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My book on Xi Jinping's China, "Party of One," comes out next Tuesday, May 23. Get an early look through this cover essay for this weekend's @WSJ Review, adapted from the last chapter of the book. wsj.com/articles/xis-j… #PartyOfOne
Chun Han Wong 王春翰
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Chun Han Wong 王春翰
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@WSJ China reporter. 《華爾街日報》記者。我東寫西讀。 Author of "Party of One," an account of Xi Jinping's life and leadership: bit.ly/3HuhiSr. chunhanwong.bsky.social
- Here's something that I've been working on for the past two years. Looking forward to presenting it next summer. 鄙人拙作拟明年5月出版，望大家多多指教。 bit.ly/3HuhiSr
- Chinese activist blogger Li Tingyu spent nearly 4yrs under police custody and probation for documenting social unrest. This summer, she fled China to seek a new life. “Now I want to make use of my new status to say all the things I couldn’t say before.” on.wsj.com/3RWv6GC
- China's No. 1 leader with his new No. 2. Caption says this was on Nanji Island, off Wenzhou city in Zhejiang province. Xi Jinping was Zhejiang party chief from 2002-2007. Li Qiang was Wenzhou party chief from 2002-2004, sec-gen of Zhejiang prov. party committee from 2004-2012.
- Blockbuster @AP story on how China's central government held off from warning the public of an epidemic threat for 6 days after concluding internally that they were likely facing a new coronavirus contagion, citing internal documents and expert estimates. bit.ly/3ckKY1g
- Xi Jinping altered China's architecture of power not only with shock-and-awe purges, but also subtler techniques. He undercuts perceived rivals by taking down their political networks, an approach known as waqiangjiao, or “digging at the foot of a wall."
- U.S. State Department transcript of Pompeo’s Monday briefing lists Singapore as a part of Malaysia. The hosts of the just-concluded #TrumpKimSummit might have something to say about that... state.gov/secretary/rema…
- Authorities held Lu Yuyu for four years over his efforts to document unrest in China, a role he says he was forced to give up. “I’d just end up in jail again,” Lu says. “You can tell people how brave you are, but in reality you wouldn’t achieve anything.”
- Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi
- Two cofounders of China's Boyu Capital, a leading private-equity firm started by a grandson of former president Jiang Zemin, have relocated to Singapore from Hong Kong, a move mainly driven by concerns over Jiang's ebbing clout, sources told @WSJ. on.wsj.com/2NMFWnx
- A Chinese sporting power couple denounced China's Communist Party, backing an anti-Party campaign waged by fugitive Chinese businessman Guo Wengui. @WSJ spoke to retired soccer star Hao Haidong and former badminton world champion Ye Zhaoying to ask why.
- How Xi is rewriting China's recent past: a new Short History of the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党简史), an authoritative text for general audiences published in February, features significant changes from earlier editions from 2001 and 2010.
- Activist Huang Genbao received a 16mth jail sentence for criticizing China's leaders and the Communist Party on Twitter. “In the past they only made threats and took statements,” he said. “This time they were doing things for real, I didn’t expect it.”
