Commentary Falun Gong emerged in China in 1992, a time of a spiritual renewal in a land still under Communist rule, but one recovering from the horrors of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. Drawing on Buddhist traditions, Falun Gong combined meditation and tai chi-style exercises with a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of “zhen,” “shan,”…
The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion, Part II
May 10, 2023
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Biden Administration’s Immigration Policy Pleases Beijing
Commentary Since January 2021, the Biden administration’s policy actions have undermined U.S. national security vis-à-vis China, including plans to reduce Navy ships and aircraft, shrink the Army to fewer than 1 million soldiers for the first time in 20 years, divert military training focus from foreign threats to ideologically motivated personnel policies, and elevate “mitigating…
Hong Kong Youngsters: A Generation of Little Pinks in the Making?
May 8, 2023
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Commentary On April 21, the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education examination (Hong Kong’s university admission examination) began, starting with English Language. As Hong Kong has gone “from chaos to governance, and from governance to prosperity,” as claimed by the government, the exam was not expected to have any abnormalities that would cause public attention….
The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion, Part I
May 8, 2023
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Commentary In 2016, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech calling for the “Sinicization of religion” in a nation of one billion, he was espousing a century-old impulse among his people while also inadvertently underscoring a persistent paradox that Chinese Communists brought with them when they took over the country in 1949—and have never…
China Is Becoming a Black Box Under New CCP Rules
Commentary A slew of new policies, coupled with vastly changed behavior, is cutting the world off from vital information about what is happening in China, our ability to understand reality inside the black box that China is becoming, and our ability to engage with it. Recent news of raids on the offices of not one…
English Key to Integrating Taiwanese and US Military Cooperation
Commentary The Taiwan government’s desire for greater integration with the U.S. military is supported by its goal of making the country bilingual by 2030. Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-wen told ex-U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, during his visit to Taipei on May 3, that she hopes to increase U.S. security exchanges, in the face of…
China Ties Weigh on US Brands
Commentary The pressure is on for the biggest U.S. brands, including Apple, Nike, Adidas, and Disney. On May 2, two leading congressmen demanded that the fashion brands confirm that their supply chains are untainted by slave labor in China. Sourcing from forced labor in the country’s Xinjiang region, where a genocide is underway, is now…
Taiwan’s Exclusion From the World Health Assembly Must End
May 5, 2023
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Commentary The World Health Assembly (WHA), the World Health Organization’s decision-making body, will meet later this month for its annual summit. Over 190 countries will be represented at the conference, but Taiwan will not be one of them. The reason for this is because China’s political pressure has prevented Taiwan, a nation of 23 million…
The Many Faces of China’s New Obsession With Exit Bans
Commentary A recent report by Safeguard Defenders revealed the changing, and rapidly expanding use of exit bans by the Chinese regime, targeting ethnic minorities, human rights defenders, businesspeople, and foreign citizens. The use of exit bans is more complex than a news headline can capture. There are, of course, good reasons for using exit bans,…
Religious Freedom Commission Calls Out Violations in Iran, China, Elsewhere
Commentary It’s an image of contrasts, courage, and confrontation: A faceless Iranian woman protester holds Catholic rosary beads against the backdrop of a poster featuring Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died last year while being held by the country’s morality police. Her alleged crime: standing up to the country’s theocratic regime by violating laws…
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