News Analysis Beijing’s claim that China is a democracy according to the generally accepted definition is nonsense. In practice, China’s “whole-process people’s democracy” amounts to authoritarianism. Chinese state-run media are continuing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) agitprop campaign aimed at denigrating the U.S.-led Democracy Summit, in which communist China was not invited, while uplifting China’s…
Top Authorities Dismissed In Guangzhou Amidst Evergrande Debt Crisis
News Analysis Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that the two highest-ranking authorities of Guangzhou were removed from their positions for “the massive removal of Banyan trees in the city,” as reported by local media. However, analysts have suggested that the two officials’ connection with the distressed real estate developer Evergrande may be the…
Beijing Manipulates Narrative of Tragic US Drone Strike to Cover Up China’s Abuses
Commentary Beijing has called a U.S. drone strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan an “atrocity,” but this is a manipulative and hypocritical tactic that ignores far worse atrocities like the Tiananmen Square massacre. The Chinese communists are expert manipulators with their words and the way they interact on the international stage. The most recent example…
China’s Influence Over US Universities Poses Existential Risks
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is busy developing high-tech weaponry. By the end of the decade, China will have “disruptive” military technologies capable of wreaking widespread chaos. In other words, China is developing weapons that “will change the character of warfare.” Which begs the question: Why are U.S. universities helping China advance its military might? According…
China’s Economic Attack on Lithuania Requires a Joint US-EU Defense
December 21, 2021
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News Analysis Beijing has reacted against Lithuania’s upgrade to its Taiwan relations with extended trade and diplomatic sanctions against the Baltic country. The move is so severe and unprecedented that it provoked reactions from not only the United States, Britain, and European Union, but a German business group that has deep financial ties to China. Behind…
China’s Growth Picks Up Marginally in November
News Analysis After a disappointing couple of months, China’s economy improved modestly in November. It seems that the worst of the energy shortfall had lifted, allowing some catch-up last month. Beneath these kinds of month-to-month variation, however, China’s economic and financial fundamentals suggest a slower growth profile for some time to come. Chinese leader Xi…
The Consequences of Threat Deflation: Why Did the US Underestimate the Threat From China?
Commentary One of the most significant strategic questions of our time is why the United States underestimated for decades the threat from the Chinese regime. Underestimating the threat, or threat deflation, is a rare event in international politics where a great power consistently does not perceive the rise of peer competitive threat. During the Cold…
‘Free Money’ From China Promotes Corruption Along the Belt and Road
December 20, 2021
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News Analysis On Belt and Road projects, “China offers substantial financing, usually as loans, but Beijing is not a member of the Paris Club and has never supported globally recognized transparent lending practices,” said Ambassador Alice Wells, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs. A lack of transparency in the…
Wars and Rumors of Wars
Commentary Washington and Beijing are engaged in widely different information dominance wars to pursue their separate global strategies, but the outcomes are likely to be no less decisive than hot wars. How can we view these great trends with equanimity? Global competition is more subtle than just periods of formal warfare and informal warfare (peace)….
How the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better Plan Helps China
Commentary As China sits by and quite literally laughs at the United States, the Biden administration is busy overseeing the biggest climate investment in the country’s history. As the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses fails to do anything to reduce its carbon footprint, when will the world recognize one simple fact: the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) couldn’t care less…
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