Category: Thinking About China

Green Energy Is Politics, Not Science

Commentary Green energy is prevalent in the United States and Europe, accompanied by ultra-leftist and socialist lines. They are taking advantage of some so-called harm caused by extreme climate and Earth changes. The environmental policies are not based on science, but politics of redistributing social power and wealth. In some parts of the United States,…


The Past and Present of the Chinese Communist Party’s Bellicosity

Commentary In the past two months, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military threats to neighboring countries and maritime confrontation with the U.S. military entered a new stage, a more dangerous stage, as the Sino-U.S. Cold War and naval exercises aimed at intimidating each other continued to escalate. Is the CCP’s belligerence a temporary misjudgment, or…


China’s Threat to Bomb Australia Shows Need for Aussie Nuclear Deterrent

Commentary China’s state media recently threatened a military attack against Australia with both long-range H-6K bombers and missiles. The threat came the same day that Australia’s prime minister expressed support for Taiwan and said that, “We always have stood for freedom in our part of the world.” China’s latest threat, made on May 7 by…


The Pandemic Has Not Stopped China’s Military Buildup

Commentary The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly all aspect of daily life across the globe, but when it comes to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the virus has hardly blunted the pace of modernization. Overall, the PLA is still on track toward meeting its goals of achieving “complete military modernization” by 2035, and becoming a…


China’s Naval Power Threatens America’s National Security, Does Anyone Really Care?

Commentary In the first four months of 2021, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) demonstrated its continuing efforts and growing ability to dominate the high seas of the Western Pacific and, in the process, to negate the power and influence of the U.S. Navy. This change in the balance of naval power has not only…


Global Chip Shortage Underscores Need to Diversify US Chip Supply Chain

Commentary The ongoing global chip shortage has highlighted the United States’ dependence on a fragile global supply chain of semiconductor manufacturing concentrated in Asia. Amid this environment, China’s increasingly combative stance against Taiwan—along with its massive domestic investment into chipmaking—is a key risk to the security of America’s chip supply. The worsening global computer chip…


Global Chip Shortage Underscores Need to Diversify US Supply Chain

Commentary The continuing global semiconductor shortage has highlighted the United States’ dependence on a fragile global supply chain of chip manufacturing that’s concentrated in Asia. Amid this environment, China’s increasingly combative stance against Taiwan—along with its massive domestic investment into chipmaking—is a key risk to the security of America’s chip supply. The worsening global computer…


The Story of China’s First Aircraft Carrier

Commentary China’s first ever aircraft carrier was originally purchased from the Ukraine to be a floating casino in Macau. After a series of secretive deals led by an ex-basketball player, a towing expedition through Turkey, and years of development, China finally finished its first aircraft carrier. The carrier is named after the coastal province of…


COVID-19 Death Toll Now at 6.9 Million: China Should Pay at Least $19 Trillion in Damages for ‘Mass Murder’

Commentary A new study found that the COVID-19 global death toll is double that of prior estimates by the World Health Organization. The WHO estimated 3.2 million deaths, but Director Chris Murray at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington told the Financial Times that “the actual toll is…


The Future of Strategic Ambiguity

Commentary The eyes of the world, it would seem, are on Taiwan, which has received a level of international attention far beyond the island’s modest position on the map. Hardly a day goes by without some report of Chinese air force planes violating the informal median line between the two states or ships encroaching on…