China’s Communist Party brings in new rules to regulate faith, loyalty and performance

China’s Communist Party brings in new rules to regulate faith, loyalty and performance

China’s ruling Communist Party has rolled out a set of new rules to remove incompetent members deemed lagging in their faith, loyalty and performance, in a bid to further strengthen the party’s control over the conduct of its nearly 100 million members. The new rules released by the party’s general office on Thursday, decree that … Read more

New Chinese textbooks play up national security, Xi Jinping Thought and Vietnam, India wars

New Chinese textbooks play up national security, Xi Jinping Thought and Vietnam, India wars

Topics highlighted in the new textbooks include the president’s political philosophy, Xi Jinping Thought. There will also be an emphasis on traditional Chinese culture and national security, according to a Ministry of Education official cited in the report. All Chinese nationals receive nine years of compulsory education, six in primary school and the rest in … Read more

China’s Xinjiang officials want to build ‘strategic barrier for geopolitical security’

China’s Xinjiang officials want to build ‘strategic barrier for geopolitical security’

It said Xinjiang should also improve “the legal and work routines for counterterrorism and maintaining stability”, along with public security and stability on the border. The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region shares borders with countries including Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. China has been accused of human rights abuses in Xinjiang, including that at least 1 … Read more

China’s urban-rural gap is a threat to growth. Is the divide too wide to fix?

China’s urban-rural gap is a threat to growth. Is the divide too wide to fix?

She managed to survive the fierce competition. After her graduation from Fudan, she expanded her master’s thesis on the gap between urban and rural students at top universities in China, and her findings were published early last year. Zheng’s book, which discusses class differences from a sociological perspective, is one of the most prominent of … Read more

Honour reformer Deng Xiaoping by realising China’s revival, Xi Jinping urges nation

Honour reformer Deng Xiaoping by realising China’s revival, Xi Jinping urges nation

Xi delivered the address at a commemorative event held every decade around August 22 – a tradition that allows the party’s leaders to reconnect with its founding fathers and announce a path forward. He used the event to offer a salute to the past and to acknowledge the political challenges of today. 03:10 Why Deng … Read more

As China celebrates Deng Xiaoping’s legacy, the country is again at a crossroads

As China celebrates Deng Xiaoping’s legacy, the country is again at a crossroads

As China celebrates the 120th anniversary of the birth of the late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, the seemingly contradictory duality of the man and his legacy continue to resonate. In Chinese culture, 60 years is known as jiazi, representing the full alignment cycle between heaven and earth. The commemoration of Deng’s 120th birthday on August … Read more

China’s Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui meets top Temasek executives from Singapore

China’s Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui meets top Temasek executives from Singapore

The Communist Party chief of Xinjiang has held talks with top executives from Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek, as the western Chinese region continues its efforts to boost foreign investment. Ma Xingrui, party secretary for the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, met Temasek chairman Lim Boon Heng and executive director and CEO Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara in … Read more

Chinese cartoon campaign warns village clans against hindering Communist Party

Chinese cartoon campaign warns village clans against hindering Communist Party

Beijing is urging family clans in rural areas not to stand in the way of Communist Party and government policies. In a cartoon circulating on government websites and social media since last week, a family elder demands that his nephew, a village official, block the construction of a telecommunications tower. A comic strip issued by … Read more

China’s anti-corruption net has risk-averse officials afraid to innovate

China’s anti-corruption net has risk-averse officials afraid to innovate

The problem became so acute that in 2021 Xi slammed officials for waiting for his directions to act, and asked rhetorically: “If I didn’t hand out instructions, would these officials do any work?” In the Communist Party’s key conclave, the third plenum that concluded last month, leaders again sought to take aim at widespread sloth, … Read more

China’s Shaanxi launches international legal affairs office for belt and road

China’s Shaanxi launches international legal affairs office for belt and road

It will also train legal professionals in overseas-related matters, research legal theory and offer legal services with an international focus, it said. Foreign-related rule of law refers to an initiative launched in 2020 aimed at connecting Chinese law with foreign and international law as Beijing’s global ambitions grow and competition with the West intensifies. Shaanxi’s … Read more