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 Zitian | Feb 5, 2019 | American University
An Author’s Note: This blog post was developed partially based on an on-going research project on the 1989 Tiananmen Student Protest. Two-Third of the U.S. Population on the Move? Considering 325 million people in the U.S., would one visualize around...
by Mathias Penguilly | May 16, 2018 | Georgia State University
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, we have been conditioned to believe that democracy was eternal and that no other system could triumph against it. The Western powers also consider that morally, no other political model can top the people’s...
by Ethan Watson | Apr 2, 2018 | University of Memphis
Simply put yes, President Xi has formed a China into a “Frankenstate” in which his power is growing. On March 11th 2018, China’s legislative body, the National People’s Congress, voted to get rid of the presidential term limits specified in the...
by ISABELLA GRACE GUERRA | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
This past Sunday China’s National People’s Congress voted in an overwhelmingly majority to abolish its presidential term limits, allowing China’s current presidential leader, Xi Jinping, to remain in power indefinitely. This newly added amendment would be altering the...
