Category: CCP

China’s ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Olympics

Commentary The disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai this month has led many around the world to question the holding of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Games are scheduled to begin February 4. Now, only the morally bankrupt could think it is a good idea to allow the hostage-taking, rapist-protecting, genocide-committing Chinese regime…


China Telecom Pushes Back Against US Order to Shut Down

News Analysis China Telecom’s conflict with American regulators illustrates the need for tougher laws against companies linked to China’s military and intelligence industries. China Telecom argued in court on Nov. 15 against a U.S. government order to shut down its operations in the United States. The October order cited national security concerns, saying China Telecom…


The End of China’s High-Paced Growth

News Analysis China’s economic growth is flagging, owing to low consumer demand, diminished raw-material imports, decreased factory output, supply side issues, and high factory gate prices. Threatened by heavy debt and a real estate industry on the brink of crisis, China’s economic growth has dropped to levels not seen in decades. As with most countries,…


Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Could Face Torture in Secret Jail

Commentary Peng Shuai’s staged public appearances are a new version of Beijing’s forced televised confessions. Peng has almost certainly been either placed under house arrest, or taken into China’s RSDL (residential surveillance at a designated location) system for disappearances at a secret jail. And Chinese state-run media’s release of a purported letter from her, followed…


The Semiconductor Arms Race: Who Controls the Chips Controls the Future

Commentary Who controls the past controls the future, we’re told. No, who controls the semiconductors controls the future. The U.S. government knows this, and so does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The battle for semiconductor primacy is very much on. Who will emerge victorious? More importantly, who will control the future? The importance of semiconductors…


Beijing Exploits UN System

News Analysis Beijing expertly leverages international organizations to maximize the regime’s growing influence, according to a new study. The regime’s financial contributions to these organizations are small, segregated, and targeted for maximum advantage. Yet the Beijing regime seeks to portray itself as a responsible member of the international community. Even as it commits multiple genocides,…


Biden-Xi Summit Shows Communist China’s Weakness

Commentary President Joe Biden met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a virtual summit on Nov. 15. Most analysts think Beijing has the upper hand and Washington is weak. But the Chinese regime has severe underlying problems, based on three different models that can be used to assess the relationship between both countries and their…


Biden Silent on Fentanyl Scourge During Summit With Xi

Commentary Fentanyl overdoses in the United States are at epidemic levels. Why did President Joe Biden give Chinese leader Xi Jinping a pass on the subject during “frank discussions” at the virtual summit on Nov. 15? Biden and Xi spent three-and-a-half hours discussing various issues, but one might have expected that the topic of fentanyl…


The CCP’s Infiltration and Threat

Commentary The American promise, which includes representative democracy, liberty, equality, and other rights found in the Constitution, is under threat—most seriously by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP controls the world’s largest economy by gross domestic product (GDP) when considering the purchasing power that China’s GDP buys. The CCP controls a military twice the…


Beijing Is Pressuring US Business to Lobby Congress Against the USICA and EAGLE Acts

News Analysis Beijing is pressuring Americans to reject legislation aimed at making the United States more competitive against China. The FBI should investigate them, but the legislation itself is toothless. Over the last few weeks, the Chinese embassy in the United States boldly sent letters to, and met directly with, U.S. executives, businesses, and trade…