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Beijing Doubles Down Against Freedom of Speech

The CCP is likely to forbid non-state media in the near future

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Beijing Doubles Down Against Freedom of Speech
Hu Shuli (left), dubbed China's most dangerous woman, is founder of liberal magazine Caixin. She has ties with head of Central Discipline Inspection Commission Wang Qishan (center) and Party leader Xi Jinping (right). ChinaFotoPress/Feng Li/Getty Images
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
10/13/2021|Updated: 10/13/2021
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The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) coming ban on non-state media in China expands Xi Jinping’s power at the expense of his domestic rivals and the Chinese economy.

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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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