Category: Thinking About China

China, the True Enemy Within

Commentary Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently warned that if the Biden administration gets America’s China policy wrong, we will find ourselves living in a very “different world.” It’s a chilling yet accurate formulation that Americans can’t afford to ignore. China is out to change the world in ways hostile to American interests and…


Why Does Xi Jinping Believe Time Is on His Side?

Commentary During a top-level meeting in Beijing in mid-January, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told officials that “time and momentum” are on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s side. But Xi seems overly optimistic. Since he came to power, the CCP’s “time and momentum” has been declining and China has even fallen back to the time of…


Xi Jinping’s Ambition to Communize Hong Kong

Commentary After the Chinese regime implemented the national security law in Hong Kong, the situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated drastically. With mass arrests of pro-democracy activists and the frequent deployment of his trusted officials to Hong Kong, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has shown his determination to transform Hong Kong into a place akin to…


China’s Pandemic Prevention Efforts Bring Trouble, Not Relief

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s pandemic prevention efforts haven’t saved many people. Instead, they have caused tremendous disasters to people’s livelihood and a crisis for humanity. A year ago, Chinese writer Fang Fang factually recorded the lockdown of Wuhan in her writings, along with the tyranny, barbarism, and cruelty of what was happening. Over…


What Does Lai Xiaomin’s Speedy Execution Mean for China?

Commentary On Jan. 29, Lai Xiaomin, former chairman of China’s largest asset management firm, was executed in Tianjin city. Lai, who was head of China Huarong Asset Management Co., was charged with accepting bribes totaling 1.788 billion yuan ($280 million). On Jan. 5, the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate Court sentenced Lai to death for taking…


Is China Preparing to Blitz the Moon? 

Commentary When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) commences its manned Moon program it may do so in a big way, as its goal is to control the Earth-Moon system to enforce its hegemony on Earth and then to regulate access to the future “Space Economy.” This means the United States must exploit what may be…


Biden’s ‘Smarter Approach’ to China Crashes Into the Reality of Chinese Aggression

Commentary In a Nov. 16, 2020 New York Times article, Ana Swanson used numerous interviews with unnamed sources advising Joe Biden to sum up his “smarter approach” to China: “He [Biden] and his advisers view many of Mr. Trump’s measures, which were aimed at severing ties between the Chinese and American economies, as clumsy, costly…


China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Urges Biden to ‘Clear Mines’

Commentary China’s state-run media Xinhua published an article on Jan. 21, titled “Farewell, Trump,” which was ranked first as top news. This one-paragraph article with less than 200 Chinese characters stated: “Trump steps down … in the past four years, the world has not seen America become ‘great again’… the ‘beacon’ is collapsing, and ‘a…


Taiwan Will Not Forget Former US President Trump’s Parting Gift

Commentary Even in the last days before former U.S. President Donald Trump left the White House, with many things on his mind, he still thought of protecting the people of Taiwan by declassifying the U.S. Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific (henceforth, the Framework). The security document highlights Taiwan’s role in combating the Chinese regime’s military…


New United Front Regulations Reveal the Chinese Regime’s Manipulation at Home and Abroad

Commentary Being isolated in the international community and faced with a crisis of legitimacy, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) openly announced last month its intention to keep up its strict control of mainland China, encroachment on Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, and infiltration of other countries, through its United Front Work Department (UFWD). On Jan….