News Analysis Beijing is pushing hard for the quick execution of its RCEP free trade deal that will bind U.S. allies that signed up—including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and the Philippines—ever closer to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) is pushing for the quick implementation of Beijing’s “binding” free…
China’s RCEP Trade Deal Is a Trojan Horse for the Political Integration of Asia
How Face Masks Harm a Child’s Development
Commentary Should young children be made to wear masks? According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the answer is a resounding yes. The public health agency now urges all children over the age of 2 to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status. Of course, we can debate the idea of vaccinating kids in the…
Chinese Leader Xi Tightens His Grip as He Seeks to Secure a Third Term
News Analysis Mao Zedong led China to “stand up” against foreign threats, Deng Xiaoping made China rich, and Xi Jinping will lead China to become the preeminent world power, or so says the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). And to make China strong, obviously, Xi needs a third term, to help the nation capitalize on opportunities that…
Is the West Decoupling From China?
News Analysis Even before former U.S. President Donald Trump began his 2019 “trade war” with China, policymakers had begun asking questions about decoupling the two economies. Those discussions were a reaction to the co-dependent relationship that had grown up over time. Chinese development depended heavily on an ever-increasing flow of exports to the West, while…
Chinese Real Estate Developer Kaisa’s Debt Defaults Reflect CCP Infighting: Expert
News Analysis Investors of Kaisa Group, one of China’s most active real estate developers, on Nov. 3 unexpectedly received a notice of overdue debt defaults from the company. A similarly unexpected default happened just one month earlier with another real estate developer, Fantasia Holdings. Ji Da, China affairs expert who lives in the United States,…
No More China Tech: 57 Million Credit Card Machines Likely Compromised
News Analysis Americans and allies are too dependent on China tech, as demonstrated by recent revelations that our Chinese-manufactured credit card machines are sending data back to China for no good reason. The U.S. Treasury Department says that millions of Chinese point-of-sale (POS) devices, the credit card machines found at check-out counters, could be sending…
CCP Appeasement Is a Fool’s Errand
Commentary America’s China policy objectives have been flawed for decades, resulting in the ascendancy of a hyper-aggressive Chinese regime. Have the objectives of U.S. policymakers over the years with respect to China been achieved? Is the Chinese regime more democratic and less belligerent, as so-called “China hands” have argued would be “inevitable” as they pushed…
China Faces Stagflation, Caused by CCP Policies
News Analysis The Chinese economy appears to be heading for one of the worst possible conditions: stagflation. And the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) poor policymaking is to blame. Manufacturing output is down, and China is plagued by fewer new orders for the next quarter, as well as power outages, food shortages, ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns, tighter…
COVID-19 Origin: Was It an Accidental Lab Leak of a Genetically Engineered Virus?
Commentary The recently declassified U.S. intelligence community report on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 muddies the water. There had been months of open-source reporting from scientists around the world speculating that the likely origins of the virus was the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), not the so-called zoonotic disease theory (for example, a naturally-occurring virus…
Durham Indictment of Danchenko Reveals Role of Clinton Advisor in Dossier Creation
News analysis Igor Danchenko, the primary source for Christopher Steele’s dossier, has been indicted on a five-count charge of making false statements to the FBI in the Eastern District of Virginia. The indictment and arrest of Danchenko was confirmed in a statement issued by the Office of Special Counsel John Durham, who noted that his…
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