Category: Thinking About China

George Soros and China: What a Difference a Decade Makes

Commentary Billionaire investor George Soros is no stranger to controversy. He has a history of openly criticizing a number of influential Republicans, including former presidents like George W. Bush and Donald Trump. At the same time, Soros has heaped praise on the Chinese regime. In 2010, for example, he effusively praised the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),…


Spreading China’s Wealth

Commentary People in China, especially rich ones, are about to learn a new history and an element of communism the older generations had forgotten and the younger ones never knew. Over the past 40 years or so, it has been widely reported that former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping sparked the rapid growth of China’s economy…


China’s Captive in Vancouver

Commentary Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei’s founder and its chief financial officer, has been fighting extradition to the United States ever since December 2018, when Canadian authorities arrested her at the Vancouver airport at the behest of the U.S. government. Her Canadian lawyers argued, among numerous other points over three years now, that the extradition request…


Challenges to the China Supply Chain

Commentary A survey by Jabil, a Florida-based manufacturing service company, found that 78 percent of supply chains were disrupted by the pandemic. Eighteen months in, supply chains remain disrupted due to continued lockdowns, container shortages, winter weather, hurricanes, wildfires, floods, factory fires, the blocking of the Suez Canal, and a host of other reasons. These…


China Lockdowns Increased Plant Growth?

Commentary If you’ve noticed that your grass grew a little fuller and faster this year, it could be due to the pandemic lockdowns. People drove a lot less. They went to work less. This shut down polluting factories around the world, and decreased smog. More sunlight got through to the plants, and that made the…


Chinese Broadcaster CGTN Suffers Further Setbacks and Embarrassment

Commentary It’s been a bad week for China Global Television Network (CGTN), the Chinese regime’s English media channel. On Aug, 26, CGTN was issued two fines of about $140,000 each, for airing the forced televised confessions of Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai and former Hong Kong resident Simon Cheng. Gui Minhai is well-known these days as one of…


China Cancels Christmas for Americans

Commentary Quick, someone call Santa. Christmas in America has been called off this year. Supply-chain disruptions in Asia mean no toys for the tots in December. At least that’s what Vice President Kamala Harris suggested on her trip to Southeast Asia, and she is right. Shelves across America were bare earlier this year, and they…


A Scientific Assessment of the Medical Establishment’s Handling of COVID-19

Commentary The Chinese Communists (ChiComs) have touted their handling of the virus from the very beginning, including masking, social distancing, contact tracing, traditional Chinese medicine, and draconian lockdowns. In parallel, Xi Jinping called for “international cooperation” and the export of those “Chinese methods” in combating the virus worldwide, as noted in this agitprop from China…


What China Learned From 9/11 Could Be Easily Applied in a Military Conflict

Commentary With the 20th anniversary only days away, many Americans are assessing the lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack. As they count the cost in lives and treasure, Americans might also ponder what a major adversary such as the Chinese regime learned from the attack, and how that might play out in any…


Is China’s Social Credit System Coming to the US?

Commentary The Chinese social credit system is a form of data-driven tyranny. It’s social engineering in its most technologically advanced form. A Great Leap Forward for despotic rulers, but a Great Leap Back for broader society. Resistance, as the Chinese citizens know only too well, is futile; participation is mandatory. Could a similar system be rolled out…