On Sept. 28, the Chinese regime issued a white paper on poverty elimination in China, claiming that Party leader Xi Jinping, “has personally planned, led, and endeavored to build a moderately prosperous society.” The document followed Xi’s public announcements in February and July proclaiming that China has achieved “a complete victory” to end rural poverty…
China’s White Paper on Poverty Alleviation Triggers Doubts About the Real Situation
Chinese Pro-Democracy Supporter Receives Threats After Fleeing to America
October 4, 2021
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A Chinese sailor received threats from a government official in his hometown on Sept. 27 after giving an interview with The Epoch Times Chinese Edition. The man, named Ding Yiduo, fled to the United States in 2020 after police harassed him for posting messages online supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Taliban Seeks Mining Cooperation With South Korea, China Upset
Afghanistan’s newly ensconced Taliban regime has been looking to China for major economic support, but the Taliban’s lithium-mining invitation to South Korea has displeased the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). To keep Beijing happy, the Taliban offered it copper mining rights. Enduring 20 years of war, Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world….
Chinese Communist Party Sycophant Seeks to Redefine American Exceptionalism (and Fails)
September 15, 2021
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Commentary An agitprop article in China’s state-run media continues the relentless ChiCom (Chinese Communist) theme that America is in decline. The Global Times published an article titled, “US is no longer exceptional, but it takes time to accept this fact,” and was written by the longtime China apologist Martin Jacques. He wrote, “9/11, and the…
Japan-Taiwan ‘Security’ Talks: Something New and Significant
Commentary Change comes slowly in Japan–especially when it involves national defense. But sometimes something happens that causes one to raise an eyebrow. On Aug. 27, two Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) politicians, both defense specialists, held virtual “security” discussions with two counterparts from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). This was a first—and an eyebrow…
After Failures in Afghanistan, We Must Rethink Our China Strategy
September 6, 2021
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Commentary Britain’s defense chief, General Sir Nick Carter, just revealed the Taliban’s end-game for victory. “It was the pace of it that surprised us and I don’t think we realized quite what the Taliban were up to. They weren’t really fighting for the cities they eventually captured, they were negotiating for them, and I think…
Red Guard Logic in the Madness of Beijing’s Retreat
Commentary The “Red Guard logic” behind the deliberate destruction by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of much of mainland China’s market economy may be the only thing which allows the Party to remain in control of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). CCP leader Xi Jinping is going into a “controlled burn” of the private…
Can China Replace the US in Afghanistan?
September 2, 2021
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Commentary There is a school of thought that international relations is a zero-sum game: if you’re winning, then I’m losing. Nowhere is this more apropos than in the case of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. According to this zero-sum argument, the “loser”—the United States—is obvious. But who is the winner? The Taliban, of course, but…
As Beijing Cracks Down on Bitcoin, Devastated Nations Embrace It
Commentary In China, bitcoin is all but dead; in countries decimated by war and poverty, however, the king of crypto is well and truly alive. Bitcoin has “no actual value support,” according to Yin Youping, deputy director of the financial consumer rights protection bureau of the People’s Bank of China. Cryptocurrencies, he argues, are little…
Chinese Propaganda at Home and Abroad (Part 1 of 3): CCP Propaganda Abroad
Commentary To win over the hearts and minds abroad and at home, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses a variety of tools such as state media, complicit foreign media, self-criticism in the United States, and self-censorship in foreign countries. Through these powerful tools, fueled by social media, the CCP is able to take advantage of real…
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