Category: China Insider

South Korea Seeks US Nuclear Protection; Taiwan Receives Patriot Missile Defense Support

AUKUS, the U.S.-UK-Australia security agreement, will build hypersonic weapons, as China is the main threat in the Indo-Pacific. While the Chinese Communist Party refuses to condemn Russia, more and more countries are taking notice of the future of Asia. The United States has a central role as a Pacific power, and Japan, Korea, the Philippines,…


What the CCP Tells Students About Ukraine and Russia; Joseph Bosco Discusses Taiwan’s Imminent Crisis

Have you ever thought about why engagement with China failed? Part of the reason is the internal propaganda China tells its students. We explore how teachers have to teach the “correct” Ukraine-Russia story to children.  Then I spoke with Joseph Bosco, a Taiwan expert. We focused on the policies in the United States and what…


China Attempts to Work Out Capitalist Problems With an Authoritarian State Control: Brian McCarthy

I’m joined by Brian McCarthy, founder and chief strategist for Macrolens. McCarthy is a regular traveler to China, and his interactions on the mainland shaped his views of the financial risks in the Chinese market. Macrolens is a provider of independent macroeconomic research dedicated to helping investors better understand the Chinese macroeconomy. Brian has testified…


Babies Separated From Parents: Shanghai Lockdown; Breakdown China-Russia Economic Alliance

How strong are China and Russia’s economic ties? I have Ross Kennedy, founder of Fortis Analysis, to talk about it. We discuss the post-war economic alliance in Eurasia and what to make of China’s role in all this. Plus, as Shanghai’s COVID-19 surge continues, authorities are being exposed—with outrageous lockdown horror stories—like elderly deaths in…


China Is ‘Most Likely Threat’ to Face US in Military Conflict: Expert

The Biden administration’s forthcoming national security strategy will consider China to be the most likely nation to become embroiled in an armed conflict with the United States, according to one expert. China’s size and global reach, however, means that the United States’ strategy of the last 30 years, to contain competitors and deny them objectives,…


China to Test 26 Million for COVID-19 in Shanghai; the Political Side of Lockdowns in China

Beijing has implemented hard lockdowns on Shanghai. Inside a city of 26 million is an internal fight between factions. Power politics among communist leaders are playing with the lives of those who live there, as virus cases surge in the financial hub of China. We discuss the political competition between Chinese leader Xi and his…


China, Russia Continue ‘Limitless Friendship’; New Pentagon Plan Calls China the Pacing Threat

China and Russia’s romance continues—at least, that’s what China says. We explore what China’s aggressive tones, like breaking international order or criticizing the United States, have done to our perception of the communist regime. President Joe Biden’s new defense budget proposal is facing the heat. At the same time, the Pentagon released its 2022 defense…


Kevin Roberts: The Chinese Communist Party Is the Clarifying Battle of Our Generation

Kevin Roberts is the president of the Heritage Foundation and a historian by trade on American history. Roberts uses his extensive knowledge of America to highlight the present danger: China. Through a comparative lens, we examined together what the United States needs to do to revitalize a multi-faceted threat from communist China—including his personal reasons…


‘We Can’t Win That Fight Just by Pretending We Don’t Have to Compete’: Dr. Robert Atkinson on US-China Relationship

The Senate just approved a $52 billion bill for semiconductor chip manufacturing in the United States—part of its version of the United States Innovation and Competition Act. Is this a step toward the United States taking a “whole-of-government” approach when it comes to competition with China? Or are the stakes even high enough to warrant a…


China Blames Moderna for ‘Making COVID’; Joe Micallef Details Russia-China Relationship

Chinese media is telling their citizens America made COVID-19, again—this time using Moderna as the scapegoat. China’s COVID-19 cases are rising, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is blaming the United States for it. And the Chinese regime is also mandating teachers to teach the “correct” Ukraine Russia story. Plus, I spoke to Joseph Micallef…