Category: CCP control

China’s War on Christians

August 12, 2021
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Commentary In China, there is a war taking place. Christianity is under attack. As Foreign Policy’s Azeem Ibrahim warns, the Chinese regime has the world’s most popular religion in its crosshairs. Three years ago, the Vatican signed a deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Described at the time as “the fruit of a gradual…

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Xi Jinping’s Crackdown on Private Tech Is Endangering Military Modernization

August 10, 2021
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Commentary Is Xi Jinping killing the goose that laid the golden eggs? The head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants to harness the innovative potential of domestic high-tech, but his assaults on private tech companies could prove the law of unintended consequences. In recent months, the CCP has cracked down hard on China’s private-sector…

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The Chinese Communist Party Shuts Down a Money Flow From Abroad

August 10, 2021
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Commentary Beijing’s decisions last month cost American investors a lot of money. Regulatory moves against Chinese companies that have recently listed shares on American exchanges have all but shut down the burgeoning market for such listings. They have also sliced deeply into the value of those companies that had already been listed. On the surface,…

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Are the Chinese People Slaves?

July 13, 2021
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Commentary To some readers, I’m sure, the title of the article appears to be intentionally provocative, little more than clickbait. However, when an individual becomes the possession of another, they become a slave. When one thinks of slavery in China, one inevitably thinks of Xinjiang, where literal prisoners have been tortured and raped for years. What…

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Why Is Alibaba ‘Full of Gratitude’ for Record $2.8 Billion Fine Imposed by Beijing?

April 21, 2021
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Commentary China’s Alibaba Group found itself under the spotlight following a record antitrust fine slapped on the tech giant, yet it openly expressed its gratitude to the Chinese regime. On April 10, the world’s biggest e-commerce company was fined 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) by Chinese regulators for anti-competitive tactics, as the ruling Chinese Communist…

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