Xi Jinping Q&A

Is Xi Jinping elected?

No. Communist China does not hold elections and its National People's Congress (NPC), which "elected" Xi, is an organ of a one-party state.

Xi Jinping Popular Stories

May 21, 2020-As the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc across the world, the Obama administration's ambassador to China has found a second lease on life as a pro-China talking head on regime propaganda outlets.

FBI: China Threatens Families to Coerce Overseas Critics to Return to China

Reuters
July 7, 2020 12:17 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday urged China-born people in the United States to contact the FBI if Chinese officials try to force them to return to China under a program of coercion that he said is led by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Continetti: Bolton’s Book Won’t Change Minds

Washington Free Beacon Staff
June 17, 2020 9:04 PM

Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti said Wednesday that former national security adviser John Bolton's new book will not change many minds because Bolton faces criticism from both sides of the aisle.

Let It Xi: Former Beatles Manager Paid Millions to Boost Chinese Regime in U.S.

Yuichiro Kakutani
June 1, 2020 5:00 AM

The Beatles manager who orchestrated the ill-advised wedding between John Lennon and Yoko Ono is now the Chinese government's pointman to build ties between Beijing and American journalists and officials.

Beijing Moves Forward With Anti-Democracy ‘Security Law’ in Hong Kong

Anti-government protesters raise their hands as they attend the "Lest We Forget" rally in Hong Kong

Reuters
May 28, 2020 2:18 PM

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s parliament approved a decision on Thursday to go forward with national security legislation for Hong Kong that democracy activists in the city and Western countries fear could erode its freedoms and jeopardize its role as a global financial hub.

YouTube Censors Criticism of China

Site automatically deletes terms used by regime critics

Yuichiro Kakutani
May 26, 2020 6:30 PM

YouTube is deleting any comments that contain two terms that are critical of the Chinese government, raising concerns about the tech industry's willingness to censor content in order to gain favor with the communist regime.

Obama’s Man in China Now Beijing’s Man in Washington

Former ambassador Baucus appears regularly on Chinese propaganda outlets

Yuichiro Kakutani
May 21, 2020 5:00 AM

As the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc across the world, the Obama administration's ambassador to China has found a second lease on life as a pro-China talking head on regime propaganda outlets.

Report: U.S. Intelligence Concludes China Is Lying About Coronavirus

Yuichiro Kakutani
April 1, 2020 1:40 PM

A U.S. intelligence report concluded that China lied about the impact of the coronavirus within its borders, under-reporting total case numbers and deaths in public figures, according to Bloomberg News.

Bloomberg: Xi Isn’t a Dictator Because the Chinese ‘Don’t Seem to Want’ Elections

'It's a question of what is a dictator,' Bloomberg said

Josh Christenson
February 27, 2020 7:24 AM

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday echoed claims he made about Xi Jinping in Tuesday night’s debate, refusing to say he's a dictator and arguing the Chinese people don't want democracy.

Bloomberg Insists on Debate Stage China’s Xi Isn’t a Dictator

Yuichiro Kakutani
February 25, 2020 10:35 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg argued Tuesday that Chinese president Xi Jinping is not a dictator because he "serves at the behest of the Politburo."

Gertz: Xi Jinping Has Created a ‘Communist Nightmare’

'Xi Jinping has become the new Mao'

Washington Free Beacon Staff
September 15, 2019 11:10 AM

Washington Free Beacon senior editor Bill Gertz said on Friday that under Chinese president Xi Jinping, the communist state has become a "communist nightmare."