Chinese Premier Li Qiang walks to the podium as Chinese leader Xi Jinping (C) and other senior officials look on before his speech at the opening session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2025. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Deciphering Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s periodic public statements could be a cottage industry. Some of his assertions and urgings are head-scratchers, given their divergence from easily verified facts. Take his pronouncement in July that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members “need to advance full, rigorous self-governance of the Party by fostering good conduct.”
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Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.
