by Matthew Beylinson | Mar 24, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
In 1982 term limits were imposed on the office of the President of China. They were created by Deng Xiaoping (then president of China) to prevent another Mao-style autocrat from coming into power and dominating Chinese politics. Xiaoping did not blame Mao...
by Sam Frankel | Nov 23, 2020 | Northeastern University
President of China, Xi Jinping, in a recent speech to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), announced that China plans on opening a “super-sized” economy. The APEC forum also includes twenty other members two others include the United States and Russia....
by Zitian | Feb 27, 2019 | American University
Did Chinese Constitution Revision Make Xi A Dictator? On March 11, 2018, a CNN reporter, Matt Rivers, called the latest Chinese constitutional revision the “coronation of a brand-new dictatorship.” Chinese exiled dissidents and critics swarmed to denounce “Xi’s...
by JARRON DANIEL SILVA | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Pre Xi Jinping In recent years, when Hu Jintao was in power, there was some hope that China would be able to become a democracy. In fact, Hu and others pushed for china to become one. This is seen in Hu Jintao’s speech that was made September of 2010 in Hong Kong when...
