Are China's public figures red or blue?
The community scores every public figure liberal-to-conservative — and every claim stays traceable to sourced statements on their profiles.
PoliticianXi Jinping
General Secretary of the Communist Party; President of China
Current worldview
National rejuvenation on a timetable: the Party leads everything, the private sector serves the state’s tech priorities, and Taiwan is non-negotiable.
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PoliticianLi Qiang
Premier of the State Council
Current worldview
The economy’s chief salesman: hit the GDP target, talk up consumption, and keep the private sector inside the tent.
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PoliticianWang Yi
Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs; Foreign Minister
Current worldview
Beijing's firewall diplomat: partners when useful, wolves when provoked — especially on Taiwan.
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PoliticianJohn Lee Ka-chiu
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Current worldview
Security first, calendar second: Article 23 waited 26 years — he wasn't going to wait another day.
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PoliticianHua Chunying
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Current worldview
Fine with being called a wolf if the prey is anyone smearing China.
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Public figureJimmy Lai
Founder, Apple Daily; pro-democracy media tycoon
Current worldview
Free Hong Kong, free press — and pay whatever price Beijing names.
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Public figureAi Weiwei
Artist and activist
Current worldview
Reveal the truth — whether the censor is in Beijing or the West.
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BusinessJack Ma
Co-founder, Alibaba Group
Current worldview
Apologize, vanish, handshake — then build again under Party priorities.
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BusinessPony Ma
Co-founder and CEO, Tencent
Current worldview
Steady and sure-footed — spend big on AI, but never spook the Party or WeChat's walled garden.
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BusinessLei Jun
Founder, chairman and CEO, Xiaomi
Current worldview
Fanboy CEO who ships phones, cars and feelings — patriotism optional, engagement mandatory.
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BusinessRen Zhengfei
Founder, Huawei Technologies
Current worldview
Take action step by step — out-innovate sanctions with engineers and math.
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BusinessLiang Wenfeng
Founder, DeepSeek
Current worldview
Originality over imitation — open-source as soft power, AGI as the real race.
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BusinessZhang Yiming
Founder, ByteDance
Current worldview
Build global products from Beijing — then structurally satisfy Washington to keep them online.
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PoliticianZhao Lijian
Former Foreign Ministry spokesperson; deputy head, Boundary and Ocean Affairs
Current worldview
Wolf-warrior diplomacy — combative tweets, then a quieter map-drawing desk.
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Public figureEileen Gu (Gu Ailing)
Olympic freestyle skier; model
Current worldview
Ski for China, win medals — and let the US-China culture war rage without you.
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Public figureJackie Chan
Actor, martial artist, filmmaker
Current worldview
Proud patriot — return the treasures, praise the Party, keep filming.
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Public figureJoshua Wong
Pro-democracy activist; former Demosisto leader
Current worldview
Hong Kong is my home — even from a cell after the 47 democrats trial.
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PoliticianNathan Law
Exiled pro-democracy activist; former legislator
Current worldview
Exile, speak, travel — until a border closes in Singapore.
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Public figureZhang Zhan
Citizen journalist; former lawyer
Current worldview
Report what Wuhan saw — even if freedom of speech is the charge.
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China on RedBlue
19 figures from China are on the board — 7 politicians, 6 business figures and 6 public figures. Across those profiles the ratings average out to Center-right, which is what the blue and red behind this page are showing.
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