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CCP Leader Xi Jinping’s New Year Speech Signals Backtracking to Mao’s Dictatorship

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CCP Leader Xi Jinping’s New Year Speech Signals Backtracking to Mao’s Dictatorship
Xi Jinping gave a New Year's address to the nation with a background setting imitative of an American President. Experts say that he is simultaneously expanding his control inside the Party. Screenshot/NetEase.com/The Epoch Times
Yue Shan
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On Dec. 31, 2021, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping delivered a New Year speech through state-run media, boasting of 2021 as a “landmark” year of “exceptional significance” and “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”

Yue Shan
Yue Shan
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Yue Shan is a freelance writer who used to work for CCP’s government organizations and listed Chinese real estate companies in his early years. He is familiar with the inner workings of the CCP’s system and its political and business relations and is dedicated to analyzing Chinese politics and current trends. He has been a long-time contributor to several Chinese media outlets based in the U.S. and Taiwan.
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