Commentary While researching how Americans having been getting rich by helping the Chinese Communist Party achieve its outspoken aim of replacing the United States as the “world’s No.1 power,” I came across the phrase “elite capture”—their term to describe the actions of influential people in the U.S. towards China. “Elite capture” can refer to different things, but…
How Canada Can Decouple From China
This is the first in a series on how Canada can prudently decouple from China. Commentary Canadians don’t feel dependent on China. According to an Angus Reid poll last month, 61 percent would like Canada to trade less with China, and an even larger number—88 percent—believe it’s realistic to do so without negatively affecting Canada’s…
Kick China Out of Interpol
Commentary Interpol is supposed to be a respected international police organization, for collaboration to nab murderers and rapists. But when the world’s worst criminals get control, it starts to look closer to terrorism or the mafia. That is the sorry state of international policing as Interpol refuses to help Hongkongers who are fleeing persecution from…
Beijing Olympics? Time for Another Land Grab?
Commentary Recall the expression: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” So recall that President Jimmy Carter cancelled the participation of the U.S. Olympic team in 1980, due to the Soviets’ 1979 invasion of Afghanistan. In 1989, the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan after suffering heavy losses from insurgents that we…
Best Books for Understanding China
Commentary As the competition between America and communist China becomes increasingly intense, it is essential that Americans have a deep understanding of China and of the history of its relations with the outside world and especially with the United States. Here is a brief review of key books that can provide the foundation for that…
Beijing Should Be Put on Notice: A War With Russia Is a War With China
February 19, 2022
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News Analysis Xi Jinping is the winner, whether or not Vladimir Putin massively invades Ukraine any time soon. By surrounding Ukraine with troops, naval forces, and military “exercises” to the point of full readiness for an all-out military invasion, Putin and his partner in crime Xi have learned what the United States and allies are…
China’s Sports Schools Destroy Lives and Fail to Deliver Gold
News Analysis Beijing regards sports as an avenue to assert dominance over the world, a goal it is determined to achieve through central planning, state funding, and a willingness to sacrifice its own citizens. “Be Positive, Work Hard, Climb the High Mountain, Win Glory for the Country,” reads a sign at the Shanghai Sports School. For…
China’s Penchant for Plagiarism Poses an Existential Threat to US
Commentary In October of last year, China’s biggest streaming platform, Youku, was accused of plagiarizing “Squid Game,” one of the most popular TV shows in recent history. Although the line between inspiration and plagiarism is often a fine one, there’s little doubt that the idea for the Chinese show, suspiciously named “Squid Victory,” was stolen. Should we really…
Freedom Will Win Over the Tyranny of the Chinese Regime
Commentary Josef Stalin once queried, “how many divisions has the Pope?” as a way to belittle Pius XII’s influence in contrast to the might of the Red Army. That was easy to do from his position at the end of World War II. Yet religion in Poland, East Germany, the Soviet Union itself, and among…
Washington, the Americas, and the Tragedy of Puyi
Commentary When Puyi—the last emperor of China—emerged from the Forbidden City in Beijing, he realized that he ruled over nothing. He was surrounded by a fractious republic; the world he thought was limitless and his was gone. By 2022, the United States was emerging from the Forbidden City of Washington and finding itself geographically isolated:…
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