Westerners in China call Xi Jinping “super charismatic” and “so cute”

They’ve produced a video of foreigners supposedly spouting Xi Jinping’s praises as the President of China, and it’s gone viral, but not for the reasons they presumably wanted it to be. Among the distinguished guests and speakers are several who have personally suffered at the hands of the Chinese government.

On July 10, police came to Wang Yu’s apartment and took her away. She couldn’t be reached for comment and it was unclear whether she has a lawyer. Many have assigned power of attorney as a precaution in case of arrest. According to Human Rights Watch, 22 are still held. When the Chinese stock market tumbled in August, leading to fresh concerns over Beijing’s handling of its economy, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker adopted the strongest stance among the GOP presidential candidates.

Faced with a patchy image overseas, China is adopting an unusual tactic in its propaganda campaign: using bright-eyed foreign students to burnish its reputation. The “One Child Policy” will mark its 35th anniversary while President Xi is in Washington. The women each were sentenced to eight years in prison. The two sides intend to enhance communication and exchanges regarding aid for health in West Africa. President Xi repressive actions and retrograde policies have obliterated the hope that he would be a different type of Chinese leader. Persecution has not silenced them-at least not at this moment.

“This reality has been echoed time and again by dissidents and activists, democrats and human rights defenders, the world over”.

US concerns are cybercrime, climate change and China’s island-building in the South China Sea.

The US can not be morally neutral. Since 2000, Chinese steel production has increased exponentially, run by state-owned enterprises and supported by government subsidies. When China cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, killing hundreds, it had direct and negative consequences as the US scaled down ties.

As I have said many times, the United States welcomes the rise of a China that is stable, prosperous and peaceful – because that benefits us all. But its economic progress is not a substitute for political and individual freedoms. He reflected, ‘We never could survive even one day in the Soviet Union, if our struggle was not the struggle of the free world’.

Surprisingly, former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson agrees with this assessment. Contenders for high office take potshots at China, while state and local officials, as we have seen this week in Seattle, clamor for Chinese investments.

They also expressed their love and admiration for Xi.

Actually, in safeguarding cyber security, China and the United States, two pivotal players on the realm, have a lot to cooperate, rather than to make it a contradiction focus.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New York early Saturday morning for upcoming United Nation summits marking the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the world body at the UN headquarters. In this ChinaFile conversation, experts discuss the possibility of a major attack on critical infrastructure, the difficulty of inking a cyber deal, and how the United States can continue to defend free speech in the face of Chinese online censorship.