Category: Thinking About China

The True Face of the Chinese Communist Party

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is marking its 100th anniversary with extra-tight security. Not only are troops deployed into the capital to beef up security, but also bans were imposed against toy-grade flying objects such as drones and even kites. Its Propaganda Department rolled out programs to indoctrinate people with the so-called “revolutionary spirit…


China Versus America

Commentary The longer the West placates China and pretends that it is not being aggressively challenged by China and is currently losing that challenge, the more the future of the West will be in doubt. There can be little doubt the United States is now in a contest with China over which will be the…


Chinese Show Great Interest in the Gallows That Executed a Chinese Communist Founder

The story of the gallows that were used to execute Li Dazhao, one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), became the most searched topic on China’s internet on June 18, shortly after the authorities launched a documentary series, which included Li’s story. Chinese netizens seem to be interested in finding out why…


Cut Off the Blood Supply to China’s Communist Party: End Trade

Commentary “I want to be clear on this, our goal is not to hold China back,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a June 25 interview with Anne Claire Coudray of TF1. “It is not to establish a policy against China.” Really? The Chinese regime spread a disease that has at last count killed 604,000 Americans; last…


If Ukraine Wants Help Against Russia, Kiev Must Stand Against China

Commentary Ukraine is in dire straits, not least because Russia invaded the new democracy in 2014 and is still there, violating its borders on a daily basis, and shooting off missiles at Ukrainian soldiers in the country’s east. So, Ukraine looks for support anywhere it can find. The United States, Britain, and NATO generally have…


Playing the Race Card for China

Commentary The concept of racism is being Shanghaied as soft-on-China individuals, from Canada’s Prime Minister to a young influencer on TikTok, deploy the idea against critics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). These politicians, a professor, and an influencer, all acting in an ideological capacity, tend not to use actual examples of real individuals who…


China Is a Dangerous Friend: Argentina Should Let the Falklands Be British

Commentary China and Argentina are picking at an old wound. They called Britain colonialist for supporting the 99.7 percent of Falkland Island residents who voted to stay British in 2013. Turnout for the referendum was over 90 percent. Britain has an earlier claim to the islands than Argentina, but that doesn’t really matter. What matters…


Is China’s Bitcoin Mining Ban a Benefit in Disguise?

Commentary Beijing’s broadening ban on cryptocurrency mining has—for now—crippled the industry and sent bitcoin prices collapsing. But as bitcoin miners move to other regions and countries, China’s recent action could usher a period of greater stability for the cryptocurrency. More diverse distribution of mining power and higher usage of renewable energy could also be in…


Wolf Warriors Failed Trade War With Australia

Commentary Recently Chinese authorities have been scrambling to figure out a way to reinvigorate China’s failed trade war with Australia. Relations between China and Australia have been on a downward spiral over the last 12 to 18 months, triggered by the Australian government’s call for an international probe into the origins of COVID-19. On June…


France, US Agree on China Threat But Devil is In the Details

Commentary France and the United States are finally “‘on the same page’ in their determination to resist the possibility of a Chinese-led world order that would be ‘profoundly illiberal in nature,’” according to a New York Times interview with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken published on June 25. Blinken said that “‘our purpose is not…