300 Million Quit the Chinese Communist Party and Affiliated Organizations

Tuidang is a Chinese word meaning withdraw. For the Chinese people, the Tuidang movement means to remove themselves from any affiliation with the Chinese Communist Party. This movement has gained momentum in recent years, especially among China’s youth, as 300 million people have quit the Chinese communist Party. Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has used ...

Trisha Haddock

US Lawmakers Put the Squeeze on Confucius Institutes

Three U.S. lawmakers have introduced a law aimed at pressuring Chinese state-run Confucius Institutes operating in American education institutions over concerns that they’re pushing propaganda. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton, along with Congressman Joe Wilson, who are all Republican, introduced the Foreign Influence Transparency Act on March 22. In a statement, the GOP ...

James Burke

2 Secrets Heavily Guarded by the Chinese Communist Party

The removing of the two-term limit for China’s president has sparked a wide-ranging debate regarding the nationality and foreign assets of its leaders, raising questions about the Chinese Communist Party. Outsiders speculate that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has two major secrets that the regime seems to be withholding from the public: The disclosure of ...

Hermann Rohr

Is China’s Two-Child Policy Exacerbating Gender Inequality?

Since China ended its one-child policy and allowed all families to have up to two children, an additional 90 million women have become eligible to have a second child. However, new UBC sociology research suggests China’s two-child policy could be negatively affecting women’s status and gender equality. The study, published in the Chinese Sociological Review, found ...

Troy Oakes

A pregnant Chinese woman.

Where Is the Silent Invasion Coming From?

Who would have thought in a liberal democratic country like Australia, Charles Sturt University professor Clive Hamilton’s book Silent Invasion would have to face tribulations of such intensity that it throws the whole country into unease. Now, public opinion is no longer focusing on the Chinese Communist government’s opposition to and suppression of this book, ...

Nspirement Staff

Exiled Chinese Billionaire Exposes Jiang Zemin’s Embezzlement

On the eve of Chinese New Year (February 15), Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, who fled to the United States in 2015, released a video revealing former president of China Jiang Zemin’s embezzlement, including his family, of national assets worth US$500 billion (about 4 trillion yuan), making them the richest family in the world. This money ...

Nspirement Staff

The Chinese yuan.

Using Feng Shui to Understand China Central Television’s Scandals

Feng shui could have predicted all of the reports of corruption and sex scandals at China Central Television (CCTV) that have been quite common in recent years. Outsiders have described the network as both a “harem” and “brothel” to CCP senior officials. Various staff members have been replaced, and some were even arrested. What could ...

Armin Auctor

Vatican’s China Moves Stun Chinese Catholics

Not long after taking power in China, the officially atheist Chinese Communist Party (CCP) broke off ties with the Vatican. But now, the Vatican’s China moves and ongoing back-room negotiations between officials from the Holy See and Beijing could change that, much to the disillusionment of many Chinese Catholics. As part of the Vatican’s 4-year-long ...

James Burke

St. Peter's Basilica.

Harmony: A Precious Element in Traditional Chinese Culture

In the long history of Chinese civilization, harmony has always been a highly valued virtue. Chinese people have always put an emphasis on harmony. It encompasses the fundamental principles of nature, society, and humanity. It is also a prerequisite for cultivating one’s morality, protecting one’s family, governing one’s nation, and stabilizing the world. Harmony is ...

Armin Auctor

A bird sitting on a branch.

China Offers a 10-Year Visa to High-End Talent

China has announced a 10-year visa for “high-end talent” meant to encourage specialists such as top scientists and entrepreneurs in technology-intensive sectors to live and work in China. Under the new rules announced by the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs, foreign applicants who qualify as high-end talent will be issued a 5- or 10-year ...

David Clapp

China visa stamp.