Xi Jinping

In First Conflict With China, Trump & Xi Clash Over Embassy Move To Jerusalem

Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016.
Tel Aviv (REPORT) —Following the first statement by the new White House press secretary that the move of the US embassy to Jerusalem was “coming soon,” Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared that East Jerusalem should be the official capital of a Palestinian state.

Xi Jinping given new status among leadership

The new powers will now give Xi ample leverage to push ahead anti-graft measures and economic reforms [Xinhua]
Chinese President Xi Jinping won significant support from the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China when its sixth plenary session concluded on Thursday with a declaration confirming his continued role as the party’s secretary-general and that he is the “core” of the country’s leadership.

Demonizing the Rising Dragon

In his article, “How Genuine Are NGOs?” Joseph Mudingu stated that NGOs “are the vehicles through which the exploiters seek to influence the opinions of ‘civil society’.” Thus it would not be surprising, given America’s pivot to Asia in response to its waning economic influence, that some NGOs would be prodded to excoriate a designated enemy — even though that enemy country does not surround other countries with its military bases, neither does it threaten violence nor militarily attack other countries; conv