News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “civilizing” the internet at home and proposing similar crackdowns globally, in what should be a wake-up call to anyone who values their online freedom. China’s cyberspace regulator plans to establish a “civilized” internet that reshapes online discourse for more thorough dissemination of CCP propaganda into the daily…
Beijing Erodes Free Speech With ‘Civilized Internet’
Space War Is Real and China Wants to Lead
News Analysis Beijing has officially opposed the weaponization of space, but according to a Pentagon report, China has constructed ground-based missiles that can hit a satellite in orbit. “Beijing actively seeks space superiority through … space attack systems,” Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, told Congress. Similarly, Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, chief…
Biden’s Red Line on Taiwan Is a Big China Move, Not a Gaffe
News Analysis After President Joe Biden’s historic Oct. 21 statement affirming the American commitment to defend Taiwan against a Chinese military attack, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki noted: “The president was not announcing any change in our policy, nor has he made a decision to change our policy. There is no change in our policy.”…
Deciphering Xi Jinping’s Speech to UN Secretary General and the World
News Analysis Chinese leader Xi Jinping gave a speech at a conference in China on Oct. 25 to mark the 50th anniversary of the admittance of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to the United Nations. The speech was directed at U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres who attended the conference virtually, as Xi has not…
Biden’s Red Line on Taiwan
News Analysis President Joe Biden has stated, in no uncertain terms, that the United States would defend Taiwan in the event of a military attack by China. His increasingly public commitment strengthens deterrence. On Oct. 21, Biden said the words we love to hear. An audience member from Connecticut asked, “What will you do to…
How to Read Communist China’s Upcoming ‘Historical Resolution’
The planned unveiling of a “historical resolution” at the Chinese Communist Party’s plenary session next month has elicited comparisons between Xi Jinping, the regime’s current leader, and his powerful predecessors. From Nov. 8 to Nov. 11, Xi and other top officials will review the draft of the resolution, which according to state media will “focus…
New US Ambassador Aligned With Shifting Worldview on China
News Analysis The U.S. government has the right to “expand our arms provisions to Taiwan,” said Nicholas Burns, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to China. During his Senate confirmation hearing on Oct. 20, Burns hit nearly all of China’s soft spots—the uncomfortable subjects that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants the world to…
China-Russia Cooperation: Not Really Allies
News Analysis The relationship between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin is largely predicated on a common interest in countering the United States, but this does not actually make China and Russia allies. In the long term, it is unlikely that Russia desires to become a junior power in a global axis, dominated by China. Chinese…
Jack Ma Is a Typical Example of a Red Capitalists’ Fate
News Analysis “Common prosperity” has been storming in Beijing since August. Many Chinese enterprise owners responded to the program enthusiastically with charity donations and pledged their allegiance to the Party through collective activities. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping demanded “common prosperity,” he was eyeing the excessive wealth of the Chinese billionaires…
Another China-Style Sputnik Moment?
Commentary The recent Chinese tests of suborbital hypersonic glide vehicles is a wake-up call to U.S. defense planners. In July and August, China reportedly carried out tests of a hypersonic orbital missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. In recent days, there has been a flurry of press reports stating that these tests “shocked” the…
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