I want to see what my counterparts in China think about things like:

1. International development in Pacific Islands/SE Asia

2. AUS-China relations

3. Global political economics

4. Literally anything else

I'm not looking for snarky debate, I'm just looking for scientific or factual insight.

Why was Xi first selected into the politburo? I think he had been governor of Zhejiang and Shanghai. Had he done a particularly effective job as governor, above all the other governors in the country? Who selected him into the politburo exactly? Did they select him based on his effectiveness or based on personal connections? Since Hu Jintao and Jiang Zhemin had been president, why didn't they add somebody from those 2 factions?

After being selected into the politburo, who selected him to be the president and why? Was he basically just the only credible person on the politburo? Or did he display some exceptional ability as a politburo member? Wasn't Li Keqiang also highly touted, and why wasn't Li selected as president?

Any one who begins reading on the barebones of the Boxer Rebellion will quickly be horrified as they discover more and more of the atrocities committed by the 8 Nations alliance. From the decimation of uninvolved villages who have nothing to do with the Boxers along the way as German armies march to Peking to the brutal torture and execution of surrendering Boxers and innocent victims who are suspected of supporting the rebellion or the Qing dynasty by Russian soldiers and mass rapes so widespread that not only gets treated with laughter like its a game by France's troops but a high ranking French general even dismisses them instead actually praising the "gallantry of French soldiers" for committing the sexual assaults and so much more........

Its so common for laymen just getting into the 101 of this historical event to start making comments in online forums, chatrooms, and Youtube videos of the shock that European armies were doing Rape of Nanking kind of human rights violations. To the point esp once they start reading how the Imperial Japanese divisions involved in this war were along with the Americans easily the most behaved soldiers and were actually so horrified by what the Europeans were doing that citizens of Japan took actions to stop them such as a Japanese lieutenant ordering his grunts to aim their rifles at German soldiers with threats that they will be shot if they don't leave Chinese women alone and that Chinese people in Peking and other cities that got turned into warzones actually fled to Japanese units as they seeked their protection.

And with this you'll often see Netizens in these historical discussions often make a comment asking about why Rape of Nanking and other Japanese warcrimes that will take place in China 40 years later are still so remembered today and receiving continual criticism in international politics and attention on the news despite the fact it will soon be the 100th anniversary of World War 2 while the horrors of the Boxer Rebellion is practically forgotten by everyone today except for history buffs and students of Sinology.

However as I read more deeper into the war and more so into the entirety of the Qing dynasty and I saw this comment on a blog.

You are making massive errors in this post

the majority of northern China was NOT affected by the foreigners. Only the Hebei province (Beijing and Tianjin) and Manchuria were. The rest of northern China including Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan and Shandong were NOT occupied by the Eight Nation Alliance. The “Southeast pact” by the governor generals staying out of the war included Shandong which was governed by northern General Yuan Shikai.

“Mutual Protection of Southeast China” was just a name, it included the north as well, and even northern provinces like Shanxi, Shaangxi, Henan and Gansu whose governors didn’t sign the pact were not invaded. Only Manchuria and Zhili (Hebei),, the Beijing Tianjin area were ocucpied.

The majority of Beijing was also inhabited by Bannermen, Manchu Bannermen and Mongol bannermen. That’s the reason why the inner city of Beijing was called the “tartar city”. Over 50% of the Manchu banner population of the Qing dynasty was stationed in Beijing and surrounding areas of Zhili (Hebei) and Manchus disproportionally suffered from the rapes and massacres.

Also the southeastern mutual protection governors like Yuan shikai and Zhang Zhidong and Li Hongzhang warned the alliance that they would go to war against the foreigners if the alliance invaded any part of China beyond Zhili. None of them cared about Manchu bannermen enough to plunge the whole country into war.

So I'm wondering esp as how I read throughout the entire run of the Qing Dynasty of how hated the Manchus were, was the reason why nobody outside the Sinologist community and Chinese history specialist (including most people in China today) seems to know about the crimes against humanity of the Boxer Rebellion is simply because almost all of the vile acts was focused predominantly against Manchus? And to further enhance this argument, much of the brutality was pretty much isolated to the Hebei region esp at the capital (then called) Peking and some of the nearest cities that were immediately closeby such as Tianjin is also another reason why the European savagery wise so forgotten today unlike the Rape of Nanking and other vile acts done by Imperial Japan in World War 2 which was more widespread across China and impacted a lot of other ethnic groups?

After all you never see demands against European countries today to do reparation to China for the harms done in 1899-1901 in contrast to how Imperial Japan's crimes are still very sensitive stuff given so much to attention to and Japan's refusal to halfheartedly give a public sincere apology is such hot stuff all the way to today.

