Commentary Predicting the rise of the world’s largest prison nation to global dominance is a dreary proposition. Under Xi Jinping’s rule, China’s economic development hasn’t just been about GDP growth and technology theft just for the sake of advancement. Living the Beijing Dream It’s really about running the world. That’s what Xi’s “Beijing Dream” is…
The US Needs a New Doctrine Against China and Russia’s Meddling in Latin America
News Analysis China and its allies are making more inroads in Latin America, where the United States used to forbid foreign powers to meddle. The 19th century was a different time entirely, and much of what Washington did then was no better than the European imperialism that it opposed. Times are different now, with the…
WTO Punishes the US While Washington Gives More Funding to the UN
News Analysis Congressional Republicans are right to question the efficacy of the COMPETES Act to confront the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The central focus of the currently stalled House bill is to increase domestic semiconductor production. This is essential to both easing the logistical strain currently plaguing the nation as well as ensuring the country’s…
Will China Invade Taiwan in 2022?
Commentary Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) predicts a Chinese invasion of Taiwan after the Winter Olympics. Maybe. Maybe not. It’s probably easier to predict who will win the Super Bowl than to predict when, if, and how China will make its move on Taiwan. But, timing aside, McCaul is right—the threat is real. China’s People’s Liberation…
The Race for a Downed US F-35C Jet
News Analysis An American military F-35C jet, which was full of classified equipment, recently crashed into the South China Sea. The U.S. Navy is racing to reach the wreckage before the Chinese get to it first, for fears of the technology being copied and reverse engineered. A $100 million U.S. Navy F-35C jet came down in…
Let’s Discover the Traits of the Tiger, and Use the Year of the Tiger to Fight for Freedom
Commentary Today we begin the celebration of Lunar New Year and welcome in the Year of the Tiger. I want to begin by wishing all Mandarin-speaking friends gong xi fa cai, and Cantonese speakers gong hei fat choy. Over the past decade, I have been increasingly critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as it has…
American Mistakes Now Aiding Chinese Hegemony Building: Loss of US Military Bases in Philippines
Commentary To ensure the survival of its oppressive dictatorship, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is busy building the world’s most powerful military force, on Earth and in space, to achieve a new global hegemony under which it plans to set the rules that determine prosperity and security. The CCP’s path to hegemony has always depended…
Check but Not yet Mate: Putin’s Ukrainian Chess Game
Commentary The masters of the Kremlin fancy themselves as experts at the game of geopolitical chess. A fact as true of Tsarist Russia as it was of the Soviet Union and today’s contemporary Russia. Looking over the developing crisis in Ukraine over the past few months and the seemingly unrelated events that have swirled around…
Xi Jinping Signals to Purge Jiang’s Faction: China Experts
Commentary A pro-Beijing Chinese language news portal recently published a series of articles, commemorating “the 30th Year of Deng Xiaoping’s South Tour.” As of Jan. 27, at least nine articles have been published on Beijing-based DW News on Deng’s south tour, which Deng intentionally conducted to voice his policies of the socialist market economy amid…
A Jaw-Dropping Shen Yun Performance
Commentary One the eve of Jan. 26, my wife and I watched the Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (of all places!). We were amazed at the fluidity, grace, and overall excellence of the performers throughout the two-hour event. Having only a bit of knowledge about what to…
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