Commentary China needs energy, petrol, and gas, as well as forest and mineral products. Burma’s junta, which controls the forests and minerals, needs money and the Chinese regime is happy to buy. Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been the democratic hope for Burma (also known as Myanmar) for decades. After years of house…
What’s Behind Beijing’s Crackdown on China’s Tutoring Industry?
Commentary On July 24, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping banned for-profit tutoring on core school subjects. I believe that such a move is related to the CCP’s strategic plan for China’s future education. Since the Mao Zedong era, the CCP has been fully aware that education pertains to its future successors. There are different views on…
Business Freedom Diminishes as the CCP Expands Its Role in Companies
Commentary Under Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is increasing its control of the economy by establishing the Party units in state-owned enterprises, private companies, joint ventures, and foreign companies, both at home and abroad. Through the cybersecurity law, the Party is able to gain access to all data, even data held by foreign…
There’s More to Beijing’s Crackdown on Tutoring Industry
Commentary On July 24, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping banned for-profit tutoring on core school subjects. In my opinion, the curb on for-profit tutoring is related to the CCP’s strategic plan for China’s future education. The CCP has been fully aware that education pertains to its future successors since the Mao Zedong era. There…
Why Are So Many Westerners Championing Communist Philosophies?
Commentary What’s the difference between communism and socialism? Not much, actually. Under socialism, according to American commentator Kevin D. Williamson, “central planning ends with a gun in your face.” Under communism, “central planning begins with a gun in your face.” Either way, there’s a gun; and either way, misery is guaranteed. The goal of socialism is, in…
Kamala Harris Surrenders Two Levers Against China: Allies and Trade
Commentary In a speech on Aug. 24, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed several issues regarding Asia, most notably China. In the speech, Harris criticized China’s illegal South China Sea grab, but hastened to say that she was not asking countries to take a side. This was her first strategic mistake. Like President Biden, she called…
Beijing and the Taliban: Securing Chinese Investments
Commentary The success of China’s Pakistan investments depends on strengthening relations with the Taliban. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a series of initiatives, similar to the rest of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), including infrastructure, transportation, energy, raw materials, telecommunications, and banking. CPEC and the Maritime Belt and Road connect China with…
Taiwan Must Do Real Free Trade
Commentary Taiwan has become perhaps the hottest spot in the world in terms of a potential outbreak of war between it and China, which could potentially also draw the United States, Japan, Australia, India, and much of Southeast Asia into the conflict. Indeed, it could well become another World War of unimagined destruction. The background…
The Achilles’ Heel of the Chinese Communist Party
Commentary In the two senior level negotiations between China and the United States in March and July, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used unprecedented tough words to lambast Washington. This strong position was in line with CCP leader Xi Jinping’s claim that “China could surpass the United States because time and trend are both in…
Xi Jinping’s New Wealth Redistribution Plan Unsettles Investors
Commentary Chinese leader Xi Jinping explained his theory of Politics in Command Economy as creating “a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful.” In a 2016 speech, he told business leaders that in addition to making money, they had to love the motherland and love the Communist Party….
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