Editing Xi Jinping (section)

== Villainy ==
* Imprisoning Muslims in [[concentration camp]]s (this is believed to be an attempt at [[ethnic cleansing]] or forced assimilation of the Uyghurs).<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights China’s Repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang], ''Council on Foreign Relations''</ref>
* Forced contraception, sterilization, and abortion of Uyghur women constitute genocide as "imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group".<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/gynecologist-exiled-china-says-80-sterilizations-per-day-forced-uyghurs-1583678 Gynecologist Exiled From China Says 80 Sterilizations Per Day Forced on Uyghurs], ''Newsweek''</ref>
* Supporting some Dictators like [[Rodrigo Duterte]], [[Kim Jong-un]], [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[Mohammad bin Salman]], [[Nicolás Maduro]], [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Alexander Lukashenko]], [[Serzh Sargsyan]], [[Ali Khamenei]] and [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]. He also was friendly with [[Islam Karimov]]. 
* Eliminating "bourgeois" concepts of "term limits", allowing himself to be in power for life.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-43361276 China's Xi allowed to remain 'president for life' as term limits removed], ''BBC News''</ref>
* Persecuting Falun Gong practitioners even more than his predecessors.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/asia/28china.html China Still Presses Crusade Against Falun Gong], ''The New York Times''</ref>
* Banning innocent media for little to no reason, most infamously banning Winnie The Pooh simply because a child compared the latter to him.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855 Why China censors banned Winnie the Pooh], ''BBC News''</ref>
* He has repeatedly threatened the territorial integrity of Taiwan, openly declaring his desire to re-unify China and Taiwan by force and routinely having his military rehearse an invasion of Taiwan.<ref>[https://theweek.com/articles/978890/chinas-designs-taiwan China's designs on Taiwan], ''The Week''</ref>
* He has also repeatedly attempted to impose the will of mainland China on Hong Kong in spite of its governmental sovereignty, banning those insufficiently loyal to Beijing from running for Hong Kong President<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57236775 Hong Kong electoral reform: LegCo passes 'patriots' law], ''BBC News''</ref> and imposing sentences of up to life imprisonment for "subverting" Mainland China's power, widely perceived as meaning any form of protest against Mainland China's power in Hong Kong.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52765838 Hong Kong national security law: What is it and is it worrying?], ''BBC News''</ref> Protests against Mainland autocracy in Hong Kong in 2014, 2019 and 2020 have been brutally supressed by Chinese authorities.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-61809659 China and Hong Kong: Five moments in fraught relationship since handover], ''BBC News''</ref>
* In 2012, shortly after coming to power, Xi announced a massive crackdown on political corruption in China, resulting in over 100, 000 officials being indicted. While the crackdown was praised in China, critics have noted that many of the high-ranking officials jailed as a result were opponents of Xi and have accused him of using corruption as an excuse to prosecute his political enemies.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/china/21636086-zhou-yongkang-may-well-have-been-corrupt-his-real-problem-was-losing-power-struggle-tiger Banyan: Tiger in the net], ''The Economist''</ref>
* Western officials have accused the Chinese government of forcing Ukraine to withdraw its support for an investigation into China's human rights violations by threatening to withhold COVID-19 vaccine shipments.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-china-europe-ukraine-health-a0a5ae8f735b92e39c623e453529cbb9AP Exclusive: Diplomats say China puts squeeze on Ukraine], ''Associated Press''</ref>
* During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government enacted controversial public health legislation forcibly isolating anybody who tested positive for the disease even if they are found to be asymptomatic. This includes forcibly separating children from their parents.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-covid-shanghai-lockdown-separating-children-from-parents/ China defends policy of separating COVID-positive kids from parents in locked-down Shanghai], ''CBS News''</ref> Chinese authorities were also recorded rounding up and killing pets belonging to COVID-positive owners.<ref>[https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/china/pets-stuffed-into-bags-and-reportedly-euthanised-as-shanghais-brutal-lockdown-approaches-end-of-fourth-week/news-story/e8423eb116f1f5b4f6a8efc3a83d7b85 Horror as pets stuffed into bags and reportedly euthanised as Shanghai's brutal lockdown approaches end of fourth week], ''Sky News Australia''</ref>
* He claims that Han Chinese are racially superior to other ethnic groups.<ref>[https://thediplomat.com/2016/06/could-han-chauvinism-turn-the-chinese-dream-into-a-chinese-nightmare/ Could Han Chauvinism Turn the 'Chinese Dream' into a 'Chinese Nightmare'?], ''The Diplomat''</ref>
* He also supports [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitism]] by arresting and killing Kaifeng Jews.<ref>[https://www.opindia.com/2021/11/china-not-just-uighur-muslims-suppression-of-kaifeng-jews-full-details/ China is not only persecuting Uighur Muslims, but they are also suppressing Kaifeng Jews: Read how], ''OpIndia''</ref>