Category: Thinking About China

How CCP Racism Influences The Diplomat

Commentary On Feb. 2, The Diplomat, a respected journal on Asia-Pacific politics, published an interview with Chandran Nair, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propagandist whose views border on racism. The title of the interview said it all: “Chandran Nair on White Privilege in International Relations.” Nair’s beliefs are not atypical for a CCP propagandist. What…


CCP Investment in US Biopharm and Genomics Companies Raises Security Concerns

News Analysis A growing number of biotech, genomics, and medtech firms with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are operating in the United States, raising concerns about medical and genetic data security. With more than $1 trillion at its disposal, China’s sovereign wealth fund has over 33 percent of the world’s total sovereign wealth…


True Story Behind Deng Xiaoping’s South Tour Through the Eyes of a Historical Witness

Commentary Recently, a series of articles have been published under the title “The 30th year of Deng Xiaoping’s South Tour” on DWNews, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda mouthpiece that targets overseas Chinese-language readers. Deng traveled to Shenzhen, a southern Chinese city, in January 1992 in an effort to win back his power in China…


The Beijing Olympics Will Embolden the CCP, Just as the Berlin Games Emboldened Hitler

Commentary The Winter Olympics, or as some prefer, “the Genocide Games,” are in progress in Beijing, with participation from 91 countries. I generally eschew hyperbole, but my mind keeps straying to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, the first time in Olympic history that a boycott was proposed—but failed to launch—on human-rights abuse grounds. Hitler…


The Real Reason Why China Is Obsessed With the Moon

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CC) recently announced that it will strengthen its governance in space over the next five years. If this isn’t worrying enough, it will be assisted by Russia. The two countries recently confirmed plans to explore the moon. Explore the big piece of rock for what, exactly? This is where things…


Building Back Worse

Commentary Say it ain’t so Joe. Your decision on Feb. 4 to remove tariffs on bifacial solar panels imported from China is a death sentence for U.S. solar panel producers, and a giant step toward building American industry down instead of back as you claim you wish to do. Let’s go back in history a…


Beijing’s Big Plans

Commentary As the Beijing Winter Olympics get underway, all the world’s eyes are on China. But are the big financial players aware of what’s really going on that’s right before their eyes? Probably not. China Stocks Crash in US Markets As tighter U.S. regulations came into force last year, weakness and fraud were revealed in…


Xi-Putin Olympics Summit Is Explicitly—and Primarily—Anti-US

News Analysis The Feb. 4 meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin proceeded with the expected proclamations of “mutual trust” and “the spirit of friendship.” According to the Kremlin, there were a total of 16 agreements across various spheres of cooperation reached during the meeting. These included economic trade, technology, and…


Global Flashpoints: Ukraine, Taiwan, and the Olympics

News Analysis According to Chinese state media, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, “We firmly support each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests and safeguarding the dignity of each country.” Xi was referring to Ukraine and Taiwan, two global flashpoints that have become intertwined. U.S. security officials say that one…


An Asymmetric Strategy for Defending Taiwan

News Analysis If Russia invades Ukraine, could it embolden the Chinese regime to also attack Taiwan? Moscow is clearly looking to Beijing for moral support, as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to China would indicate. As The New York Times puts it, Putin sees Chinese leader Xi Jinping as offering a “lifeline” to Russia,…