Commentary President Joe Biden on Feb. 6 renewed the national emergency with respect to the situation in Burma, also called Myanmar. This Southeast Asian country is pivotal to China’s plans for expansion in the Indian Ocean, which threatens the national security of both the United States and India. Burma is home to 135 ethnic minorities, many…
Republicans Are Right to Be Alarmed
February 10, 2023
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Commentary China’s nuclear arsenal is getting more powerful. On Feb. 7, the public learned from U.S. Strategic Command that the number of China’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missile launchers exceed those of the United States. Lawmakers in Washington raised the launchers as a “wake-up call.” “We have no time to waste in adjusting our nuclear force…
Could Washington Default?
Commentary Every few years, Washington approaches a debt ceiling limit, and worries of default multiply. Theoretically, default is possible, but practically speaking, it is never a real possibility. Even in an extended government shutdown, Washington has resources that will allow it to meet principal and interest payments. In this matter, it is critical to realize…
Assessing US-China Relations in the Aftermath of the Spy Balloon
February 10, 2023
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Commentary The utterly humiliating saga of a high-altitude Chinese surveillance “balloon” successfully traversing the entire North American continent, only to be shot down off the South Carolina coast after completing its intelligence-gathering voyage, ought to serve as a wake-up call for America’s decadent ruling class. At Newsweek, Paul du Quenoy sagely compared the affair to…
AUKUS Readies for China and Beyond
Commentary The 2021 Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) security treaty seems to be shaping the global architecture in the post-People’s Republic of China (PRC) era. More details of its shape and direction will be revealed at a Washington summit of the three leaders in the second half of March. There are many aspects still to resolve…
Biden’s State of the Union and the Spy Balloon: More Missed Opportunities
February 9, 2023
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Commentary President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech was notable for its glancing reference to the Chinese spy balloon that drifted over parts of Canada and the United States. If you blinked, you would have missed the guarded reference to an event that captivated the nation for a week. For domestic political purposes, Biden…
Mass Demise of Communist Elite in COVID Outbreak Adds to Xi Jinping’s Power Crisis
February 9, 2023
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News Analysis Heading into 2023, Xi Jinping is grappling with one of the most pressing ruling crises from the out-of-control COVID-19 outbreak, while the recent collective deaths of officials and elites have triggered more dissatisfaction with his policies among the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) higher echelons. In early December last year, without sufficient medical preparation…
China’s Balloon Was Part of Planned Posturing Ahead of Blinken’s Beijing Visit
February 9, 2023
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Commentary The Chinese reconnaissance balloon, shot down by the U.S. Air Force last Saturday, may have been just one of numerous planned incidents by Beijing aimed at increasing its bargaining power in the negotiations scheduled with U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken for this week. Blinken was supposed to visit Beijing on Feb. 5, but…
Are We Babes in the Woods to the Unimaginable Evil of the CCP?
February 8, 2023
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Commentary The evil of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unimaginable to most people. This is especially so for those who either lack personal experience with the CCP or who lack the interest to engage in any in-depth thinking about the CCP or Chinese society, let alone imagine how a government could allow heinous crimes…
China Cannot Compete in the Movies
Commentary The 2019 Frant Gwo film “The Wandering Earth II” is the sequel to China’s first domestic sci-fi blockbuster. Based on the award-winning sci-fi novel “The Three-Body Problem” by Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin, the plot follows a group of young people attempting to save the Earth from a planetary disaster. The film was…
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