Commentary Is communist China rising, cresting, or in decline? There are conflicting signals and news reports, as well as wishful thinking in multiple directions. Let us examine the subject in two parts: the rise (part I) and the fall (part II). The Rise The willing and able assistance of virtually the entire post-World War II…
China’s Xi Is at a Breaking Point—Will He Resist or Surrender?
Commentary Russia’s foreign ministry recently announced that Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Russia in the spring and possibly in February, but the Chinese side has not confirmed. On Dec. 30 last year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin and Xi held a video call, Putin extended an invitation to Xi, and Russian media reported on…
US Sanctions on China and Russia Are Failing
Commentary Sanctions against China and Russia are leaking across a broad swath of goods to the point of ineffectuality, according to new reporting this week. U.S. export controls on high-efficiency computer chips to China, for example, have been ineffective at stopping the chips’ use in Beijing’s nuclear weapons labs. Decades after the sanctions were imposed…
Taliban, Russia, and China: Cooperation but No Bloc
Commentary The Taliban government of Afghanistan is expanding its trade and cooperation with Russia and China, but a true alliance is unlikely. Earlier this month, Kabul and Beijing signed a $540 million dollar deal to develop Afghanistan’s oil and gas fields. This is the biggest deal the Taliban has signed since taking control of the…
Is Lunar New Year Chinese New Year?
Commentary Many Asians celebrate Lunar New Year, but Chinese patriots seemingly do not like this name. A Chinese student at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University found this name on a display board disagreeable, crossed out “Lunar,” and wrote “Chinese” below it. The British Museum and South Korea co-hosted an event to celebrate the Korean Lunar New…
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February 1, 2023
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Commentary Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on much. However, when the idea of a special House committee designed to focus on China was put forward, it received bipartisan support. That’s because concerns over communist China’s influence on and in the United States are at an all-time high. NBC News reported last year that Chinese spying…
China and the World Trade Organization: A Misbegotten Alliance
Commentary On Dec. 11, 2001, China became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This would have been impossible without American support. In retrospect, it was one of the worst decisions we ever made. To be clear, the United States supported China’s membership in the WTO and other international organizations based on its supposed…
Hollywood Is Beijing’s Lap Dog
Commentary With Oscar nominations released for 2023 recently, one may look forward to Hollywood’s grandest moments of the year. But the sad truth is that Tinsel Town isn’t what it used to be, which was no great moral paragon, for sure. But what it’s become is even worse than what it was before. Bowing to…
The Ukrainian Tank Story and Taiwan
Commentary At the beginning of the current Russian-Ukrainian war, many pundits claimed that Taiwan should copy Ukraine’s “porcupine strategy” and focus on “asymmetric warfare.” Think tanks, the Department of Defense, the White House, and even some members of Congress agreed. They were wrong and continue to be wrong. This article will use the story of…
Crazy Optimism About China’s Economy
Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary China’s propagandists tell us the Chinese economy this year will “accelerate to 4.8 percent.” Foreign analysts are even more bullish. Goldman Sachs estimates growth of gross domestic product (GDP) of 5.5 percent. China’s National Health Commission announced the end of the Communist Party’s “dynamic zero-COVID” policy on Dec. 7. It did not take…
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