We repost this article because it contains many insights into how things have been changing on the ground in China over the past year. It musters a multitude of data, original calculations, first-hand observations and analysis of a broad range of topics from Hong Kong to Xinjiang, Africa, Sino-US relations, espionage, poverty, gender and the demographic crisis. We hope this may help combat the recent rise, in international left circles, of pro-CCP “tankie” positions on such issues.

——chuangcn.org