U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently visited China, seeking to restore high-level dialogue between Washington and Beijing. But some pundits, such as Alexander Ward and Jonathan Lemire for Politico, have commented that Mr. Blinken’s trip was overshadowed by news that China and Cuba are in talks to establish a joint military-training facility on the island,…

State media in China republished a story from 2 years ago about a Chinese man who was given the title of a tribal chief in one African country. The story sparked concerns over the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) global infrastructure development strategy—being applied as a part of its expansion into…

At the center of the Pacific Ocean, there is a small 3.6 square mile island called Canton (Kanton), where a dilapidated airstrip once served as an important transit and supply center for the United States during World War II. After being abandoned for over 40 years, the island has become the target of the CCP’s…