Tag: The United States

Who Wants the CPTPP?

September 27, 2021
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Commentary To join or be excluded from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has suddenly become the major question for both Beijing and Taipei. Initially proposed by the U.S. Obama administration, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was meant to be a highly sophisticated, up-to-date free trade agreement that, in addition to the United…

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France Angry Over Exclusion From US-China Containment Policies

September 21, 2021
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Analysis France has recalled its ambassadors from the United States and Australia in protest over America’s new national security partnership with the United Kingdom and Australia, as well as a U.S. nuclear-propulsion submarine deal with Australia. France was angered because Australia had abandoned their $65 billion dollar defense deal, which provided the latter with diesel powered…

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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…

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Like China and India, the US Also Has a Caste System

September 14, 2021
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Commentary What have the caste systems of distant places like China and India got to do with the United States? Absolutely everything. In a previous article, I discussed the effects of hukou, China’s brutal caste system. The Chinese method of social stratification rewards only a select few; hundreds of millions of citizens, mainly those from…

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As Beijing Takes Aim at Algorithms, Algorithms Take Aim at Americans

September 13, 2021
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Commentary For months now, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been cracking down on big tech companies. Now, it has algorithms in its crosshairs. At the end of August, the Cyberspace Administration of China released a set of guidelines, replete with 30 different “suggestions.” Ostensibly, the new rules are intended to stop algorithms from manipulating…

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Who Benefits From the Dumbing Down of American Education? China

September 12, 2021
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Commentary Planning, according to the American author Alan Lakein, involves “bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.” If you want to buy a new house in five years, it helps to start saving today. To have a thriving economy going forward, it helps to have well-trained, highly-skilled…

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China’s Cultural Revolution 2.0: Should Americans Be Concerned?

September 8, 2021
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Commentary The Chinese regime is busy turning its “three big mountains”—healthcare, education and property—into manageable molehills. The question, though, is “why?” It’s all about control. In China, an uncompromising hierarchy exists. At the top, sit the elites in Beijing. For those who forget their place in society, they’re quickly reminded. If in doubt, just ask…

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The Fed Acts

September 8, 2021
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Commentary Federal Reserve (Fed) policy has at last begun to address building inflationary pressures. Though Fed Chairman Jerome Powell continues to dismiss the recent inflationary spike as “transitory” and nothing to warrant a policy adjustment, the Fed has in the last few weeks made anti-inflation efforts to absorb some of the liquidity the central bank…

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China’s Years of Humiliation and Salvation

September 7, 2021
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Commentary In any discussion of China and its global relationships, reference to “100 years” or “150 years of humiliation” of China by the West is bound to be made. Never mentioned are the 50 to 100 years of “salvation” from the West without which there would be no China today. China, like Egypt and Iran,…

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Is Taiwan on the Brink of Defeat?

September 6, 2021
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Commentary Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) dropped a bombshell last week when it presented an incredibly downbeat assessment of the growing Chinese threat toward the island state. In its annual report to the parliament, the defense ministry stated that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could “paralyze” Taiwan’s defenses. The report, according to Reuters, stated…

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