From Xi Jinping to Mao Zedong to Mencius to Confucius: leaders are expected to SERVE THE PEOPLE! Do you hear Western leaders citing similar quotes? NOT!

Above: a pin on my hat with a silhouette of Mao Zedong. Below, his celebrated motto in his unique calligraphy...

100 Stories of the Communist Party of China in International Communication (full of videos, images and documents)

Pictured above: French President Mitterrand meeting Deng Xiaoping in China, 1983. Whether you know it, or, like it or not,...

Chinese democracy is NOT Western democracy. The prior comes from the bottom up, decided by the people. The latter is aristocratic, elitist and top-down. And that makes all the difference.

There are 300-500 peaceful public protests A DAY in China, solving citizens’ local problems, like this couple who was unhappy...

How China works: why and how it is so successful in taking care of its citizens, Part II

This is a more detailed description of how China works, from China Writers’ Group member Frans Vandenbosch. Here is Part...

How the Chinese Work: Communist Party of China in Brief. With a detailed flow chart of China’s governance system.

Note before starting: thanks to Frans Vandenbosch for his outstanding flow chart. From his book, “Statecraft and Society in China”,...

Kwan Lee goes behind Chinese closed doors. Be a Sino-fly on the wall to see how Baba Beijing works on the inside.

Kwan Lee goes behind Chinese closed doors. Be a Sino-fly on the wall to see how Baba Beijing works on the inside.

Note before starting: this is an email from Kwan Lee to the other members of the China Writers’ Group, following...