Category: Thinking About China

The US Securities and Exchange Commission Is Copying Chinese Communist Methods

Commentary The Biden administration’s top domestic priority is to “tackle the climate crisis” by implementing the authoritarian socialist policies of the so-called “Green New Deal.” The purpose of the GND is to use the force of the federal government to remake the U.S. economy completely through arbitrary bureaucratic measures instead of being implemented in U.S….


China’s Legal System Steps Up Use of Secret Detentions

News Analysis On the eve of Jan. 11, former lawyer and human rights defender Xie Yang was on a video call with Lyndon Li, a Chinese law student in England, when police suddenly appeared at his home, and the call ended abruptly. The news leaked out within a few days that Chinese authorities had taken…


Is India, a Close Ally of the US, About to Side With China?

Commentary According to a recent article in Asia Times, India has grown “increasingly skeptical about American policies and statesmanship.” The United States once presented a compelling picture to the world. Today, however, the picture that the United States now presents is the opposite of convincing, according to the article. The United States has become a “battleground…


Under the Ukraine Cloud, China Makes First Challenge to AUKUS

Commentary AUKUS, the new global strategic alliance, has been issued its first major challenge by Beijing while the world is preoccupied with the Russia-Ukraine conflict. A proposed strategic accord between the Solomon Islands and China has emerged as the first great test of the new Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) alliance and how quickly Australia could…


What Is the Biggest Threat to the US Dollar?

Commentary In case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve entered a rather unstable period in the world. Russia’s war in Ukraine, rumors of war between China and Taiwan, and the tenuous nuclear situation involving Iran and Israel are just a few of the many uncertainties in the world today. In light of this rising uncertainty, many have…


The Washington Post Accepts Hunter Biden Laptop Story

News Analysis The Hunter Biden laptop story has just blown up from the New York Post, which broke the story to the mainstream liberal media. Almost two years later, the media finally accessed a copy of the purported laptop and expertly verified the authenticity of much of its most important material, including evidence of millions…


China Takes Over the Solomon Islands—and the Pacific

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary On March 25, the Solomon Islands announced it was “expanding” security arrangements, “diversifying the country’s security partnership including with China.” The announcement was defensive. The day before, opponents of a security pact with China leaked what was labeled a “draft” agreement. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s government did not confirm the authenticity…


China’s Food Silk Road: Who Controls the Crops Controls the Future

Commentary Of all the things in the world, food is one of the few things capable of uniting the masses. A shortage of it, however, has the power to do the very opposite, driving people to the brink of madness. Julian Cribb, a distinguished science writer and author of “The Coming Famine,” warns that a…


Washington Rightly Chooses to Prioritize Competition With Beijing Over Ideological Agendas

Commentary To the great consternation of foreign policy ideologues, the U.S.-led Western world is finally coalescing around the reality that cold national interest is the primary driver of a country’s foreign policy. Like it or not, it is therefore also the effective motive force behind international relations in general. This has almost always been the…


America’s Rare-Earth Elements Conundrum

Commentary The United States is vastly behind the times when it comes to rare-earth elements, and its reluctance to embrace the mining and processing of rare earths has created quite the conundrum. What is rare earth? Often called rare earths, rare-earth minerals, rare-earth metals, and rare-earth elements are the same. The group contains 17 chemical…