Commentary Japan seems to be planning an end-run around China’s trading power. As chair of the G-7 meetings scheduled for this May in Hiroshima, Japan, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is leveraging concerns about supply chain reliability to range this group of powerful economies—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—against China….
China: A Trap for Hostage Capitalists
March 29, 2023
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Commentary Xi Jinping wants the world to believe that after Beijing’s draconian COVID lockdowns, China is back open for business. Chinese officials said as much at the annual Davos event in Switzerland, and Xi is repeating the soundbite for its analog in Beijing, the China Development Forum. The forum is the first in three years…
The US Needs a China Strategy
Commentary As I detailed in a Feb. 8 American Spectator op-ed piece, the United States must take action toward an overarching China strategy. I offered five key reasons why Western countries should be “dedicated to bringing freedom from the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to people in China and abroad.” This strategy requires several major initiatives….
What Is This FTX/CCP Connection?
Commentary There has always been a great deal of fishiness surrounding the blowup of the crypto exchange FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The company seemed to appear out of nowhere. In the crypto industry, in which I’ve been hanging around for 10 years, he was a complete unknown. And yet his company quickly became…
TikTok Matches Definition of Foreign Agent
March 28, 2023
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Commentary Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA), TikTok matches the definition of a foreign agent and should be banned. U.S. lawmakers are considering banning TikTok to protect American data from being shared with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). China’s National Intelligence Law obliges all Chinese companies, no matter where they are located, to…
Newsham Explains When Communist China Attacks
March 27, 2023
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Commentary It is a rare occasion when a book clearly and forcefully explains when, how, and where the enemy will attack before it does so. Retired U.S. Marine Col. Grant Newsham has produced an exceptional book, “When China Attacks: A Warning to America” (Regnery Publishing), which explains how and when he anticipates China’s aggression against…
Dueling US-China Economies
March 27, 2023
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Commentary China’s arbitrary imprisonment of top business leaders is a self-defeating weakness that can be exploited by the United States and our allies globally. This strategic failure by Beijing, and all communist societies, is replicated by its allies, including Russia and Venezuela. It could be a fleeting and lucrative window of opportunity for democracies in…
The Dragon Consumes the Bear in Its Quest for World Domination
March 26, 2023
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Commentary The recent visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to his “friend forever” in Moscow, Vladimir Putin, marks a new phase in Xi’s efforts to create a new world order dominated by authoritarian regimes. The ostensible reason for the visit was to promote China’s peace plan for the war in Ukraine, but the outcome of…
CCP on a Diplomatic Offensive
Commentary The takeaway from a flurry of high-level meetings is that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping is happy to work with any country willing to let Beijing rewrite the international order. Since consolidating power last October, Xi has met with more than 25 heads of state. His recent negotiation of a peace deal…
The 2023 Annual Intel Assessment Sends the Wrong Signals About China
March 24, 2023
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Commentary The Office of the Director of National Intelligence maintains a public-facing website for the disclosure of various unclassified reports and publications (here). Some of the reports are updated and produced annually, for example, the “2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.” This report generalizes the mission of the Intel Community as “providing…
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