On May 12, 2025, the People’s Republic of China released its first-ever White Paper on national security, a document that lays bare the regime’s priorities with chilling clarity. At its core, the White Paper is not about national security in the conventional sense. It is an open declaration that the survival of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the bedrock of China’s security. Political loyalty to Xi Jinping Thought is not only encouraged—it is demanded.
The full text, available only in Chinese, makes no effort to hide this fact. It clearly states that “safeguarding the leadership and ruling position of the Communist Party of China” is the fundamental essence of national security. Translated plainly: the CCP’s grip on power supersedes all else—rights, liberties, even the unity of the people. Political security, defined as the regime’s stability, takes precedence over any real notion of public welfare or international cooperation.
The sanitized English abstract, tailored for foreign eyes, avoids such authoritarian bluntness. Instead, it peddles soft phrases like “people’s security” and “holistic approaches.” This dual messaging underscores the purpose of the White Paper: reassure the domestic audience of the CCP’s control and deceive the international community with platitudes.
The full text goes further, warning that if the CCP’s rule is not protected, China will collapse into chaos, and its so-called “great rejuvenation” will become impossible. This is the rhetoric of fear, the same justification used to crush dissent, censor media, and erase cultural identities in Tibet and Xinjiang. At the heart of this narrative lies the psychology of one man: Xi Jinping. Obsessed with preserving his grip on power, Xi has restructured the CCP into a vehicle for personal authority rather than collective leadership. Unlike his predecessors, who allowed for limited institutional checks and factional balance, Xi has eliminated rivals, dismantled internal dissent, and rewritten constitutional norms to crown himself as the unchallengeable core of the Party. Far from a reformer or a visionary, Xi represents regression, a man so consumed by insecurity that he must equate his own political survival with that of the entire nation. His paranoia fuels policy, and his need for control now defines China’s national security doctrine. In truth, Xi Jinping’s legacy, compared to past leaders, is one of tightening chains and shrinking space – internally and globally.
Tellingly, Tibet is never mentioned in the English summary, but the full Chinese version reveals the true target: any and all threats to the CCP’s authority, including what it brands “separatist” activity in Tibet and Xinjiang. Tibetans, Uyghurs, and advocates for their rights are lumped together with “religious extremists” and “overseas anti-China forces.” The White Paper declares it will “fully implement the Party’s strategies for governing Tibet and Xinjiang,” a euphemism for ongoing assimilation, surveillance, and repression.
The document also revives the CCP’s favorite scapegoat—the “foreign devils” of the West—claiming that movements for Tibetan or Uyghur autonomy are foreign-instigated plots. This narrative absolves the regime of responsibility for its failures and stokes nationalism to consolidate support. In classic CCP fashion, the party cloaks cultural destruction in the garb of security and sovereignty.
The paper’s assault on universal values is equally alarming. Human rights, democracy, and freedom are labeled as “weapons” of Western subversion. These are not aspirational goals to the CCP, they are threats to be neutralized. It declares them “red lines” that no foreign power can cross, directly challenging global norms.
Border issues, too, are spun for propaganda. The CCP claims it has resolved disputes with 12 of its 14 land neighbors, conveniently glossing over active tensions with India and Bhutan. It even falsely includes Nepal among the “resolved,” ignoring ongoing disputes documented by Nepalese media. The aim is to project confidence and stability while masking the truth of simmering regional frictions.
This White Paper is not a document of national defense, it is a manifesto of political dominance. Its goal is not to protect China, but to protect the CCP from China’s people, history, cultures, and dissent. It codifies repression as policy and enshrines fear as governance.
This is Xi Jinping’s China: where the Party is the state, the truth is propaganda, and security means submission.
Source: ITC
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White Paper Full Text: https://archive.ph/i8nXh
