How George Soros Became the Face of Official Chinese Anti-Semitism
“Transnational financial capital” is now Xi Jinping’s enemy.
May 1, 2023
How George Soros Became the Face of Official Chinese Anti-Semitism
“Transnational financial capital” is now Xi Jinping’s enemy.
In 2019, a Chinese state-run newspaper featured a cartoon of a reptilian George Soros that, as Jordyn Haime and Tuvia Gering put it, “could have easily come from the Nazi-favored tabloid Der Stürmer.” This hostility toward the Hungarian-born Jewish financier, Haime and Gering argue, comes not from the often-controversial activities of his Open Society Foundations, but from the pessimism he has expressed since 2016 about China’s economic future. To this pessimism, Soros has also added sharp criticism of Beijing’s totalitarian tendencies. The Communist country has struck back rhetorically, and appears to have few qualms about using anti-Semitism as a weapon:
Subscribe to Continue Reading
Get the best Jewish ideas and conversations. Subscribe to Tikvah Ideas All Access for $12/month
Login or SubscribeMay 1, 2023
As National Attention Turns to the Economy, Israel’s Governing Coalition Is in Danger of Unraveling
Many right-wing voters care about other things far more than judicial reform.
European Jihadists Are Targeting Christians
A new wave of terror may be starting—one very familiar to Jews.
Coming of Age as a Sephardi Refugee
Kantika.
The Plundered Jewish Money That Built the Colosseum
The dark side of ancient Rome’s glory.