Political Quotes

“Spokespeople across the United States Government routinely refer to Xi Jinping as President of China. The only problem is he is not the President. He holds a number of titles in the Communist Party. They include three jobs. First, he is general secretary of the Communist Party; second, he is chairman of the Central Military Commission; and, third, he is state chairman, which is a ceremonial position. Mr. Chairman, I include two articles in the Record to describe this in more detail. [From CNN, Sept. 2020] US Lawmakers Want to Stop Calling Xi Jinping a President. But Will He Care? (By Jessie Yeung) Chinese leader Xi Jinping holds so many titles that he has earned himself a nickname: the ``Chairman of Everything.'' Since taking office in 2012, he has become head of not only the state, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the armed forces, as is normal for the country's leader--but also of multiple new party super-committees, prompting speculation from international commentators that he is less of a president and more of an autocrat. Now a new bill in the United States Congress wants to strip Xi of the title ``President,'' which most Western governments and English-language news organizations--including CNN--refer to him by. The bill, called the ``Name the Enemy Act,'' was introduced to the House of Representatives on August 7 by Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.…”