Category: Thinking About China

More Than a Threat: China Collects Americans’ DNA

Commentary In the past few years, the United States has come to the realization and consensus that China, with its ambition to achieve global domination and its complete disregard for ethics and humanity, has become the number one threat to the United States and the rest of the free world. Espionage by China has long…


The Chinese Regime’s Failed Epidemic Prevention in Yunnan Province

Commentary China’s state-run media Xinhua reported on April 7 that Ruili city in Yunnan Province completed its second round of nucleic acid testing. Of course, this article was meant to boast about the Chinese regime’s so-called effective containment of the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Ruili, but the data indicates a different story. According to the report,…


Why Is the Chinese Communist Party Obsessed With Reunifying Taiwan?

Commentary Entering 2021, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to flex its military strength in the Taiwan Strait, drawing attention from the international community. Will the CCP reunify Taiwan by force? Why is it obsessed with reunifying Taiwan? There are four main reasons behind the CCP’s behavior in the Taiwan Strait. First, Taiwan is a…


Miracle or Disgrace: A Perspective on the CCP’s Report on Poverty Alleviation

Commentary Beijing’s mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, has described the ruling Communist Party’s poverty alleviation efforts in an article on April 7 as “fulfilling a solemn commitment and creating a miracle on earth.” The message from state media came a day after the State Council Information Office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) released a white paper titled,…


Why the CCP Is Implementing ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy

Commentary Recently, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “wolf warrior diplomacy,” an aggressive and confrontational approach CCP diplomats are using to defend the CCP’s interests, has come under the international spotlight. Starting from the Alaska talks on March 18, the CCP’s so-called “wolf warriors” ignited a new round of diplomatic attacks. On March 18, Yang Jiechi,…


The Chinese Regime is Ready to Attack Taiwan

Commentary The Chinese regime’s recent activities in the vicinity of the Taiwan Strait have greatly increased and its internal activities signal that they are prepared for an attack on Taiwan. On March 23, U.S. Adm. John Aquilino said during a hearing over his nomination to become commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) that the CCP could attack Taiwan…


‘It All Began in China’—Book Excerpt From ‘COVID-19: The Politics of a Pandemic Moral Panic’

Book Excerpt Timelines associated with the spread of COVID-19 have changed over the past several months and, with new information, may change again in the future. There seems to be widespread agreement in publicly available sources that individuals with odd flu-like illnesses were observed in China as early as August 2019. Nothing was confirmed until…


Why Is the Chinese Regime Having Trouble Recruiting More Soldiers?

Commentary The Chinese regime’s military expansion in the Indo-Pacific region is becoming a hot topic, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told troops to prepare for war. However, there is a growing number of draft dodgers and deserters in China. What are the reasons behind this phenomenon? What does it reflect? I used to work at the…


Global Military Cooperation Growing Against CCP’s Aggression

The current international situation is somewhat similar to how it was before the Second World War in that there’s tension and conflict over the ownership of islands in the Indo-Pacific around China. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched into 2021 with a new round of wolf warrior diplomacy. At the same time, the PLA military…


Lithuania to Leave CCP’s ‘17+1’ and Open Trade Office With Taiwan

As a member state of NATO, Lithuania has taken a firm stance against the challenges presented by the Chinese regime when it announced in February it will leave the Chinese-organized “17+1” summit and announcing it will open a trade office in Taiwan. “Why is a small middle-income EU country so keen to challenge giants like Russia…