“An intensifying purge of disloyal Chinese Communist party law and order officials is setting the stage for President Xi Jinping to be named party chairman and hold on to power beyond his second term,” the “The anti-corruption campaign launched last month to target the party’s legal and domestic security apparatus kicked into a higher gear last week when the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced a probe into Gong Daoan, the Shanghai police chief and the highest-ranking official to fall since Mr Xi’s second term began in 2017.”A new Emerson College poll in Massachusetts finds Sen. Ed Markey (D) leading Rep. Joe Kennedy (D) in the U.S. Senate primary, 56% to 44%. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spook. The Twitter account of Radio Free Asia, a US government funded broadcaster, is fake. China’s economic success was achieved in large measure by taking advantage of the working people of both China and the US. “Corporon falsely…Dan Balz: “With just under 10 weeks until Election Day, the campaign for president turns from a pair of scripted conventions to the trench warfare of mobilizing voters and to…This piece is only available to Political Wire members. Relevant. At the last minute the Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping vetoed the trade deal with the United States, after his representatives had negotiated and agreed to it. Within China, Xi Jinping has become the most repressive ruler since the disastrous Great Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. Unfortunately, he is far closer to the tyrannical Mao Zedong. 1 year ago. Political Wire is the first site I check when I’m looking for the latest political nugget. Democrats have plenty of ideas for policy…McKay Coppins: “Every presidential-nominating convention is, to a certain extent, an exercise in hype and whitewashing. Not only has he jailed many human rights lawyers and activists, speciously charging them with subverting state power, but in a shocking fact that still has yet to resonate in Western media, he has imprisoned many ethnic minority Xi also suppressed dissent from within the Communist Party of China (CCP). That pretty much says it all.”— Stuart Rothenberg, editor of the Rothenberg Political Report“Political Wire is one of only four or five sites that I check every day and sometimes several times a day, for the latest political news and developments.”— Charlie Cook, editor of the Cook Political Report“The big news, delicious tidbits, pearls of wisdom — nicely packaged, constantly updated… What political junkie could ask for more?”— Larry Sabato, Center for Politics, University of Virginia“Taegan Goddard has a knack for digging out political gems that too often get passed over by the mainstream press, and for delivering the latest electoral developments in a sharp, no frills style that makes his Political Wire an addictive blog habit you don’t want to kick.”— Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post“Political Wire is one of the absolute must-read sites in the blogosphere.”“I rely on Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire for straight, fair political news, he gets right to the point. Join today for the complete Political Wire experience and get exclusive analysis, new features and…The Food and Drug Administration on Friday ousted its top spokesperson, Emily Miller, after less than two weeks on the job, the New York Times reports. Senator and Governor.Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. Xi does not trust anyone, including his own party.Internationally, he has ordered China’s aggressive expansion in South China Sea, threatened the use of force to seize and occupy Taiwan, deployed internet censorship surveillance and spyware globally, backed authoritarian regimes from Russia to Venezuela and Zimbabwe; and expanded China’s influence and control over less developed states through the Belt and Road Initiative. He is the global leader of opposition to the US position in international politics and the present liberal international order which has kept peace for a generation and provided prosperity to billions, including within China.Xi’s vision of global politics is one where China is supreme and the international order is decidedly illiberal. Spectacular economic prosperity legitimized China’s flawed political system, and thus made it possible for a dictator like Xi to rise to power.The drama over trade negotiations highlights our real problem with China: Xi Jinping. Posted by. OC I made for the Twitter account because Xi Jinping paid me to.