Category: CCP

The Pandemic Has Not Stopped China’s Military Buildup

Commentary The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly all aspect of daily life across the globe, but when it comes to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the virus has hardly blunted the pace of modernization. Overall, the PLA is still on track toward meeting its goals of achieving “complete military modernization” by 2035, and becoming a…


Biden Admin ‘Not Moving Fast Enough’ to Counter CCP: Gordon Chang

The Biden administration needs to move faster to launch a comprehensive campaign to counter threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to China expert Gordon Chang. On the whole, the administration is “moving in the right direction,” Chang told The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders” program. “But we’re not moving fast enough.” This…


It’s no Longer About Taiwan, It’s About us

Admiral (Retired) Stavridis has a book out, “2034,” in which a war breaks out with China. It escalates to include a nuclear exchange and the seizure of Taiwan.  There have been a number of interesting reviews as the Admiral (there is a co-author) accrues book sales based on his former status.  Stavridis is well known…


The Future of Strategic Ambiguity

Commentary The eyes of the world, it would seem, are on Taiwan, which has received a level of international attention far beyond the island’s modest position on the map. Hardly a day goes by without some report of Chinese air force planes violating the informal median line between the two states or ships encroaching on…


Elites In Hollywood Pushed a Subversive Agenda—Interview With K. Lloyd Billingsley

The Chinese government places heavy restrictions on Hollywood filmmakers looking to get their movies into China, but for many in the industry, censorship is not seen as something new. Many look to history and point to the Hollywood Blacklist during the Cold War, and claim that the United States also had its own forms of…


CCP Journal Reveals Xi’s Judgment, ‘Time and Momentum’ on Beijing’s Side

Commentary On April 30, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) official bi-monthly journal, Qiushi (which translates to Seeking the Truth), published Xi Jinping’s speech on China’s development blueprint, delivered at a seminar for high-ranking officials on Jan. 11, 2021; his current views revealed in the article shed light on why the CCP has taken an all-out confrontational stance…


Rep. Fitzgerald Unveils BRIDGE Act to Counter CCP’s Belt and Road Initiative

Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that seeks to counter the Chinese regime’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—one of the world’s most ambitious and controversial development programs—citing immediate and long-term risks to national and economic security. The bill (pdf), named the Build Responsible Infrastructure Development for the Global Economy (BRIDGE) Act, directs the…


How “Security Risks” Can Penetrate Congress? [Coming 05/05/ 7pm ET]

Would you be shocked to know that Congressmembers need no security clearances at all to serve on sensitive Congressional Committees – including Intelligence, Homeland Security, and Armed Services?. But don’t worry – the Iranians, Russians, Chinese and Cuban communists would never exploit this weakness against us. Or would they?


Confucius Institute at Carleton University Claims It’s Independent From CCP Control

The director of China’s Confucius Institute (CI) at Carleton University claims his institute is independent of Beijing’s control, but stumbles over question about the Tiananmen Square Massacre committed by the regime in 1989. “We don’t report anything to China. I report only to Canada, to Carleton University,” Justin Li told the Commons Committee on Canada-China…


Pompeo Sees Through ‘CCP Logic’ From Biden’s Climate Summit

Commentary U.S. President Joe Biden invited 40 world leaders to attend a two-day virtual climate summit last month. On April 22, the first day the climate summit kicked-off, Bill Hemmer, the co-anchor of the Fox News Channel’s “American’s Newsroom,” interviewed former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He asked Pompeo about the meaning behind Chinese…