Commentary The year 2021 seemed to present a never-ending stream of worrying events out of China, from stock market delistings to floods and COVID-19. The good news, though, is that 2022 promises to be even better. So what are the events and big stories we should be watching for in 2022? The big story in…
China’s Belt and Road Raises Debt and Pollution Among Poorer Countries
News Analysis China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was meant to increase the GDP of participating countries. In many countries, however, debt to China has increased, pollution has increased, and the trade deficit with China has increased; while GDP growth, associated with the BRI, has been elusive. A Silk Road to Debt In 2013, Chinese…
Which Country’s National Interest Does the West Australian Premier Hold Dear?
December 30, 2021
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Commentary Western Australia (WA) was one of the first jurisdictions in Australia to impose mandatory vaccination, with about 85 percent of WA’s workforce—more than one million workers—presently needed to receive a third COVID-19 booster vaccination. These workers are now required to get a booster shot five months after their second dose after official “health advice”…
Starvation, Lockdown in China
Commentary Beijing’s COVID-19 strategy–known as “COVID Zero”—is getting increasingly draconian and arbitrary as the SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates to become exponentially more transmissible. The measures include mass testing, surveillance, quarantines, driving, flight, and border controls, disinfectant trucks, and aggressive contact tracing. Reports of starving residents in lockdown are coming from Xi’an city, while “buffer zones” with…
The Death of Truth and Freedom in Hong Kong
Commentary Right now, across the world, there is a war on truth. The war comes in many forms. More often than not, it comes in the form of misinformation and disinformation campaigns. To paraphrase U.S. Senator Hiram Warren Johnson, “truth is the first casualty of war.” Across China, the war on truth has been occurring for…
American Traitors: Academics Working for China
December 30, 2021
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Commentary It took a federal jury in Boston less than three hours to return guilty verdicts on all six felony counts against Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard University’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Lieber, “one of the country’s top research chemists” according to the New York Times, lied to the FBI about his participation in…
China Expands Domination Over Companies
December 30, 2021
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Commentary Western finance experts used to recognize two categories of Chinese companies, such as state-owned enterprises and privately held (including publicly traded) enterprises. That distinction is increasingly passé; soon, all Chinese companies—no matter their legal and financial ownership—could become effectively state controlled. Reuters recently reported that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is expanding use of…
The CCP Weaponizes COVID-19 Against the Chinese People
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Dec. 27 placed the city of Xi’an under tight lockdown restrictions to suppress a new wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Shaanxi Province. Or did they? The CCP has been escalating lockdowns of its citizens throughout the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over the past year, imposing punitive…
Trump’s Grand Strategy on China
December 29, 2021
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News Analysis Former President Donald Trump recently outlined his diplomatic, economic, and military strategies on China. On Dec. 19, Maria Bartiromo of Fox News got an exclusive interview with Trump. He dropped verbal bombs on China that got close to the real thing, including plans for a U.S. air base in Afghanistan and demands for…
China’s Influence Over US Goes Way Beyond Universities
Commentary Some prominent Americans believe that China quite literally controls the United States, the most powerful country in the world. Does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) employ Manchurian candidates to manipulate the masses? Yes, but not necessarily in the United States. The CCP’s manipulation of American minds occurs in subtler ways. Although the strings being pulled…
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