Commentary News of a sham election in Hong Kong indicates the deterioration of democracy in the world’s fragrant harbor, and China’s dumping of pro-tycoon candidates that it no longer needs. Beijing used to use the tycoons as a counterbalance against pro-democracy candidates, but now that it rejiggered “elections” in its favor, all but one of…
The CCP Used Hong Kong’s Property Tycoons, Then Dumped Them
September 21, 2021
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What Evergrande’s Troubles Reveal About China’s Real Estate Industry and Economy
Commentary The news of the financial crisis of real estate giant Evergrande Group is a shock to China’s consumers. Its shares took a serial decline in the Hong Kong stock market. Consequently, it drew the attention of Wall Street investors. How long can Evergrande last? Is it the beginning of China’s real estate industry slipping…
Taiwan, Not China, Should Join Pacific Trade Pact
Commentary On Sept. 16, China’s commerce minister, Wang Wentao, submitted the country’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The CPTPP is the successor to the TPP, from which President Trump withdrew in 2017 due to concerns about China taking advantage of its state-run economy to wipe out American jobs…
The Rise of AI: Why Are so Many American Companies Helping the Chinese Regime?
September 19, 2021
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Commentary When you think of artificial intelligence (AI), what images spring to mind? Murderous robots kicking down your door, enslaving you and your loved ones? If so, you’re not alone. According to the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), more than 80 percent of Europeans believe that AI is poorly regulated. Going forward, almost 60 percent of…
China’s Web of Geopolitical and Economic Goals, Objectives
Commentary Two well-publicized major strategic initiatives were announced with Xi Jinping’s ascension to power: the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also known as “One Belt, One Road”) and Made in China 2025. These initiatives subsequently spawned a mosaic of intertwined secondary efforts that together comprise a veritable, ever-expanding spiderweb aimed at entangling the rest of…
Taiwan Is a Sovereign Democracy, Worth Defending as We Would Our Own
Commentary Over the last few days, the European Union, Japan, the United States, Australia, and Britain made statements about increasing support to the Republic of China (Taiwan). While the declarations and resolutions have ostensibly not been coordinated, other than those by Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announcing a new AUKUS alliance, they…
What If China’s Economy Collapses?
September 18, 2021
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Commentary What will be the global strategic impact of the economic decline or collapse of China in the next few years? Major investors have begun to question the viability of investment in China, after decades of championing investment there. China’s economic decline has been underway for more than a decade. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader…
Meet Your American Social Credit System
Commentary From social media canceling to national vaccine mandates, an unforgiving and punitive social credit system is emerging in America. As I wrote about in my previous article, under the guise of “medical security” from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, the West is looking more like China every day. We are, by either political…
After 20 Years, China Still Skirting WTO Regulations
September 17, 2021
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Commentary To be a true market economy, Beijing must ends its “Made in China 2025” program and its predatory goal of trade and global dominance. In the spring of 2000, the United States normalized trade relations with China. In December 2001, China ascended to the World Trade Organization (WTO). President Bill Clinton expressed his hope…
Is This China’s ‘Lehman Brothers’ Moment?
Commentary On Thursday morning, in the city of Shenzhen, protesters gathered outside the headquarters of China Evergrande Group. They weren’t happy, and they wanted the executives to appreciate their palpable outrage. China’s second-largest real estate developer is facing an existential reckoning of epic proportions, a fact that is not lost on the country’s disillusioned investors and vendors. Drowning in $300…
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