Category: Thinking About China

Crisis Fatigue and Other Impacts of Chinese Incursion

Commentary The Chinese regime continues to aggressively penetrate Taiwan’s air space. Since the Oct. 1 anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) takeover of China, Beijing has sent nearly 150 planes through Taiwan’s air identification zone, which has forced Taiwan to scramble its fighters and activate air defenses numerous times. These events are incredibly important for…


China’s Maritime Militia: The CCP’s Covert Military Arm

News Analysis Despite Beijing’s disclaimers, China’s maritime militia is very real. It is composed of vessels that look like civilian fishing boats, but are tasked with supporting the Chinese Navy in controlling the seas. The sailors are called “Little Blue Men,” a play on “little green men from Mars.” When pressed for an explanation, the…


Beijing’s New Propaganda War: French Military Report Tells All

News Analysis A new study of China’s global influence operations, produced by the French military, is taking France by storm. Le Monde, Le Parisiene, Le Figaro, L’Express, Libération, the country’s Senate, and others have all covered the 641-page report, most positively and many breathlessly. Breathless is the right reaction to newly-discovering the depths of China’s…


The Future of Warfare Is Quantum: Has China Already Won?

Commentary In the not so distant future, quantum computing will fundamentally alter the fabric of society. Arguably, the internet is the most revolutionary creation to date. However, some experts believe the quantum revolution will make the internet revolution look insignificant. China appears to be at the forefront of the quantum leap. The internet has revolutionized…


Redeploy Tactical Nuclear Weapons to South Korea

Commentary South Korea’s possible next leader wants the United States to redeploy to its territory tactical nuclear weapons that were withdrawn in 1991. But the Biden administration almost immediately turned down his idea, practicing pre-emptive disarmament in the face of North Korea’s ongoing nuclear missile buildup that has long been assisted by China. South Korean…


China’s New Airliner: A No-Show at the Airshow

News Analysis The Zhuhai Airshow is China’s biannual event intended to showcase its aerospace industry. One important aerospace product, however, was noteworthy for its absence: the C919. The event was held in late September, after being postponed by COVID-19 last year. No foreign visitors were permitted, but it was heavily covered in the international press….


China’s GDP Is Impressive but It’s Also a Lie

Commentary Although China appears to have had an impressive first half of 2021, appearances, as we all know, are incredibly deceptive. After all, if the country’s economy is as impressive as we have been led to believe, then why is it failing hundreds of millions of its citizens? If I were to ask you the…


Brutality Shows Through China’s Tattered Reputation

Commentary China has a public relations problem that gets worse every day. The world has awoken from its enchantment with communist state capitalism and has a clear picture of what life would be like if the Chinese regime replaced the United States. It’s a nightmare the world can certainly do without. It wasn’t so long…


No Major Change of US-China Trade Policy

Commentary U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai largely embraced the Trump administration’s muscular approach, while indicating possible consideration of shifts on some specific tariff issues, during her first formal statement of the Biden administration’s trade policy on China on Oct 4. While indicating that the Biden team might consider lifting some tariffs on imports of goods…


China Seeks UN Crackdown on Internet Freedom

News Analysis Democracies are failing to oppose Beijing’s unprecedented plan to restrict the world’s internet freedom. Beijing’s proposal to re-write internet rules and re-engineer its plumbing, supposedly to achieve security at 6G speeds, might lead to more censorship by dictatorships, the BBC told lawmakers in Britain. “China is currently promoting a new method of managing…