Corruption, bribery, and the importance of guanxi (connections) are ills which continue to plague Chinese society. Meet any Chinese person and exchange a few jokes, and it becomes apparent that they know who benefits from these three ills: Communist Party cadres and their children. In the same way that the CCP continues to sing the praises of socialism while building one of the most aggressively capitalist societies on Earth, so too do party me...
...d unprepared to face upcoming challenges. In private conversations, I have yet to meet a single Chinese citizen truly enthusiastic about the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). With around 70 million party members, the CCP inevitably has some out there. But that leaves well over 1.2 billion people who are not party members, and many of them are already wishing for change—even in the face of double-digit GDP growth. If and when times get ha...
...on fully reuniting the country and instituting socialism. The disastrous effects of the latter aim are well-known. However, the vagueness of this first notion – of fully “reuniting China” – has plagued the policymakers of the CCP for decades. As the PRC claimed to be the legitimate successor of The Republic of China (now in exile on Taiwan) and the more importantly the vast Qing Dynasty, huge tracts of inner Asia were claimed for the new nation,...
...re seeing now are the first rumblings of a rising China looking to throw its newfound wealth and power around. The Senkak u/Diaoyu Islands serve as a rallying point for hardcore nationalist elements within the country and the CCP has never been averse to exploiting nationalist sentiment and historical resentment of the Japan and the West as a tool for pacifying a restless population. The Mukden Incident was a travesty which led to countless trage...
...r background information on Xinjiang/East Turkmenistan, and the Uighurs, click here. Vanderbilt Political Review: Tell us about that moment right before you publicly criticized the Chinese government in your speech before the CCP’s National People’s Consultative Conference. You were an established member of society, an esteemed entrepreneur, a wife, and a mother. For many, factors like these would have silenced many out of fear of losing ev...
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