Category: Thinking About China

What Does China Seek in the Ukraine Crisis?

News Analysis China is engaged in a high-wire balancing act with respect to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which includes providing moral support to its ally Russia, expanding lucrative bilateral trade with Ukraine, and retaining diplomatic credibility with the rest of the world. Will the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) be able to achieve its self-serving…


New Cold War Alliances Forming

News Analysis Western economic sanctions may drive Russia closer to communist China, with their axis of authoritarianism expanding to include countries in both the Chinese and Russian orbits. Although Russia and China are intensifying their alliance, they have no formal defense agreement. China’s only official ally is North Korea. Nevertheless, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


China’s Propaganda on Ukraine Seeps Into Western Mainstream Media

News Analysis In otherwise excellent reporting on China’s reaction to Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine invasion, Western reporters continue to buy into major elements of Beijing’s propaganda, namely that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) stands for peace, state sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and that these so-called Beijing policies somehow contrast with Moscow’s invasion. Nothing could be further…


From Beijing to Boston: Another Generation of Lost and Lonely Men Get Left Behind

Commentary Dr. Jordan Peterson has spoken at length about the threat of civilizational collapse, the idea of our society crumbling like ancient Rome’s. For this to occur, humans must turn their backs on traditional values, including courtship, marriage, and the creation of nuclear families. Around the world, from Beijing to Boston, tens of millions of…


Rich Higgins: Seeker of Truth and Patriot

Commentary Rich Higgins passed away on Feb. 23, 2022. More than 3,300 people have donated over $275,000 to his GoFundMe website to cover his expensive medical costs as a result of COVID complications. Why would so many people give their money to him? Who was Higgins? What did he do to inspire people? First and…


Russia’s Only Financial Partner Is China

Commentary It’s clear that a new economic and political partnership has formed between Russia and China. While Russia’s tiny economic footprint is a little threat to the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions are fueled by China’s support, both financially and politically. According to official data from the World Bank, the gross domestic product…


Beijing Eyes Unmarried Teens as China’s Population Continues to Decline

In the face of a sharp drop in China’s birth rate, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities have introduced a number of policies to encourage childbirth, but so far, none has worked. The desire to have babies among people of childbearing age continues to decline. However, instead of reviewing and correcting the mistakes of its…


Were the Beijing Games the Success That China Claims Them to Be?

Commentary Mercifully, the Winter Olympic Games have come to an end after a “very communist closing ceremony,” which featured a carefully choreographed parade of 365 “ordinary Chinese people” showcasing the supposedly harmonious Chinese society that Beijing has manufactured using “Chinese methods.” The event was almost a reminder of the image of uniformed Chinese youth marching…


What Lessons Will Beijing Learn From Putin’s Ukrainian Fiasco?

Commentary Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t going as planned. On Feb. 24, Central European Time, Russian military forces attacked Ukraine across four axes from the north, east, and south. In a military operation right out of the Soviet Cold War playbook, massed Russian armor rolled across the Ukrainian frontier in a Russian version of…


The Axis of Authoritarianism

News Analysis The Chinese regime is determined to dominate the world economically, politically, and militarily by 2049, posing a greater threat than the USSR ever did. As alliances form around the globe, some analysts believe that a new cold war is already here, accelerated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Defense…