Category: Thinking About China

Xi Jinping’s Bid for a Third Term: Shaping China’s Future

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) just passed a resolution that lavished superfluous praises on its leader Xi Jinping, who is attempting to secure a third term ahead of the Party’s 20th Congress in 2022. At the end of its 6th plenary session, the CCP adopted a historical resolution on the “major achievements and historical experience”…


US Dollars Continue to Flow to China’s Genocide

Commentary Socially responsible funds have gained a lot of attention in recent years but millions of Americans still own stocks of companies that are tied to genocidal regimes and have no idea how to spot them in their investment portfolios. Fund management firms don’t provide enough transparency to their customers about their holdings, according to…


The World Continues to Follow China’s Lead in Containing the Pandemic

Commentary It appears the Chinese regime is under pressure, as the international community criticizes its “zero-covid” policy that’s wrecking the economy. However, the world continues to follow China’s pandemic measures to varying degrees. By March 2020, the world began to follow the Chinese model of pandemic control, including masks, lockdowns, and school closures, despite significant…


China’s Refusal to Cooperate at COP26 Summit Shows How Fragile Its Economy Has Become

Commentary China’s refusal to fully cooperate in fighting climate change could indicate that it is hiding the true state of its economy. In Glasgow, where the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is currently taking place from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, China’s behavior and its lack of transparency shows that Beijing cannot be trusted….


If China’s Economy Collapses, the US Will Suffer Immensely

Commentary How worried should we be about China’s economy? According to China expert Daniel H. Rosen, the answer is very. Rosen, an author and academic, warns readers that the end times for the world’s second-largest economy are fast approaching. Is Rosen right? And if so, what would a collapsing China mean for the rest of…


Chinese Military Deliveries of the COVID-19 Vaccine: Exercising Soft Power

News Analysis The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been particularly active in projecting China’s soft power during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The fleet follows the flag,” goes the old saying. It has its roots in the arguments of the eminent 19th century naval strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, who contended that seapower depended on trade. “Commerce was king,”…


Why Did China Get to Dictate the World’s Pandemic Response? (Part 1)

Commentary In October, roughly 20 months into the pandemic, China locked down a city of 4 million people. China has not “defeated” COVID-19, and yet Chinese leader Xi Jinping somehow convinced the world to adopt the China model of containment, despite the severe hardship and societal and economic damage caused by lockdowns, school closures, masks,…


Penniless CIA Is Weak on the CCP

Commentary The CIA lags on China intelligence by at least a decade. Only in August did it moot the idea of a “China Mission Center,” which it finally announced on Oct. 7. The center will reportedly make it easier to leverage agency resources to address the growing China threat, and intelligence failures of the last…


Is Beijing Loosening Its Property Market Policies?

Commentary Over the last several years, the Chinese property market has seen ebbs and flows, but has mostly been on an upward trajectory carefully managed by Beijing. While that fueled the growth of China’s gross domestic product, it also created property asset bubbles, caused massive debt loads, and contributed to unhealthy wealth gaps. Beijing’s recent…


China’s Former Vice Premier’s Scandal Highlights More Allegations

News analysis Zhang Gaoli, the former vice premier of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) State Council, was recently accused of sexual assault against Peng Shuai, a professional tennis star who is 40 years younger than Zhang. Although Chinese authorities have been scrambling to block all related posts, more and more of Zhang’s alleged scandals are…