More than a week into the Beijing Winter Olympics, which opened on Feb. 4, a range of controversies from referees’ decisions to China’s harsh COVID controls have drawn complaints from competitors and international observers. Amid a diplomatic boycott of the Games by Western countries, led by the United States over Beijing’s human rights abuses, the…
Olympic Referees’ Decisions Benefiting China, Beijing’s COVID Rules Draws International Outcry
The Sino-Russian Summit and the Necessary US Response
Commentary At a recent meeting in Beijing between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, Xi made clear that China backs Russia in opposing NATO expansion. This rightfully has received media attention. Both parties achieved closer security cooperation, expressed their displeasure at the AUKUS agreement, and announced a natural gas energy supply agreement. Notably, they also called…
DC Police Union Fights Upcoming Vaccine Mandate
While Washington D.C. ticks down on forced Covid-19 vaccination for government employees, the police union has filed a lawsuit to stop the mandates. It is also asking a judge to issue a temporary restraining order to freeze the march toward a Feb. 15 deadline. According to documents, at least 528 members of the DC Police…
Does the America COMPETES Act Really Help America Compete?
Commentary A great aspect of American democracy is that legislation text is transparent and readily available for anyone to review before representatives vote on the bill. With Congress passing the America COMPETES Act on Feb. 4 and heading to the Senate, it is worth going through the legislation and see what is actually in the…
How CCP Racism Influences The Diplomat
Commentary On Feb. 2, The Diplomat, a respected journal on Asia-Pacific politics, published an interview with Chandran Nair, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propagandist whose views border on racism. The title of the interview said it all: “Chandran Nair on White Privilege in International Relations.” Nair’s beliefs are not atypical for a CCP propagandist. What…
CCP Investment in US Biopharm and Genomics Companies Raises Security Concerns
February 7, 2022
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News Analysis A growing number of biotech, genomics, and medtech firms with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are operating in the United States, raising concerns about medical and genetic data security. With more than $1 trillion at its disposal, China’s sovereign wealth fund has over 33 percent of the world’s total sovereign wealth…
Signs of Economic Weakness
Commentary Many it seems—the White House but also much of the media and Wall Street—took heart from the Commerce Department’s fourth quarter report on the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). It seemed to confirm that after the Omicron-burdened summer quarter, the economy had returned to the powerful and broad-based recovery tracked during the year’s first…
Time for Serious Counter-Propaganda Operations Against Communist China
News Analysis Countering Chinese communist propaganda is an imperative for the United States and others. This is part I of a two-part series about countering Chinese communist propaganda in a concerted fashion. This part discusses the basic propaganda apparatus, purposes, and methods of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda. Part II will discuss countering CCP propaganda…
The Kremlin Bets That US Sanctions Will Hurt Europe Worse Than Russia
February 3, 2022
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News Analysis While the United States continues to prepare a robust sanctions regime in the event of a Russian invasion of Eastern Ukraine, Moscow announced on Feb. 2 that gas agreements will be a central focus of the upcoming meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. This strategic move reaffirms the Sino-Russian…
The Silent Olympics: Beijing Restricts Free Speech
News Analysis In addition to being subjected to constant surveillance, attendees of the Winter Olympics have been warned by the Chinese regime not to speak out on any sensitive topics such as human rights issues. “How did we get to a point where we granted hosting rights to a nation where you can’t use your…
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