Commentary Beijing’s national security law has turned Hong Kong into a place of terror, which reminds me of a modern version of the Oscar award-winning film “The Killing Fields.” I was just a teenager when I first watched this British biographical drama in the mid-1980s. It was difficult to fathom what “the fall of a…
Will Hong Kong Turn Into a Modern Version of ‘The Killing Fields’?
Emerging Pandemic Risks Come From Engineered Viruses in Chinese Labs, Not the Jungle or Bat Caves
September 4, 2021
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Commentary It is essential that we refocus our capabilities on the demonstrably highest probability source of the next global pandemic: genetically-engineered viruses that are being increasingly created in labs in China. Aggregating Disparate Information Over the course of late-2019 to the present, humanity has experienced the most disruptive series of events since World War II. However,…
A Window Opens to Irrational Behavior
Commentary Washington, Beijing, and New Delhi may all undertake major, high-risk adventures within the next year. Other powers will use the global chaos to chance their own defensive or offensive opportunism. Periods of great dislocation always cause sudden, seemingly unpredictable decisions by national leaders, anxious to retrieve declining situations or to take advantage of opportunities….
Chinese Propaganda at Home and Abroad: Chinese Media Attacks the US
September 4, 2021
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Analysis At the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2021, the propaganda was stepped up, praising both the Party and Xi Jinping. In a China that has become prosperous and where competition in the new economy is fierce, it would be easy for everyday people to turn away from the Party which…
The US Should Support a Stronger EU to Defend Against China
Commentary The failure to build democracy in Afghanistan, and the resulting withdrawal of U.S. forces, is causing concern in Europe about how much the continent can rely on its long-time ally, the United States. When push comes to shove—such as Ukraine when Putin invaded, Taiwan, which the United States does not recognize as a state,…
Xi Jinping Undermines Much of the Basis of China’s Economic Miracle
Commentary Chinese leader Xi Jinping looks increasingly like the anti-Deng Xiaoping. Xi would no doubt object to such a characterization. He has, after all, lionized Deng any number of times as the author of China’s economic miracle. But whatever Xi says, his actions would take China in a very different direction from Deng’s economic policies….
China’s Big Gamble on Economic Coercion Is Failing
Commentary Beijing’s economic coercion is facing push back from other countries. Recently, Lithuania refused to cave under pressure amid growing threats from the Chinese regime, and the Lithuanians’ convictions seem to have strengthened, not weakened. What is remarkable is that this is happening despite the lack of solid support from the United States and European Union in…
How China Plans to Target America’s Youth
Commentary The Chinese regime is using video games, the virtual equivalent of opium, to spread powerful, carefully crafted propaganda. Beijing just issued a new set of rules for the country’s gamers: From Mondays to Thursdays, children under the age of 18 are forbidden from playing online video games. Instead, they will be allowed one hour…
Chinese Propaganda at Home and Abroad (Part 2 of 3): Complicity of US Actors
September 3, 2021
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Editor’s note: Part 1 examines how the Chinese regime uses American mainstream media to wage its propaganda battle abroad. Commentary According to the Hoover Institute, Beijing has been conducting an ongoing propaganda campaign in the United States for some time. This campaign has been targeted at undermining U.S. confidence and policies, while exploiting the freedom of…
Chinese Propaganda at Home and Abroad: Complicity of US Actors
September 3, 2021
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Editor’s note: Part 1 examines how the Chinese regime uses American mainstream media to wage its propaganda battle abroad. Analysis According to the Hoover Institute, Beijing has been conducting an ongoing propaganda campaign in the United States for some time. This campaign has been targeted at undermining U.S. confidence and policies, while exploiting the freedom of…
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