Category: Thinking About China

Beijing’s Desperate Bid to Support the Taliban

Commentary The collapse of the government of Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was a disaster for the Biden administration, but it set the stage for the new Central Asian regional competition between China, Russia, and India. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) supported the Taliban in displacing both the Afghan government and the United States from the…


A Time Out to Reassess Chinese Stocks

Commentary Beijing policymakers have sought to calm the financial markets after a period of heavy-handed and unexpected crackdowns on several sectors. Now is a good opportunity for foreign investors to reassess their investments in Chinese companies. After a period of market volatility, Beijing authorities have unveiled a broad five-year plan to regulate large swaths of…


COVID-19: China Owes the World $35 Trillion in Compensation

Commentary The “lab leak” hypothesis has never looked more credible. If the virus did escape from a lab in Wuhan, then the Chinese regime owes the world at least $35 trillion in compensation. That’s according to Christian Whiton, a man who previously served both George W. Bush and Donald Trump. With the greatest of respect…


Red China’s Three-Pronged NBC Weapons Attack

Commentary Before there were “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD), there were nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) weapons. NBC warfare has been a Cold War euphemism for decades, but disarmament advocates prefer WMD because the phrase is more frightening and easier understood by the average person. The militaries in NATO and the United States have written voluminous doctrines, tactics,…


Red China’s Three-Pronged Nuclear-Biological-Chemical Weapons Attack

Commentary Before there were “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD), there were nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) weapons. NBC warfare has been a Cold War euphemism for decades, but disarmament advocates prefer WMD because the phrase is more frightening and easier understood by the average person. The militaries in NATO and the United States have written voluminous doctrines, tactics,…


Hungary: A Country Where Chinese Communist Values Reign Supreme

Commentary When you think of Hungary, the landlocked country in Central Europe, what do you imagine? For many in the United States, Hungary, home to some 9.7 million people, has become a Rorschach test of sorts. Left-leaning commentators view it as a place where democracy died a long time ago. On the other hand, more right-leaning…


11-Year Sentence for Canadian Michael Spavor Highlights China’s Communist Dictatorship

Commentary China has sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison on espionage charges, more than two years after the Canadian was first detained, along with fellow Canadian Michael Kovrig. The arrest of “the two Michaels,” as the Canadians have become known, followed the arrest in Vancouver of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on…


China’s Wuhan Virus Research Awaits Exposure by Key Witnesses

Commentary White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, who directed U.S. funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), often testifies to government committees. Congress has yet to hear from others who are familiar with the WIV, such as Peter Daszak of the EcoHealth Alliance. The House Foreign Affairs committee has found “strong evidence that suggests…


Samsung: A Temporary Reprieve, but Still in Moon’s Crosshairs

Commentary South Korean President Moon Jae-in will let Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong out of prison on Aug. 13. Lee’s case is the highest profile element of what seems to be a grab for the commanding heights of the South Korean economy by the country’s leftist government. The power struggle has implications far beyond the…


China’s War on Christians

Commentary In China, there is a war taking place. Christianity is under attack. As Foreign Policy’s Azeem Ibrahim warns, the Chinese regime has the world’s most popular religion in its crosshairs. Three years ago, the Vatican signed a deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Described at the time as “the fruit of a gradual…