Category: Thinking About China

China’s Belt and Road: Unfinished Projects and Huge Debt

December 7, 2021
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News Analysis China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a “debt trap” and “data trap,” warned British MI6 chief, Richard Moore. Eight years in, the BRI is littered with half-built bridges, unfinished projects, overbudget railways, roads to nowhere, lots of debt, and angry people. “The ancient silk routes embody the spirit of peace and cooperation,…

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Hillary Clinton Sounds the Alarm on China, Russia: Should We Listen?

December 7, 2021
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Commentary During an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Nov. 24, Hillary Clinton spoke about the need to regulate the cryptocurrency market. Without necessary protections, she warned, China and Russia have the power to use the likes of bitcoin and ethereum “to their advantage.” Should we heed Clinton’s warnings? More importantly, is she right? Considering…

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Pacific Islands: Battleground for US-China Interests

December 6, 2021
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News Analysis The rivalry between the United States and China, particularly over Taiwan, plays out in the Pacific Islands, where countries are forced to choose their alliances. The Solomon Islands is an archipelago nation, in the South Pacific Ocean with a population of 650,000. Violence erupted in the capital of Honiara last month, as protesters…

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Is Beijing Weaponizing Your DNA?

December 6, 2021
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Commentary If you’ve had a COVID-19 test, there’s a good possibility that the folks in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have your DNA. If so, they probably know more about your health and DNA vulnerabilities than you do. The implications of that are disturbing, to say the least. The…

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The Evolution of the Chinese Regime’s Unrestricted Warfare Against the US

December 6, 2021
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Commentary The occasion of the Pentagon’s release of the Global Posture Review compels the recognition that the Chinese regime’s employment of unrestricted warfare against the United States is evolving. It is changing because China’s capabilities are growing. Three major points are significant. First, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been attacking the United States since…

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China’s New Surveillance

December 6, 2021
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News Analysis Provincial authorities in China’s province of Henan are deadly serious about watching you. They recently requested bids for a nearly million-dollar surveillance system that specifically tracks foreigners, including journalists, students, and migrant women illegally seeking work in the country—they are “suspicious people” according to Henan authorities. The system is likely operational now, and…

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Let’s Expose the Cruelty and Absurdity of the Chinese Communist Party

December 6, 2021
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Commentary  “Never forget,” wrote the exiled Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei in his new memoir, “that under a totalitarian system, cruelty and absurdity go hand in hand.” He is absolutely right. Last week, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started talking about democracy. Indeed, its State Council published a paper declaring itself a “whole-process democracy.” Excuse…

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Will the US-China Rivalry Fuel Corruption in Poorer Nations?

December 5, 2021
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Commentary During the Cold War the leadership of developing countries—or the third world—used the rivalry between the West and the Soviets to enrich themselves. Both the Soviets and the West poured billions into badly governed developing countries in the form of aid and sometimes military assistance. An incredible misuse of global resources resulted from this….

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China’s Quantum Ambition Meets US Counterblow

December 5, 2021
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Last week, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added eight technology entities based in China to its trade blacklist for engaging in activities contrary to national security. The move was enacted to prevent the diversion of U.S. technologies to China’s military advancement, Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo said in a…

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China Refuses to Cooperate With US and Allies on Oil

December 5, 2021
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News Analysis President Joe Biden recently reached out to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, asking him to join with U.S. allies in releasing oil reserves, in order to fill a shortage, bring down prices, and challenge OPEC’s influence on the global economy. So far, Xi has refused. Oil demand slumped during the lockdowns of 2020, but…

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