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n the internees potential as a mobilizing force for critics or reformers. Indeed, after years of intense pressure, the medium is drawing closer to Xi Jinping's ideal of an internet that is "clear and bright"24 Global reach Both Russia and China have launched ambitious and expensive projects to expand the

r of Freedom in the World. ON THE COVER Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in B

ding to which individual countries would independently choose their own path of cyber development" and "model of cyber regulation."16 In late 2015, Xi also made the baffling statement, "Freedom is what order is meant for, and order is the guarantee of freedom:16 Over the next several months, regu

.2° China added Time and the Economist to the list of blocked media websites in 2016, apparently in retaliation for articles that were critical of Xi Jinping's accumulation of power.21 In February 2016 visits to China Central Tele- vision (CCTV), the Xinhua news agency, and the Peoples Daily newspaper—the

More,' China Digital Times, May 11, 2013. bftp://rhinarligital. 25. Raymond Li, 'Seven Subjects Off Limits for Teaching, Chinese Universities Told,' South China Morning Post, May 10,2013, http:// 26. Tom Mitchell. 'China Deploys Amnesia on Fiftieth Anniversary of Cultural Revolution; Financial Times, May 13. 2016, httpad

only an interest in the welfare of China but also a loosely defined cultural, and even political, allegiance to the so-called Motherland (#4). Under Xi Jinping’s leadership, diaspora Chinese have been called on to help achieve the Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation—a summons that places growing pressure on eth

ent Xi Jinping, first at Mar-a-Lago and then at the Beijing summit, Congress took a wait-and-see posture. But as his own ardor for a partnership with Xi cooled and his administration became disenchanted with the idea of finding an easy new “engagement” policy, momentum began to shift. Soon Congress wa

ffice in 2017 and actively began courting Chinese President Xi Jinping, first at Mar-a-Lago and then at the Beij

n,” the goal of which was to “grab back the right to speak, and improve China’s international image.”’ Reports that had first surfaced in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post in 2009, that China had earmarked $7 billion for the campaign, were soon repeated by the Chinese media, most notably in the March 14 edition of Phoe

and former official in the Clinton administration who is now at the University of California at San Diego, said it was possible that Chinese leader Xi Jinping had not been receiving accurate information from lower-level officials on the public dissatisfaction in Hong Kong, despite months of protests." --

Diego, said it was possible that Chinese leader Xi Jinping had not been receiving accurate informati

, an early sign that they wanted to send a strong message to their government and to the Communist Party in Beijing. Early results compiled by the South China Morning Post showed pro-democracy parties winning 278 of the first 344 seats to be declared, pro-Beijing parties taking 42, and independents 24. Many prominent

e Chinese government. He spoke at the launch ceremony of President Xi Jinping’s book, The Governance of China; he provided live commentary on CNN for Xi’s policy address during his U.S. state visit (2015); and he introduced to foreign audiences Xi as “core” of the CPC (2016). He is interviewed extensi

se government. He spoke at the launch ceremony of President Xi Jinping’s book, The Governance of China; he provi

e vision, strategies and policies that will shape China. This remains true today, but less true today. It is hard to overstate the signifi- cance of Xi Jinping’s name written into the Party Constitution. Xi is now, officially, the originating designator and overarching arbiter of “Thought” as it relates to “So

ow umbrella, a symbol of the Occupy movement, is used ina recent protest against Beijing. Photo: Reuters HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023688 --- PAGE BREAK --- South China Morning Post Wednesday, April 25,2018 All INSIGHT Looming tech war Robert Lawrence Kuhn says the ZTE showdown points to a misunderstanding over motives s som