Historic setbacks in academic progress during the pandemic. We take a look at the United States’ first report card since 2019. Rishi Sunak is officially the United Kingdom’s new prime minister. We explore his ties to China and how they may affect the country’s China policies. The market reacts to Xi Jinping getting a third…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s expected securing of an unprecedented third term in power during this week’s Chinese Communist Party congress increases the likelihood of war over Taiwan and will accelerate the regime’s actions against the United States, according to analysts and a former U.S. official. The Party’s 20th National Congress—a twice-in-a-decade event—is due to kick…

 In this episode of American Thought Leaders, I sit down with Geoffrey Cain, an award-winning journalist, technologist, and author of “The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future.” “Everybody was constantly being watched by an artificial intelligence system, which was called the IJOP,” says Cain, referring to a…

This episode will premiere on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  In this episode of American Thought Leaders, I sit down with Geoffrey Cain, an award-winning journalist, technologist, and author of “The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future.” “Everybody was constantly being watched by an artificial…

President Joe Biden says he’s warned his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that violating U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine would be a “gigantic mistake” that may hurt investment in China. In an interview with CBS on Sunday, Biden said that he spoke with Xi not long after the Chinese leader signed a…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to visit Kazakhstan next week for talks with the Kazakh government as China seeks to expand its bilateral cooperation with the country. Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Aibek Smadiyarov, said Monday that Xi will arrive in Kazakhstan on Sept. 14 and meet with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Reuters reported. This…

Australia’s shadow defence minister has called on the West to “see China with clear eyes” as he warned Australia’s “greatest vulnerability” is its failure to recognise the communist regime’s “fundamentally different vision for the world.”  Andrew Hastie on Sunday said that Australia is in an “immensely difficult” position where it can neither forsake its closest…

On the 25 anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China,  China Leader Xi Jinping was supposed to be spending time with all former chief executives during his two-day visit. However, Tung Chee-hwa, former chief executive and vice-chairman of the Communist rubber stamp legislature, has not appeared in public since July 2021. His disappearance causes speculations…