News Analysis The FBI has identified China as the greatest intelligence threat to the United States. The Chinese regime employs a variety of methods to infiltrate U.S. companies and the government in order to support Beijing’s interests, to control dissenters, and to steal U.S. technology and know-how. “There is no country that presents a broader,…
The Chinese Regime Uses Infiltration Tactics to Control Dissent and Steal Technology
Taking the Gold in Technology Theft
Commentary As some of us watch the Winter Olympics in Beijing (and some of us don’t), the most important games are being played every day in America’s universities, corporate labs, and research institutions. That’s where China is capturing the gold that really matters. The stakes for the United States in maintaining the technological edge couldn’t…
Olympics Row: Visa vs. China’s e-CNY
Commentary At the Beijing Winter Olympics, China is rolling out its digital currency, the e-CNY, for the first time to foreigners. Nobody should want to attend the Games given the genocide. But if you were forced to go, then you would have the option of prepaying a credit card with digital Chinese yuan loaded for…
Gold Medal in Propaganda: China’s Games Can’t Hide Long-Term Decline
Commentary The Olympic Games in Beijing seem impressive but taking a moment to look at long-term economic trends suggest that China’s moment might be in the past already. During the Olympics, the Chinese regime is making it seem like China is the center of the world. It has the luxury of highlighting its grand venues….
Is Hong Kong’s Financial Hub Status in Jeopardy?
Commentary If the “Hong Kong security law” couldn’t crater Hong Kong’s financial services industry, perhaps its “zero-COVID” policy could? That’s what the Chinese city is grappling with, as expats within its financial services sector head for the exits due to the city’s draconian quarantine, lockdowns, and restrictions to combat the ongoing CCP virus epidemic. Hong…
The Naval Balance of Power in the South China Sea Has Shifted Dramatically in Favor of China
News Analysis Over the last decade the balance of power in the South China Sea (SCS), and to a lesser extent the East China Sea (ECS), has shifted dramatically in favor of China’s military forces. The construction of seven artificial islands with a total surface area of 3,200 acres in the SCS has significantly expanded…
Disappearance of Uyghur Skier Is a Reminder of Beijing’s Repression of Ethnic Minorities
News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) repression of ethnic minorities was the reason for a widespread diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics. Now, a Uyghur skier who lit the Olympic flame has gone missing. Just days into the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and controversy already abounds. A Dutch reporter was mishandled by Chinese…
Behind China’s Zero-COVID Policy is Profits for Elite Interest Groups, Leaked Recording Shows
Commentary Recently, a leaked recording of an alleged conversation with Harvard scholar Huang Wansheng in January at a private gathering in China circulated on the internet. Surprisingly, Huang revealed that Beijing’s real intention in adopting the Zero-COVID policy is to help the regime’s elite interest groups make a lot of money. He also said that…
Olympic Failure and the Cost of Representing China
Commentary In the immortal words of Swedish pop group ABBA, “the winner takes it all.” The loser, however, “has to fall.” In China, as we will see, any “loser” unlucky enough to fall is mercilessly ridiculed. Instead of being offered assistance, support, and a helping hand, they are bullied and chastised, mocked, and maligned. This,…
Argentina’s Pro-Beijing Deal With the Devil
News Analysis Argentina President Alberto Fernández signed a deal with the devil at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 6. Argentina will join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), recognize China’s claims over democratic Taiwan, take another $23.7 billion in loans for Chinese infrastructure development, and again publicly threaten the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, along…
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