Commentary Countries go to war for many reasons—but to grab semiconductor plants would be a first. Taiwan is a global hub of semiconductor manufacturing. Some analysts argue a principal reason that China would invade Taiwan would be to seize the island nation’s semiconductor industry. A couple of academics even argue that Taiwan can forestall a…
US-led Indo-Pacific Strategy Is a Solid Step to Countering China’s Aggression
February 16, 2022
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News Analysis The Biden administration now pledges to intensify U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific to counter communist China’s growing aggression in the region. “The future of each of our nations—and indeed the world— depends on a free and open Pacific,” President Joe Biden said in a speech at the first Quad leaders summit on Sept….
China’s Xi Deflects From the CCP’s Failures, Warns Against ‘Defective Western Thinking’
News Analysis An important philosophical article by Chinese leader Xi Jinping was published on Feb. 16 in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) official ideological journal, Quishi. The timing of the piece’s appearance is not random, but rather comes at a critical time for Xi. It will expand upon the development of “Xi Jinping Thought” on…
Facial Recognition Tech: Centralising Surveillance Operations in China?
February 15, 2022
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Commentary The People’s Republic of China has a formidable reputation in the field of facial recognition technology. This technology, which is increasingly used in surveillance operations to control China’s population, is widespread and intrusive. Relying on this technology, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is developing its social credit system, which has become one of the…
Biden Must Solve the ‘China Trap’: Changing the Course of US Businesses to Save Them
Commentary An important, timely, and damning study reveals how eight U.S. tech corporations aid America’s enemy, communist China. A report from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation documents the role of Amazon, Apple, Dell, Facebook, GE, Google, Intel, and Microsoft in providing a spectrum of support to the Chinese regime. GE, Intel, and Microsoft directly…
US Lags Behind India on Blocking Chinese Apps, Including TikTok
February 15, 2022
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News Analysis India sent a special Valentine’s Day gift to China on Feb. 14. Citing national security reasons, New Delhi banned 54 apps linked to China. These included one from Singapore called “Free Fire,” whose company, the gaming giant Sea, investors punished by wiping out $16 billion of its value. Since 2020, after the Chinese…
Lithium Wars–It’s ‘Game On’ for China and the US
Commentary The United States is well on its way to creating a lithium demand curve that may only be met by China—but only if Beijing feels like it. That’s because the United States—along with the European Union—continue to pass laws and promote the replacement of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars and trucks with electric vehicles (EV)….
China’s Economy Remains Weak
February 15, 2022
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News Analysis No country welcomes economic trouble. Everyday citizens suffer, but even the nation’s leadership, though its members can avoid personal hardship, regret the loss of international influence that accompanies economic setbacks and fear that it will undermine people’s faith in the government’s competence. If anything, Beijing has extreme sensitivities on these scores. Much of…
How Communist Chinese Animosity Toward America Began
Commentary Americans and many others have rightly been wary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) intentions for many decades. Chinese communism and Western-style liberal democracy mix together about as well as oil and water do. Most observers realize that over the past 100 years, the CCP had made it clear that it intends to become…
Is Olympic Star Eileen Gu Guilty of Betraying America?
Commentary For decades, athletes from around the world have desperately attempted to use the Olympics as an opportunity to defect from their countries of birth. For example, at the Tokyo Olympics last year, weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko, a Ugandan national, used the event to try to escape his country of birth. According to Opportunity International, 41 percent of Ugandan people…
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