Category: CCP

China Strengthens Security Ties With Nigeria

The Chinese Communist Party, CCP’s footprint is expanding across West Africa, and with it, China’s concern for its own nationals in the region. Three Chinese nationals working at a hydropower plant in Niger State were kidnapped on Jan. 4, pushing China to review its security ties with Nigeria. China’s ambassador previously had announced the sending…


Lithuania’s Exports Hit 10-Year High Despite China’s Economic Retaliation

The latest figure shows Lithuania’s exports hit a ten-year high in 2021, despite the diplomatic and economic retaliation the country has suffered from China for maintaining friendly relations with Taiwan. On Feb. 13, Lithuanian state broadcaster LRT (Lietuvos radijas ir televizija) cited statistical data analysis by Enterprise Lithuania, the government’s business promotion agency, as saying…


How Ancient Chinese Strategies Can Apply to US-China Showdowns

How do ancient military and Confucius writings in China help win wars and manage a country? And how has the modern world adapted these strategies? In particular, in the U.S.-China relationship, strategic development is very important. I spoke with Morgan Deane, author of the new book, “Beyond Sun-Tzu: Classical Chinese Debates on War and Statecraft.”…


‘Dubious’ Accounting Practices of Evergrande, Chinese Firms Pose Risks to US Investors: Senators

The default of Chinese real estate giant Evergrande, as well as the firm’s ostensibly “dubious financial and accounting practices” pose risks to U.S. investors, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) said. In light of this, they called for increased risk disclosures and due diligence on the part of registered investments funds that invest…


The CCP Is the Big Loser in the ‘Genocide Games’

Commentary The Olympic Games aren’t over yet, but as far as Beijing’s hope for a boost in international standing, the Games are indeed finished. Hosting the Winter Olympics is not turning out to be quite the global reputation builder that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had hoped or expected it to be. Treating athletes like…


Capitol Report (Feb. 17): Texas Sues CDC Over Airport Mask Mandates

A kindergarten in Ukraine was hit with artillery shells Thursday—could the Russian invasion we’ve been hearing so much about be right around the corner? President Joe Biden has a warning. Biden was in Ohio Thursday, promoting his Build Back Better bill that has been shut down in Congress. What does Wall Street think of adding…


Trouble in Xi Jinping’s Communist Paradise?

Commentary It seems Chinese leader Xi Jinping is riding high in the saddle these days. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed China to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in semi-arid and snowless Beijing. Is semi-arid too extreme a description for February in Beijing? Why would the Winter Olympics be hosted in a city that averages two-tenths…


CDC: 10 Percent Chance for Genomic Sequencing of COVID-19 PCR Nasal Swab

In a Feb. 16 Tweet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that a large percentage of nasal swab PCR tests for COVID-19 were ultimately subjected to genomic sequencing analysis, raising red flags about the genetic privacy of individuals who took such tests. “Do you have signed consent forms for every single DNA…


China Well On Its Way to Becoming Global ‘Cyber Superpower’: Expert

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is on track to transform its regime into a global cyber superpower, according to the testimony of several experts. To counter its influence, they said, the United States would need to do more to protect critical infrastructure and promote its values. “The Chinese Communist Party wants China to become a…


Notorious Trampler of Religious Freedom in China Shows Signs of Being Sidelined

A recent official notice of a role change has raised concern over the chief of a security organization in the north China city of Tianjin. A China expert says its possible that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official could fall from grace. A notice on Feb. 14 said that Zhao Fei, head of the Political…