Commentary The latest tumult from China is a microcosm of the past year. The People’s Liberation Army attacked across the de facto border into India, and swarmed the Philippine islands. Xi Jinping supposedly ended strict COVID-19 lockdowns due to the biggest protests since Falun Gong protesters surrounded the Chinese Communist Party’s Zhongnanhai leadership compound in…

Authorities in China’s southern city of Guangzhou announced over 2,000 new COVID-19 infections on Nov. 8. Strict COVID measures have been implemented in the city of 19 million, a major manufacturing center. As the city tries to avoid a blanket lockdown like the one in Shanghai earlier this year, over 30,000 Guangzhou residents have been…

Tesla is no longer the world’s top-selling electric vehicle company. Who’s at the top now, and how did they get there? In the wake of Roe v. Wade, a pro-life company takes a different course. Instead of paying for abortion travel expenses, it promises cover expenses related to having a child. Climate activists cause a sticky…

Tesla is no longer the world’s top-selling electric vehicle company. Who’s at the top now, and how did they get there? In the wake of Roe v. Wade, a pro-life company takes a different course. Instead of paying for abortion travel expenses, it promises to cover expenses related to having a child. Climate activists cause a…

“They’re going to go element by element through their economy and see which of those is still open to attack from the West … to seal those up prior to invading Taiwan.” Previously, in part one of my interview with retired Brigadier General Robert Spalding, he broke down the Chinese regime’s strategy of unrestricted warfare,…

This episode will premiere on Saturday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “They’re going to go element by element through their economy and see which of those is still open to attack from the West … to seal those up prior to invading Taiwan.” Previously, in part one of my interview with retired Brigadier General…

Suzhou City of Jiangsu Province announced on April 16 that it will implement closed-off management to curb the latest COVID-19 outbreak. Suzhou is one of the major industrial centers in China. Its industrial output surpassed that of Shanghai last year. The Suzhou Municipal Government Information Office announced on its WeChat account that starting from 12…

Shanghai’s draconian lockdown has caused chaos, humanitarian disasters, and mounting public outrage. Some Shanghai residents say the collateral damage from the authorities’ frantic “Zero-COVID” approach is much worse than the effects of the virus itself. After 9 p.m. on April 16, Shanghai’s Pudong government released an online statement addressed to the district’s residents that said the…

Do lockdowns actually work? The answer appears to be a rather resounding no. The argument in favor of lockdowns—both from a scientific and medical standpoint—carries very little weight. Not only are lockdowns ineffective, they are unnecessarily cruel. This cruelty comes in many forms: economically, psychologically, spiritually, and existentially. Human beings are social creatures. We are not…