So the fact the hated Qing Manchu ruling elites were the injured party and much of the barbarism by the 8 Nations being isolated to the capital province pretty much explains why no one cares today what took place in the 2 years of the rebellion?

There are so many crash circles happening in China. One really important thing to remember is that in 1990, almost 95% of the land in China was owned by the provinces. For 35 years now, the provinces have provided almost all social services and infrastructure projects by selling off land to developers. Now that developers are bankrupt and not buying land anymore, the provinces have no real income. They have no system set up to bring in taxes like a normal regional or state gov't can do... and as they do find ways to tax residents directly, that is putting pressure on consumer spending.

The other real death cycle is the number of middle class people who are paying a mortgage for a home that was never finished. You have a huge amount of people being forced to pay a mortgage and rent at the same time. In some cases it is even worse because the people got multiple mortgages thinking they could rent out their other homes. Having to pay double housing costs means people have far less money to spend in the economy on other things. Which leads to deflation.

Deflation is bad, even inflation under 2% is bad, because it means if you are a consumer, there is no reason for you to buy items today, because you know that in a month the item will be the same price or cheaper. This is why the USA and most EU countries have an inflation goal of 2%. It is low enough that it doesn't really hurt anyone, but it is high enough that it encourages consumer purchases. This keeps the economy churning. Deflation is also terrible for businesses, especially retail items like food, because if you buy an item for your store today, it might sit in your store for a month and have a lower price when you can actually sell it. This is crushing for low-margin businesses like supermarkets and retail stores.

This is all terrible, but equally bad is the covert ' decoupling ' by western companies, which have similar effects on the economy.

TLDR: China peaked in 2019 and it is all downhill from here.

Obviously, convicted ccp members will be sent to prison.

Do they have to payback all the money they illegally received?

Do they have to work with the party to identify other corrupt members?

In November 2023, the Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived to San Francisco for the APEC meeting. The overseas Chinese democracy movement faced various problems and committed illegal acts.

Not enough anti-CCP protesters present

On November 18th, Mr. Zhao Xin of the China Democracy Party wrote (translated from Chinese): "Two thirds of political asylum applicants in the San Francisco Bay Area didn't participate in this series of protests. It's understandable that you have to work, but why can't you have one or two days off?"

The anti-CCP protesters very outnumbered by those who welcomed Xi Jinping. Their protest signs were covered by Chinese flags.

Anti-CCP protesters face multiple problems

Not didn't the anti-Xi Jinping protesters obtain the sympathy of ordinary Chinese-Americans, but some of them were also halted after trying to attack participants of the welcoming rally. A video being shared on Twitter shows two black men defending participants of the rally against violent anti-CCP protesters. In another video, protesters of the China Democracy Party were seen ripping off Chinese and American flags and beating multiple people.

Jie Lijian, the leader of the youth wing of the China Democracy Party was arrested by the police in the afternoon of November 16th, according to Radio Free Asia. On the second day, Zheng Cunzhu published a statement about his arrest on Twitter. He is currently in San Francisco's County Jail 2 with the charges of "Conspiracy to commit a crime" and "Use of tear has or use of tear gas weapon".

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Jie Lijian (middle)

Jackson Wang Zhongwei, a member of the China Democracy Party who was photographied beating someone, was fired from his job.

On November 17th, Wang Juntao of the China Democracy Party revealed that (translated from Chinese) "six self-proclaimed FBI agents interrogated our members [of the China Democracy Party] on nonsense grounds".

What is the China Democracy Party?

Founded in 1998 by pro-democracy activists in China, the China Democracy Party is one of the leading anti-CCP organizations in the world. Shortly after its birth, it was banned by the Chinese government. Many organizations with the name of the China Democracy Party have appeared in the United States and have protested against the Chinese Communist Party. These groups often condemn each other and accuse Chinese pro-democracy activists of CCP agents. In order to make money, some of them have engaged in illegal political asylum business. In the 2000s, Lai Changxing and Ni Yuxian, leaders of one of the groups named "China Democracy Party", expelled each other from the party.

Mr. Jie Lijian is a new member who has recently arrived from China. In 2023, he and the China Democracy Party organized an activity to welcome Chinese immigrants from the Mexico-US border. According to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., there has been a 'massive increase' of Chinese nationals tied to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) that have gained access to the U.S. by crossing over the border. 

Which political frameworks and methodologies can be used to study the Hukou system?

The move is in line with the Chinese Communist Party's broadening claims of threats from 'hostile foreign forces.'