Category: Thinking About China

Innocent Travellers Could be Pawns in Hostage Diplomacy

September 29, 2021
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Commentary It was no coincidence that as Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei, was released from home detention in her mansion in Canada, two Canadians—former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor—were also released from prison in China. Meng, Huawei’s chief financial officer, was being held on a U.S. extradition request relating to the…

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Ban Scientific and Medical Cooperation With China’s Unethical Gene Harvesting

September 28, 2021
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News Analysis Scientists are increasingly wary of China’s genetic malpractice. Geneticist David Curtis argues that China’s mass collection of DNA could be used as an organ bank database. The organizers of the World Summit on Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting proposes a boycott of China’s medical and scientific establishment. One of the most powerful presentations in…

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China’s Crackdown on Childhood Obesity: Should the US Do the Same?

September 28, 2021
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Commentary Not content with cracking down on healthcare, education, and property, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) also intends to crack down on childhood obesity. Such a move, on closer inspection, is not surprising. After all, 20 percent of children in China are either overweight or obese. Although others are eager to tell us otherwise, nothing…

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China’s Debt Crisis Goes Far Beyond Evergrande

September 28, 2021
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Analysis China’s foreign debt, including U.S. dollar debt, stood at $2.4 trillion at the end of 2020, a 4 percent increase from the previous quarter. The country’s corporate debt, combined with household debt, now exceeds 300 percent of GDP. The U.S.-China trade war, along with the pandemic lockdowns, have slowed the economy. The CCP hopes…

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Hunter Biden China Emails Are Real, as Is Bias of Mainstream Media

September 27, 2021
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Commentary Shortly before the U.S. presidential election that Joe Biden won, the New York Post published a bombshell story based on emails from Biden’s son, Hunter, that indicated corruption by his father. The October 2020 story, neatly encapsulated by the quote, “ten percent for the big guy,” which the Bidens never denied, was castigated and…

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Making (Some) Sense Out of Beijing’s Financial Positions

September 27, 2021
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Analysis So much of policy coming out of Beijing these days seems contradictory, especially where financial matters are concerned. On the one side, China’s leadership has all but shut down avenues for the country’s businesses to procure foreign capital, in particular any ability of Chinese firms to float public offerings in the United States. But…

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Who Wants the CPTPP?

September 27, 2021
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Commentary To join or be excluded from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has suddenly become the major question for both Beijing and Taipei. Initially proposed by the U.S. Obama administration, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was meant to be a highly sophisticated, up-to-date free trade agreement that, in addition to the United…

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Ulterior Motive of China’s Rapid Nuclear Expansion

September 27, 2021
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Commentary The nuclear expansion of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has attracted unprecedented attention from the United States and the international community since 2021. There are three important points regarding this issue. One: CCP Intends to Reshape Structure of Global Nuclear Forces On April 23, 2021, three large battleships of different types were enlisted in…

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Prisoner Swap Between Huawei CFO and Canada’s ‘Two Michaels’ Gives Hardliners in Beijing Ammunition

September 27, 2021
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Commentary Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and business consultant Michael Spavor are both home in Canada now. On Sept. 24, they were released by Beijing immediately after Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was released from Canadian custody, following U.S. prosecutors’ decision to end the extradition request for her and to put the prosecution on hold…

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China Faces Food Security Issues

September 27, 2021
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Analysis Xi Jinping’s new agricultural reforms sound very much like Mao-era policies. Like a board game, it involves moving people and resources around, planning the increase in food production and how much will be stored for the future, who will receive which resources, and who will be favored by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mao’s…

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