive... MORE
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Evaluating the Utility of Global Data Collection by Chinese Firms for Targeted Propaganda
Introduction A series of media leaks in recent months have put a spotlight on Chinese firms engaged in global social media data collection—one of several prerequisites to realizing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s vision of a data-driven propaganda apparatus (China Brief, May 15). [1] In... MORE
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The CCP Politburo Holds Its First Collective Study Session for 2020
Introduction On May 29, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo held its first “collective study” (集体学习, jiti xuexi) session for the year 2020. It is unusual that the first of these events took place only near the mid-point of the year: in recent years, these... MORE
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Chinese Views of the United States Amid Rising Sino-American Clashes
Introduction On May 20, the White House published a new policy document titled United States Strategic Approach to the People's Republic of China. According to the document, China poses challenges to the economy, values, and security of the United States. Therefore, the administration’s new approach... MORE
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The Belt and Road Initiative: A Domestically-Motivated Program Fueling Global Competition
Introduction The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s ambitious overseas economic and infrastructure program, is having a significant impact on the world economy. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has pledged $1 trillion in investment; the extensive geographic scope of the initiative involves more than... MORE