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1.Mr. Xi Jinping, as chief of Party, State and the Military, from where do you get your paycheck? From the Party, or government, or military? Are all the budgets for the Party, Government and the military collected from taxpayers?
2. You have consistently emphasized that the PLA cannot be nationalized, because it belongs to the Party. If so, then why is the army paid by government budget, which come from taxpayers? Continue reading
64 Questions for Xi Jinping-Proposed by Initiatives for China/Citizen Power for China已关闭评论
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2015-09-10
U.S.-based rights groups have called on President Barack Obama to invite activists, lawyers and other members of the country’s nascent civil society into the White House ahead of a visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping.
Efforts by Obama’s administration aren’t enough to change the behavior of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, which has stepped up its crackdown on lawyers, rights activists and peaceful critics of the regime since Xi took power in 2012, a letter signed by nine organizations said.
“In light of the high-level reception that will be given President Xi, Continue reading
Rights Groups Up Pressure on White House Ahead of Chinese Presidential Visit已关闭评论
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June 4, 2015
His Excellency Xi Jinping
President of the People’s Republic of China
Dear President Xi:
We write as co-chairs of the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China on the 26th- year anniversary of the nationwide protests that started in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The protests, their violent suppression, and the ongoing prohibition of public or online discussion of the events of 1989, Continue reading
The Chair of U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission Wrote A Letter To Xi Jinping已关闭评论
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2015-05-28
Shanghai artist Dai Jianyong demonstrates the ‘Chrysanthemum Face’ in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Dai Jianyong
Authorities in Shanghai are holding an outspoken artist and street photographer after he posted satirical images of China’s president online, his lawyer told RFA, Continue reading
Shanghai Police Hold Artist Who Posted Satirical Photo of China’s President已关闭评论
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7:47 pm HKT Feb 19, 2015
A screenshot shows the performance of “I Give My Heart to You” during this year’s China Central Television Spring Festival gala. Continue reading
Xi Jinping the Star in China’s Lunar New Year TV Gala已关闭评论
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THE EDITORS 01.28.15
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Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Earlier this month, at the close of the Chinese Communist Party’s 5th Plenum, the official People’s Daily noted on its website that as this important agenda-setting meeting came to a close Continue reading
‘I Don’t Know Where Some Cadres Get Their Magical Powers’ And Other Quotations from Xi Jinping’s New Book on Corruption已关闭评论
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September 4, 2014
Is the Cultural Revolution making a comeback?
CCP officer Zhang Yingwei. Photo provided by author.
The Cultural Revolution ended in August 1977, or so the 11th National Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:Xi Jinping’s Black and White World已关闭评论
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By David Bandurski | Posted on 2014-08-11
The following post by “Kid Shoes_1009” (小童鞋_1009), was deleted sometime before 1:02 AM today, August 11, 2014. Continue reading
Banned on Weibo: President Xi’s Facebook presence已关闭评论
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