The Chinese Regime’s Fragile Doctrine of Self-Confidence

(L-R) The Chinese Communist Party’s three most recent general secretaries: Hu Jintao (2002-2012), Chinese Xi Jinping (current) and Jiang Zemin (1989-2002) at the closing of the 19th Communist Party Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Oct. 24, 2017. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

A video showing policemen in Shenzhen walking into a young woman’s apartment last month and taking her away in the middle of the night went viral in China.

The police had no arrest or search warrant, and when the woman demanded an explanation, the police responded by asking, “What have you posted on the internet lately?”