Commentary President Joe Biden just signed this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA 2022) after Congress passed the bill. NDAA 2022 specifically calls for inviting Taiwan’s military to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise. The U.S. Navy hosts RIMPAC in Hawaii every two years and it is billed as the world’s largest maritime…
China’s Fighter Jet Sale to Pakistan: More to Come?
News Analysis It appears that China has finally broken its drought when it comes to exporting fighter jets. In December of last year, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) announced that it would soon acquire 25 Chinese-made J-10C combat aircraft. These fighters could be deployed as early as March. This purchase was a long time coming….
SenseTime Offers Blueprint for Banished Chinese Stocks
January 6, 2022
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Commentary Controversial Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group enjoyed a rare successful IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in early January. Shares were up as much as 148 percent as of Jan. 4 from its Dec. 30 IPO priced at HK$3.85, minting SenseTime as one of the most successful Hong Kong IPOs in 2021….
Clarity on Beijing’s 2020 ‘Accomplishments’
News Analysis Chinese state-run media forgot a few things in their back-slapping about China’s accomplishments in 2020. Chinese communist propaganda organs (state-run media) never sleep. The agitprop follows consistent contrived narratives and is relentless—with never a bad word about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) failures or CCP-induced problems. Everything is focused on furthering the CCP’s…
Twitter’s Censorship Resembles Communist China’s
Commentary On March 21, 2006, someone decided to send something called a tweet. A rather banal message, it included the following five words: “just setting up my twttr.” The person responsible for the tweet was Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter. In the almost 16 years since the Tweet was sent, the microblogging site has gone from…
Overestimation of Chinese Police Threatens Rights Defenders
Commentary An overestimation of the technical abilities of the Chinese police leads local activists to give up protecting themselves, including their electronic devices—putting themselves at even greater risks. Over the past few years, every so often I’d hear from a rights defender in China that local activists just won’t bother to use even the most basic…
Chinese ‘Peacekeeping’ in the Middle East, North Africa Expands Beijing’s Security Footprint
News Analysis China’s growing ties with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) extends to military cooperation, arms sales, missiles, nuclear, and surveillance technology. Meanwhile, peacekeeping and counterterrorism missions have become an excuse to deploy Chinese troops and weapons to the region. “We will deepen China-Arab military cooperation and exchange. We will strengthen exchange of…
Fentanyl From China Is Killing Americans in Record Numbers
Commentary In November, President Joe Biden remembered all those who had died from drug overdoses in 2020—more than 100,000 Americans–a new milestone in the nation’s escalating crisis. However, in remembering the dead, the president failed to call out China. In America, use of drugs, illicit or otherwise, is rampant. Nevertheless, the addiction epidemic plaguing the nation doesn’t take anything away from the fact…
Kremlinology 101: Tools for Understanding Secretive China
Commentary China remains closed off, but a careful examination of history and available sources tells us a great deal. Communist regimes remain secretive about their behavior, which requires analysts to glean insights and clues based on the little bit of public information available. This skill is called Kremlinology. It was developed by scholars who had to…
China’s Stellar Double Standard
Commentary For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), hypocrisy flows like water off a duck. The CCP’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) builds multiple naval air missile bases in the South China Sea, threatening sea lanes vital to global commerce, but claims it’s the U.S. Navy freedom of navigation exercises that “threaten the peace.” The Chinese regime…
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