Commentary In a recent interview, President Joe Biden raised a storm of commentary by telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper that the United States would defend Taiwan if it were attacked by China. In fact, he emphasized that America had made a commitment to provide such defense. The reason for the storm of commentary is that official…
Deciphering Xi Jinping’s Speech to UN Secretary General and the World
October 27, 2021
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News Analysis Chinese leader Xi Jinping gave a speech at a conference in China on Oct. 25 to mark the 50th anniversary of the admittance of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to the United Nations. The speech was directed at U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres who attended the conference virtually, as Xi has not…
Xi Jinping Faces Growing Internal Dissent—But Does It Matter?
Commentary As the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping bears full responsibility for the Party decisions and how they shape the nation. Today, Xi is facing a Party driven by disunity from a variety of external challenges, policy disputes, and economic crises within China. That explains the rumors of rebellion and distrust…
Rapid Change Is the Norm in Great Power Competition
Commentary How rapidly do great powers expand their military and economic capabilities? Faster than you think. There are numerous empirical examples from diplomatic and military history that capture how quickly things change for the great powers. The United States is a great case in point. The U.S. Navy had never commissioned a battleship by 1895….
Biden’s Red Line on Taiwan
October 26, 2021
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News Analysis President Joe Biden has stated, in no uncertain terms, that the United States would defend Taiwan in the event of a military attack by China. His increasingly public commitment strengthens deterrence. On Oct. 21, Biden said the words we love to hear. An audience member from Connecticut asked, “What will you do to…
China, CNN, and COVID-19 Misinformation
Commentary Last month, CNN published a rather alarming story that ran with the following headline: “Pro-China misinformation operation attempting to exploit US Covid divisions.” In the words of the author, Zachary Cohen, a “pro-Chinese government online influence operation is targeting Americans in an effort to exploit divisions over the Covid-19 pandemic.” This, of course, is alarming. The…
Taiwan at the Center of US Politics Once Again
Commentary The seeds planted by Dean Acheson in 1950 are bearing rotten fruit. Will the United States defend Taiwan? “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes” (frequently attributed to Mark Twain). Is that proverb a harbinger for Democrats in the run-up to the 2022 election? And could the Republic of China (Taiwan) once again…
How to Read Communist China’s Upcoming ‘Historical Resolution’
The planned unveiling of a “historical resolution” at the Chinese Communist Party’s plenary session next month has elicited comparisons between Xi Jinping, the regime’s current leader, and his powerful predecessors. From Nov. 8 to Nov. 11, Xi and other top officials will review the draft of the resolution, which according to state media will “focus…
Fear and Loathing in Beijing
Commentary Why does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) go out of its way to persecute and destroy Christian believers and Falun Gong practitioners? What are the CCP’s brave, omniscient, and brilliant leaders afraid of? Who’s Afraid of the Meek and Mild? When it comes to religious persecution in China, what’s going on in the hearts…
How China Fuels America’s Drug Problem
October 25, 2021
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Commentary The vast majority of pharmaceuticals used in the United States come from China. That’s bad news for Americans, as both countries are now engaged in a new cold war. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 53 novel drugs in 2020, which averages out at about one new drug every seven days. The United…
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