By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 22, 2024 / 06:00 am A Chinese bishop with a history of support for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) emphasized in a recent diocesan seminar the socialist state’s influence over the Church more than the Vatican’s, according to Catholics who attended the bishop’s talks. Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Shanghai,…
Xi Jinping has transformed China, and China’s transformation has in turn changed the world. Since Xi took charge in 2012, China has grown enormously in geopolitical power, with its global influence finally catching up to its eye-watering growth in the first decade of the 21st century. In pursuing what he terms the “China Dream,” Xi…
It was a bright spot in the history of Sino-US relations, when more than 250,000 Americans joined Chinese soldiers to fight against Japanese forces in what was then known as the “China-Burma-India” theatre during the second world war. But that episode of wartime alliance – with its stories of heroism and sacrifice – has largely…