Commentary Russia is now threatening the future existence of the $100 billion International Space Station (ISS) to coerce the United States and its main ISS partners to cease their broad economic sanctions imposed to coerce Russia to end its increasingly obscene and disastrous war against Ukraine. In short, defending freedom and dissuading Russia and China…
Russia Is Killing the International Space Station, With Hunter Biden’s Help
Indonesia’s Uncertainties Pique Beijing’s Hopes
Commentary Nothing in the global balance seems certain as 2022 evolves. Certainly not in the Indo-Pacific, where China hovers between the hope of strategic growth abroad and the reality of economic contraction at home. Indonesia, in particular, is impacted significantly by China’s fortunes, whatever the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) does in the Indo-Pacific, or domestically….
China Tries to Turn the Solomon Islands Into a Vassal State
April 4, 2022
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News Analysis New documents show that China seeks to expand its influence and military deployments in the Asia-Pacific islands nearly to the point of making one country, the Solomon Islands, into a vassal state. Yet proposed policies to oppose Beijing’s latest expansionism rely on the same old failed soft diplomacy, economic incentives, and non-confrontation that create perverse…
The Struggle to Define Terms Like ‘Man’ and ‘Woman’
Commentary What is a man? This is a question that has occupied the minds of philosophers for centuries. When asked for a definition, Socrates referred to man as a “featherless biped.” That definition may have pleased his followers, but it’s not a definition that pleases the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). For Xi Jinping and his…
How Did Australian Universities Help Beijing Advance Its Goals
April 3, 2022
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Commentary An Australian Parliamentary committee on security and intelligence has concluded that the Chinese communist regime targeted Australian universities as part of a huge two-pronged exercise to firstly transfer Western knowledge and technology into China and secondly to deploy spies into the West. Australian universities allowed themselves to be infiltrated and used, but this is…
China’s First Quarter Economy: Less Confidence, Less Liquidity
News Analysis This year, Beijing set the lowest GDP growth target in decades at 5.5 percent. At the close of the first quarter, economic indicators suggest that China will not achieve even this modest growth due to the Russia-Ukraine war and extreme lockdowns of major commercial centers—such as Shanghai and Shenzhen—over a recent surge in…
Beijing Pursues Selfish Goals Through Ukraine Policy—What Exactly Do We Pursue?
Commentary The European Union’s (EU) call for China to help end the war in Ukraine will go unanswered. This fact will not come as a surprise to regular readers of The Epoch Times. Beijing cherishes any and every opportunity to defy the edicts of the Western powers. The pleas for the Chinese leadership to exert…
Dictatorships Are Bad at Fighting Wars
Commentary Reports suggest that Russian generals are afraid to tell the truth, which proves the weakness of dictatorships in fighting wars. Recent news from the Ukrainian war indicates that Russian forces have accidentally shot down their own plane and that many military commanders are afraid to tell Vladimir Putin the truth. To understand why, we…
The CCP’s Military Plan for Taiwan’s Subjugation
News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) disguises its intent to subjugate Taiwan via a siege. Inspiration for this effort comes from Chinese military and diplomatic history. The classic Chinese military strategy book, “Thirty-Six Stratagems,” was written over 1,500 years ago. The first strategy, to “deceive the heavens to cross the sea,” was designed for…
Property Developer Meltdown in China
April 1, 2022
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News Analysis China’s big property developers are increasingly weak, and through the pressure of local officials, unloading risk onto the country’s financial system and Beijing itself. Business news about China’s property developers on March 29 demonstrates multiple new fissures and risks in China’s already lagging economy. The Financial Times revealed that the West’s Big Four…
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