China s New World Order Revealed in Translated Speeches | National Review
What does the Chinese Communist Party actually want? Sometimes, the regime s plans can seem inscrutable. Other times, they are more blunt. The latter is certainly the case for one high-profile Chinese scholar serving the Party: Jin Canrong, the Chinese State Master, a professor at the Chinese People s University in Beijing, a U.S. expert, and an adviser to the Chinese Communist Party s Organization Department and United Front Department. It s unclear how close he is to Xi Jinping. But he is one of the intellectuals sarcastically referred to in China as the Emperor s Literary Men or the State Masters. He has spoken throughout China and is well-known among Netizens. That the U.S. State Department suspended the ten-year visa of this State Master, along with nine other Chinese scholars, in January 2020 suggests that Donald Trump s administration must have been aware of him as well.
His speeches may reflect the thought of CCP leaders. In 2018, I first read the transcripts of two of his public speeches from two years earlier. I was greatly alarmed. His words contradicted all the beautiful public utterances of CCP leaders, such as, We will never become a hegemon and, We have no intention to challenge the U.S. leadership. That was the first time I was truly impressed by the degree of China s power and ambition. I have kept the transcripts. As the U.S. reckons with the growing CCP threat not only to the U.S.-led international order but also to the U.S. itself, now seems a good time to share the content of these speeches.