The Political Science Interpretivist

Introduction                                                                                                                                      Foreign Affairs magazine has exposed its anti-China capitalistic and nationalistic partisanship in its current 100th Year Anniversary issue. Since the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Congress will start on Sunday, October 16 th , the magazine seems to think the moment propitious for criticizing Xi Jinping because of the attention the event will attract. [1] No “equal time” articles were published in this issue to provide balance, or to cast Mr. Xi in a more favorable light.  During the 20th Congress, the 2300 delegates will be asked to aprove of a third term for Xi as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and civilian Commander in Chief of the military. There are no term limits for those offices.  China has TWO constitutions. One for the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and one for the CCP. Mr. Xi also holds the PRC con