News Analysis Off and on over the years, people—in the West and in China—have speculated how that country’s fast-developing economy will remake the world’s trading and economic system. During this time, it has also become popular to speculate about when and how China’s yuan will supplant the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Official statements…
Beijing Is Shutting Down Hong Kong’s Last Free Media
News Analysis The Fragrant Harbor’s last truly free media are falling one after another under the pressure of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Hong Kong police raided Stand News on Dec. 29. The leveling of the outlet, and the “voluntary” closure of Citizen News on Jan. 3, are two more nails in the coffin of…
Omicron Wrecking China’s Economy
January 4, 2022
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News Analysis Omicron is dragging down China’s economic recovery. Cases are rising and the Chinese vaccines are proving ineffective. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a “zero COVID” policy, but cases have been well above zero since the Omicron outbreak. Omicron is rising, in spite of at least 75 percent of the population being fully…
Progressivism and the Chinese Regime
Commentary The rise of progressivism in the United States has consequences far beyond the profound changes it is causing to American society. It has provided the Chinese regime with a weapon of political warfare to be used against the United States to undermine its foreign policy and its society. A dose of reality—the recognition by…
US Law Established a ‘Foreign Malign Influence Response Center’ in 2019—Where Is It?
January 3, 2022
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News Analysis The U.S. Director of National Intelligence is apparently breaking the law. She failed to appoint a director for the Foreign Malign Influence Response Center. In 2019, the U.S. Congress passed a law establishing a “Foreign Malign Influence Response Center” within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The law requires the…
Genocide Is Not Important Enough for a Full US Olympic Boycott
Commentary Ongoing Uyghur genocide in China’s Xinjiang region should have been a sufficient reason for the United States and other nations to boycott the 2022 Winter Games. The XXIV Olympic Winter Games, to be held from Feb. 4 to Feb. 20 in Beijing, is a big deal for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). While the…
Year of Death for Press Freedom in Hong Kong
Commentary The year 2021 will go down in the history of Hong Kong as a “year of death” for the once vibrant civil society. Within a short span of a year, more than 60 pro-democracy groups, news media, and trade unions were strangled to death by the draconian national security law (NSL) enacted by the…
Repression of Religion in China
News Analysis Beijing effectively banned Christmas, underscoring the lack of religious freedom in China, where Xi Jinping Thought is now being incorporated into religious writings. The ban allegedly came in order to preserve Chinese culture and prevent foreign influence. Generally, Christmas is celebrated as a commercial holiday in China, providing retailers with a tremendous spike…
CCP Leader Xi Jinping’s New Year Speech Signals Backtracking to Mao’s Dictatorship
Commentary On Dec. 31, 2021, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping delivered a New Year speech through state-run media, boasting of 2021 as a “landmark” year of “exceptional significance” and “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” The Chinese nation, however, has something different to say amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the CCP’s purging of…
Beijing Kills Holiday Spirit as It Tightens Grip on Society
News Analysis China cancelled Christmas this year, claiming that it was damaging traditional Chinese culture, and warned its people to avoid Western influence. This is just the latest step in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s new policy of tightening social control, while turning China inward. Christmas celebrations first became popular in the 1990s, largely among young…
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