Category: Thinking About China

The Slow Death of Hong Kong

Commentary On April 1, better known as April Fools’ Day, a Hong Kong court issued an unjust but unsurprising verdict. Seven Hong Kong democratic leaders were convicted of organizing unauthorized assemblies. These refer to the mass pro-democracy marches that took place during the summer of 2019. The official sentences of the seven charged activists will…


Opinion: The Slow Death of Hong Kong

Commentary On April 1, better known as April Fools’ Day, a Hong Kong court issued an unjust but unsurprising verdict. Seven Hong Kong democratic leaders were convicted of organizing unauthorized assemblies. These refer to the mass pro-democracy marches that took place during the summer of 2019. The official sentences of the seven charged activists will…


Are French Scholars Really ‘Mad Hyenas?’

Commentary The Chinese ambassador in France has called French scholar Antoine Bondaz a “small-time thug” and “mad hyena” on Twitter in response to criticism about its human rights record. The public remarks have caused public uproar, and motivated politicians and academics to issue one condemnation of China after another. I don’t think it’s necessary to…


Beware of the China Appeasement Crisis Looming in the US

Commentary Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) initiated the new Sino-U.S. cold war in the first half of 2020, the U.S. military has recognized the seriousness of the problem. It sped up its armament and issued a series of public reports on the CCP’s military threats. However, when the U.S. military tried to make up…


China Wants It All

Commentary The future of China is much greater than the digital dictatorship-driven, dystopian, prison camp of a nation that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has laid so heavily upon their people over the past couple of decades. The CCP has so much more in mind. After all, why enslave just one-fifth of the world when…


As the Beacon of Democracy Flickers, Darkness Arrives

Survivors of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gathered in Canberra in February for the inaugural Victims of the Communist Regime of China conference. Below is an abridged version of a speech delivered by Chinese democracy activist Dr. Chin Jin. I must admit that I am not a victim of this regime, I am only a maverick who is an…


US Secretary of State Blinken’s NATO Speech Reveals Weakness in Biden Administration’s China Policy

Commentary On March 24, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a speech–”Reaffirming and Reimagining America’s Alliance”—at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Blinken’s speech reveals that the Biden administration’s China policy is ambiguous and it doesn’t take a firm stance toward the Chinese regime. Two significant events took place prior to Blinken’s speech. First, on March…


Blinken’s NATO Speech Takes Strong Stance Against the CCP

Commentary In his NATO speech, Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the word “threat” 30 times and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 16 times. He stressed Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, indicating European countries should join forces with the United States to deal with the CCP. A lot of things happened this past week….


CCP Inciting Nationalism Can’t Get It Out of Diplomatic Dilemma

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is suddenly caught in a diplomatic dilemma with the United States and the European Union and knows that it cannot resolve it. What is worse, it is not able to explain it domestically. Once again, it has to take the path of inciting nationalism in an attempt to cover…


Lack of Military Parade for 100th Anniversary of CCP Could Mean Xi Is Facing Internal Criticism

Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently announced that there will be no military parade for the CCP’s centennial celebration on July 1 this year, despite regime leader Xi Jinping having held five military parades since he took office. On March 23, Wang Xiaofei, deputy minister of the Publicity Department of the CCP, announced the…