Category: Analysis

Cuba’s Failed Communism Led to Protests

Commentary Thousands of Cubans protested against Cuba’s communist regime in the largest demonstrations to erupt on the island country since its founding revolution 60 years ago. Despite Fidel Castro’s promise of a communist paradise at the start of his reign in the 1960s, Cubans today are hungry from food shortages, suffering from a lack of medicines,…


Mayor’s Spin on Crime is Confusing, Contradictory, and Misleading

Commentary SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—San Francisco’s mayor and police chief held a joint press conference July 12 to share mid-year crime statistics for the city by the bay. Having worked as an administrator with the city during six different mayoral administrations, I can attest to the fact that each and every mayor used such an occasion…


Beijing Demands Absolute Loyalty as the CCP Celebrates Its Centenary

News Analysis Amid the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), state-run media recently called on 70 million CCP members to remain loyal to the Party and rehashed the historical struggle of the Party by pointing out traitors such as former senior CCP leaders Wang Ming and Zhang Guotao. It’s believed that this is…


CCP’s Threat to Attack Taiwan Is Merely Propaganda: Experts

News Analysis At the July 1st ceremony marking the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) founding, leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech in which he mentioned the issue of Taiwan, again demonstrating the CCP’s intention to take over the self-ruled island by force. Naval and Merchant Ships, a CCP military magazine, published an article on…


China’s Real ‘Century of Humiliation’

Commentary Scholars and enthusiasts of Chinese history are familiar with the term “century of humiliation,” referring to the long chain of crises the country suffered during its entry into the modern era starting in the mid-19th century. From the Opium Wars waged and lost against Britain and France, to the multimillion deaths of the Taiping…


How China is Shaping American Minds

News Analysis The United States spends about $700 billion a year on military and defense to keep the country safe. For a fraction of that amount, China has been fighting a different war with great success: a war to change American minds from within. Today, media and entertainment are two major forces that shape the…


Beijing Has Turned Hong Kong’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Into One-Party Dictatorship

News Analysis On June 12, the two year anniversary of Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement, the city’s top Beijing official emphasized the governing power of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Hong Kong. Analysts say the CCP has completely betrayed its promise to leave Hong Kong unchanged for 50 years, with the CCP…


Italy Is Turning Away From the Chinese Communist Regime

New Analysis A piece of breaking news appeared on various popular Chinese-language websites on June 7 claiming that the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi had admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic had originated in Italy in a virtual interview by Radiotelevi-sione Italiana (RAI). The Chinese reports claimed that Italy had mistaken COVID outbreaks in Milan, Genoa, and…


Are Tesla’s Sudden China Woes a Harbinger of Things to Come?

News Analysis To see the impact China’s fickle market can do to a company’s value, look no further than Tesla. On April 20, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s media and regulators began a series of public rebukes against the California-based electric carmaker. The criticisms were broad, ranging from Tesla’s car safety, to data gathering practices,…


Why Is CCP Vice Premier Liu He the Target of a Veiled Ouster?

Commentary Liu He, a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Vice Premier of the State Council, and the chief representative for China in the U.S.-China trade negotiations, is the most important financial advisor for the CCP’s top leader Xi Jinping. Recently, he has become a target for ouster by Xi’s political…