Category: Thinking About China

In China, a Deluded Regime Leads Its People Down a Doomed Path

January 22, 2022
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Commentary What makes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) so dangerous? Is it the fact that the elites in Beijing appear to speak a completely different language to the rest of the world? To be clear, by language, I’m not referring to Mandarin. I’m referring to a type of language completely detached from reality. Part speaking…

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China’s Cooperation With Russia Puts Future Nuclear Arms Control in Doubt

January 22, 2022
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News Analysis Ever since the 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union, and later the United States and Russia, have worked to both limit the overall number of nuclear weapons as well as the type of nuclear weapons each side deployed. Progress was steady, though often characterized as one of two steps forward and…

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Team USA Prepares to Enter the Enemy’s Backyard

January 21, 2022
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Commentary The Beijing Winter Olympics is about to begin. Is anyone really excited? But plenty of people are concerned and for valid reasons. The British Olympic Association (BOA) is so concerned by the cyberthreat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that it’s now offering “burner phones” to all members of the GB team. A…

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The Chinese Regime Puts Its Cruelty on Full Display Ahead of Olympic Games

January 21, 2022
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Commentary Human rights activist and writer Yang Maodong, also known by the pen name Guo Feixiong, faces the risk of becoming the defining victim of the Chinese regime’s increasingly harsh abuses. As Beijing prepares to launch the Winter Games next month, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took yet another step in its level of cruelty…

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A Busy Week for Russian, Chinese Navies

January 21, 2022
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News Analysis The joint naval drills between China, Russia, and Iran come at a worrying time for the United States and its allies. The “2022 Marine Security Belt” exercises took place in the northern Indian Ocean on Jan. 21, with the stated goal of increasing cooperation between the three countries. According to a spokesman for Iran’s…

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CFIUS: Act Tougher on China

January 21, 2022
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Commentary China is vacuuming up a U.S. amphibious aircraft company that produces sophisticated airplanes with foldable carbon-fiber wings. The planes are recreational, but their transformation into militarized drones that target U.S. and allied forces is a distinct possibility that has the Americans who used to lead the company up in arms and complaining to our…

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A Comparison of China Stock Markets With Global Stock Markets Show China’s Economy Declining

January 20, 2022
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Commentary The year 2021 is a turning point for China’s economy, from growth to decline. Though at the time of writing this* China’s official annual economic statistics for 2021 have not been published, the performance of its stock market in the year shows that 2021 is a downward turn of China’s economy. Comparing the Chinese stock…

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A Comparison of China Stock Martkets With Global Stock Martets Show China’s Economy Declining

January 20, 2022
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Commentary The year 2021 is a turning point for China’s economy, from growth to decline. Though at the time of writing this* China’s official annual economic statistics for 2021 have not been published, the performance of its stock market in the year shows that 2021 is a downward turn of China’s economy. Comparing the Chinese stock…

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China Easing Monetary Policy as Economic Realities Set In

January 20, 2022
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Commentary In the face of mounting economic troubles, Beijing finally blinked. As the country enters a key month of Chinese New Year, Winter Olympic games, while faced with an economic slowdown, persistent consumption and property sector issues, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) decided to bite the bullet and interest rates to spur growth. The People’s…

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China’s Aircraft Carrier Sails Into Blue Waters—A Sign of Growing Naval Power?

January 20, 2022
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News Analysis The Chinese Navy’s Liaoning carrier group followed international rules and performed what seemed like routine training in the Western Pacific last month. But it raises concerns regarding the regime’s ambitions and capabilities. The Liaoning, China’s first commissioned carrier, returned to its homeport of Qingdao on Dec. 30 from deployment, after about 20 days of…

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