Commentary The long-term goal of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is world economic dominance in all spheres: manufacturing, trade, control of natural resources, policy, legal, technology, and more. With economic dominance comes geopolitical and military dominance. That goal was set long before Xi Jinping came to power in 2012-2013. Xi’s grandiose plans, including the Belt…
The Misnomer of Communist China’s Authoritarian Capitalism
September 2, 2021
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Red Guard Logic in the Madness of Beijing’s Retreat
Commentary The “Red Guard logic” behind the deliberate destruction by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of much of mainland China’s market economy may be the only thing which allows the Party to remain in control of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). CCP leader Xi Jinping is going into a “controlled burn” of the private…
Stop Investing in China: America Is the Better Bet
September 2, 2021
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Commentary The fall of Kabul to the Taliban on Aug. 15 was a shock to the world, as were images of U.S. cargo planes lumbering off the runway in “defeat” at the hands of the Taliban. Yet, there was no real Taliban defeat of America, which at its core is the idea of freedom. An…
Can China Replace the US in Afghanistan?
September 2, 2021
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Commentary There is a school of thought that international relations is a zero-sum game: if you’re winning, then I’m losing. Nowhere is this more apropos than in the case of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. According to this zero-sum argument, the “loser”—the United States—is obvious. But who is the winner? The Taliban, of course, but…
As Beijing Cracks Down on Bitcoin, Devastated Nations Embrace It
Commentary In China, bitcoin is all but dead; in countries decimated by war and poverty, however, the king of crypto is well and truly alive. Bitcoin has “no actual value support,” according to Yin Youping, deputy director of the financial consumer rights protection bureau of the People’s Bank of China. Cryptocurrencies, he argues, are little…
Chinese Propaganda at Home and Abroad (Part 1 of 3): CCP Propaganda Abroad
Commentary To win over the hearts and minds abroad and at home, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses a variety of tools such as state media, complicit foreign media, self-criticism in the United States, and self-censorship in foreign countries. Through these powerful tools, fueled by social media, the CCP is able to take advantage of real…
A Timely Warning About Beijing’s Media Infiltration in the West
Commentary Sing Tao, Beijing’s most influential propaganda outlet in the overseas Chinese communities, has been required by the U.S. Department of Justice to register its U.S. subsidiary as a “foreign agent.” This is the first Hong Kong-based news outlet to be thus labeled. Sing Tao’s parent company is Sing Tao News Corporation Limited (STNC). According to…
China’s Quest in the Indian Ocean
Commentary To make new forays into the Indian Ocean, the Chinese regime has found an alternate route in its new rail line through Burma (also known as Myanmar)—the first to link western China with the Indian Ocean. With Burma acting as the land bridge, the rail line would allow China to build a strategic network—from…
No More Cooperation With the CCP’s Genocides
Commentary Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said on Aug. 28 that “[We] should hold the ground of ideology. [We] should actively and steadily address the ideological issues that involve ethnic factors, and continue to eradicate poisonous thoughts of ethnic separatism and religious extremism.” Xi’s statement is profoundly racist and bigoted…
The Internationalization of Chinese Yuan Is Slow Going
Commentary China is now the world’s largest manufacturing producer, the largest exporter, and the second largest economy. And yet, the dollar, not the Chinese yuan, is the global currency of choice. In fact, the dollar is the most commonly used currency for trading with China. The roles played by China and the United States in…
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