Category: Steven Schaerer

‘China Runs the Show’: Milton Ezrati on the Risks of Doing Business With a Communist Regime

In this special episode, we sat down with Milton Ezrati, chief economist at Vested, and Steven Shaerer, China policy expert and author of “Surviving Chinese Communist Detention.” They gave their insights into the dangers of doing business with a communist regime. Ezrati said, “If China gains the upper hand, it is going to be effectively…


Why is China’s Communist Party Indefinitely Detaining & Torturing Bay Area Entrepreneurs?

Commentary SLAM! My entire body shuddered as I heard the CCP guards slam the large metal door behind me. I was horrified. I stood there, blood-stained blankets in hand, trying to take in my new surroundings: the interior of a black-site Chinese communist prison cell. Days earlier, a police raid had been carried out on…


Why Is China’s Communist Party Indefinitely Detaining and Torturing Bay Area Entrepreneurs?

Commentary SLAM! My entire body shuddered as I heard the CCP guards slam the large metal door behind me. I was horrified. I stood there, blood-stained blankets in hand, trying to take in my new surroundings: the interior of a black-site Chinese communist prison cell. Days earlier, a police raid had been carried out on…


American Survives CCP Detention and Torture

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Steven Schaerer, who is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a survivor with a harrowing story to tell. After graduating from college, he worked in Beijing for five years and founded an educational consulting firm in his 20’s. In October 2016, while still in China, he was wrongly accused of illegal…