Commentary The Keystone Cops were a highly incompetent police force that was depicted via slapstick comedy in silent films in the early 1920s. Their antics stuck in the public consciousness to the point where the label has become an idiom, which is often “applied to an individual or a group that appears extremely incompetent while…
China Attempts to Undermine the West’s Sanction Resolve
March 11, 2022
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News Analysis Beijing on March 10 announced that it will retaliate if the United States attempts to sanction Chinese firms over the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine. “In the process of settling relations with the Russian Federation, the US is not entitled to impose so-called sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals,” Chinese Foreign Ministry…
China’s Employment and Tourism Data Reveal a Sinking Economy
Commentary A recent Chinese state media report once again recognized the Chinese market is facing pressure due to weak consumer spending and high unemployment. The last time the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mentioned the weakened market was in December 2021, when Party leader Xi Jinping presided over an annual central economic work conference in Beijing. But…
Uncertainty a Boost to Chinese Stocks?
March 11, 2022
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Commentary So far in 2022, the Chinese stock market has outperformed expectations. After spending most of 2021 on the “uninvestable” list, Chinese stocks have been boosted by two external developments. Last year was punishing for most investors with mainland Chinese exposure. Besides China’s uneven economic recovery due to its restrictive COVID policies, regulators spent the…
China Hacks America Again
March 11, 2022
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News Analysis China is hacking into state governments in the United States, stealing sensitive data, and propagandizing the world with disinformation that favors Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The regime most recently hit at the heart of America, in part, by using an obscure livestock app called USAHERDS. Cowboys everywhere should strap-on their chaps, saddle up,…
Have Investors Surpassed ‘Peak China’?
Commentary This is the first article of a two-part series on the growing risks of China investment. U.S. companies renewed their investments in China in the latter half of the 20th century once President Richard Nixon opened diplomatic relations with the country in 1972. For 40 years, after Congress excepted China from the rules otherwise…
A Major US Company Hacked by China Agrees to Help China
Commentary A little over a year ago, a global wave of cyberattacks and data breaches rocked the world. After successfully breaching Microsoft Exchange Servers, attackers gained full access to hundreds of thousands of emails, passwords, and sensitive files. A quarter of a million servers fell victim to the attacks, including at least 30,000 organizations in…
China Bet on Russia: Why Does the CCP Think It Will Always Win?
Commentary Most people know that Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have a special relationship. China and Russia sealed that relationship by issuing a 5,000-word Joint Statement on Feb. 4 (a few weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine). They also signed a $117.5 billion petrochemical deal, and had a photo op…
Failures of Russia’s Airborne Forces in Ukraine Are a Jolt for China
Commentary It would appear that Russia’s decades-long investment in strategic mechanized airborne forces has died in the battles over the Hostomel/Antonov airport near Kyiv, which has major implications for the Airborne Corps of China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). In the early hours of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 4, 300 elite assault…
Russian Invasion of Ukraine Erodes Taiwan’s Chip Shield
News Analysis One theory on why the Chinese regime has not invaded Taiwan is that an invasion would interrupt the flow of microchips that are necessary for nearly all forms of technology, including weapons. Now, the war in Ukraine may disrupt the supply of necessary inputs of microchips, eroding Taiwan’s “chip shield.” Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…
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