Global headlines this weekend warned of a possible, Russia-provoked explosion at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Citing Ukrainian intelligence, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of a “serious threat” at the Russian-occupied nuclear plant. Ukraine has been holding drills to prepare for a potential radioactive disaster should Russia blow up the plant. The tense situation follows…
ANALYSIS: Nuclear Plant Explosion Fears Follow Tense Month in Russia–China–US Relations
IN-DEPTH: Squeezed By East–West Tension, Sequoia Capital Splits
“America’s pre-eminent investment firm is employing a member of the Chinese government.” That comment, made by tech executive Brian Costello on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast on June 27, reflects the ongoing attention surrounding the recent Sequoia Capital split, following scrutiny of the firm’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The venture-capital giant announced…
Ottawa Protest Organizer Previously Met With United Front Official in China
One of the directors of an organization that recently held a protest in Ottawa previously met with an official of China’s lead agency in charge of foreign influence, the United Front Work Department (UFWD). Key organizers of the protest have rallied some people in local Chinese Canadian communities to oppose the proposed creation of a…
Wall Street Investment Banks Face Bleak Prospects in China
Recent data from Dealogic shows that wall street investment banks face bleak prospects in the Chinese market. Lucia Dunn, an economics professor at Ohio State University, says that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will never deal with them in a Western-standard fairway. After lobbying the Trump administration to sign a trade war ceasefire agreement with…
ANALYSIS: Chinese Premier’s Europe Trip Exposes His Weak Position in CCP
China’s new premier Li Qiang completed his first overseas trip to Europe last week, but notably did not fly on a “special flight” as his predecessors did and declined to attend media questioning sessions. Li’s ranking in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is second only to that of Party leader Xi Jinping, but political observers…
Xi Jinping Promotes Two More Generals After Wagner Mutiny
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top leader Xi Jinping promoted two generals in Beijing on June 28, four days after the Wagner mutiny. The two new generals are Zheng Xuan, political commissar of the Northern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and Ling Huanxin, political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences, according…
ANALYSIS: US Takes First Step to Counter China’s Drug Warfare Against America
The massive export of fentanyl from China has already caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in economic losses in the United States. Experts say that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) deliberately allows the drugs to flow into the United States. The recent prosecution of related Chinese companies can be seen as…
IN-DEPTH: US Takes First Step to Counter China’s New Opium War
The massive export of fentanyl from China has already caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and trillions of dollars in economic losses in the United States. Experts say that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) deliberately allows the drugs to flow into the United States, waging a “New Opium War” against America. The recent prosecution of…
China Warns Foreign Consulates Against Visiting Detainees of Dual-Nationality in Hong Kong
Japanese media “Nikkei Asia” reported recently that the Office of the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong sent letters to local foreign consulates, citing that the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) law does not recognize dual nationality, warning them they have no right to conduct consular access to Hong Kong detainees with dual nationality. “Nikkei…
ANALYSIS: China’s Economy Stuck in Deeper Crisis Due to More State Interventions
News Analysis The devaluation of China’s currency, the yuan, has plummeted to its lowest point this year due to failed government interventions amid the economic depression. More money issued by the Communist Party’s financial institutions will be used as a government hedge against the collapse of the banking and financial system, shifting the country’s debt…
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