Category: Thinking About China

US Restrictions Will Slow China’s Military Development

Commentary Washington is intensifying restrictions on U.S. investments in China and Chinese investments in the United States. One of the primary reasons for these restrictions is China’s aggressive policy called military-civil fusion (MCF). Beijing depends on MCF to expedite China’s development of advanced technology and weapons through the cooperation of private companies and government entities….


India Is No Ally of the US

Commentary According to the U.S. Department of State, the “U.S.-India strategic partnership is founded on shared values including a commitment to democracy and upholding the rules-based international system.” The two countries, we’re assured, “have shared interests in promoting global security, stability, and economic prosperity through trade, investment, and connectivity.” Sadly, reality paints a far different…


The US and EU Are in a Subsidy Race: Let’s Tariff China Instead

Commentary The United States and European Union are entering a green subsidy race that will determine where millions of electric vehicles will be manufactured over the next decades. EV sales in the United States, for example, are projected to double by 2025 to nearly 2.5 million. Car manufacturers around the world want a piece of…


COVID-1984

Commentary In the Xi Jinping empire, the Wuhan virus (COVID-19) has undergone a three-year mutation. Instead of the Omicron with which all mankind is to coexist, it is COVID-1984—a kind of high-tech dictatorship never seen before, the monstrous spawn of the virus and internet technologies. The Xi empire has finally achieved a “communist health code…


How Did Jiang Zemin Reshape China and the CCP?

Commentary Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died on Nov. 30. Usually, when a leader of a powerful country or political party passes away, people will discuss his political legacy. I want to share how Jiang reshaped China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Jiang rose to power shortly after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Before…


Jiang Zemin: Leader in the Mass Killing of Innocents

Commentary The death of Jiang Zemin, former leader of the Chinese Communist Party, reminds us of the instrumental role he played in the mass killing of prisoners of conscience for their organs. That mass killing would not have occurred without the decision of the Chinese Communist Party in 1999 to repress the practice of Falun…


The FTX Collapse: A ‘Perfect Crisis’ With Many Unanswered Questions

Commentary As the impact of the FTX collapse continues to unfold, there are several aspects of the event that reach well beyond the cryptocurrency world. And as more information comes out, the more important the situation appears. A Few Facts and Curious Coincidences First of all, the massive financial scandal has left investors with billions…


The Blank Paper Revolution

Commentary On Nov. 24, in the Jixiang Garden district at the heart of the city of Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang region, the epidemic prevention and closure policy had been in place for over 100 days, leading to a deadly high-rise fire. Unable to escape or to be otherwise rescued, at least 10 people died, and…


Share the B-21 Stealth Bomber With US Allies

Commentary Throughout the first Cold War and as the world slides into a second, the United States has relied on intercontinental-range strategic bombers to provide a slow and recallable leg to balance the high-speed and non-recallable land and sea-based ballistic missile legs of its nuclear deterrent “triad.” With its public debut scheduled for Dec. 2,…


China Protestors Call for End to CCP Rule

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary Extraordinary protests quickly spread across China over the weekend, including major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, since a fire Thursday claimed a reported 10 lives in an apartment block in Urumqi, in the northwestern part of the country. China’s people were enraged by the regime’s COVID controls, which had prevented…