Commentary For months, China watchers have been focused like laser beams on the Taiwan Strait, with much speculation on whether and when communist China will attempt a cross-Strait invasion to “absorb” Taiwan by force into the “People’s Republic.” That speculation became a fever pitch due to two events: Nancy Pelosi’s 19-hour visit to Taipei back…
The Hollywood Offensive: How the American and Chinese Peoples Can Defeat the CCP
Commentary American commentators are right to fret about the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in our entertainment. And American entertainers, to their credit, have at least begun to take action by repelling some of the communist regime’s lobbying efforts. But now is not a time for half-measures. It’s time for Hollywood to go…
Trump Targets the Surveillance State
Commentary Watching his beloved country fall into decline, Donald Trump in 2015 decided to step into the arena. Drawing upon his business acumen, he correctly identified America’s problems at home and abroad, and set out to fix them. He called his project Make America Great Again—and he did just that. He unleashed American energy and…
Xi’s Saudi Summit and the United States’ Weakening Global Position
Commentary In international relations, appearances are key. The enormous difference between the lavish welcome and fruitful trip of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Saudi Arabia versus U.S. President Joe Biden’s unsuccessful July visit to Riyadh is therefore not inconsequential. Quite the opposite. It is indicative of the fundamentally shifting nature of geopolitics and a U.S. administration…
The Sobering Truth About 5G
Commentary The United States and China are at war. This war, however, is a little different from previous wars. It’s a tech war: drones, artificial intelligence, cyber operations, the list goes on. A major factor driving the war is 5G; this has been the case for at least four years. As I write this, both…
Variable Interest Entities: China Ponzi Scheme
December 19, 2022
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Commentary Since 2000, Chinese issuers have widely used variable interest entity (VIE) structures to raise funds from American capital markets. The structure is often employed in industries where foreign ownership would be restricted or outright prohibited by Chinese regulators. “Investors really are just playing fantasy football with the Chinese companies because they actually don’t own anything,”…
China Insults a Submissive Biden Desperate to Talk to Xi
Commentary “Doubled-faced.” That’s how Beijing just described two senior Biden administration officials who had traveled to China, seeking to repair relations with the Chinese regime. Last week, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink and Laura Rosenberger, the senior director for China at the National Security Council (NSC), flew…
The Ukrainian War Is Destabilizing Central Asia and Expanding Beijing’s Influence
Commentary The war in Ukraine is precipitating far-reaching changes around the world. In addition to the devastation it has wrought on the Ukrainian people and their homeland, it has caused significant increases in the price of energy, food, and fertilizers, among other things, aggravated inflation in the world’s major economies, and roiled Europe’s energy market….
Anger to Japan is Key to Communist Survival
December 18, 2022
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Commentary Last week was China’s ninth national memorial day for the victims of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. As part of China, schools at all levels in Hong Kong held various activities to mourn the victims. In 2021, schools were mandatorily requested by the Education Bureau (EDB) to hold a memorial for the first time, but…
China: A Year of Tumult and Hope
Commentary The latest tumult from China is a microcosm of the past year. The People’s Liberation Army attacked across the de facto border into India, and swarmed the Philippine islands. Xi Jinping supposedly ended strict COVID-19 lockdowns due to the biggest protests since Falun Gong protesters surrounded the Chinese Communist Party’s Zhongnanhai leadership compound in…
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