Commentary The video clip of the handshake between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden in advance of the G20 meeting in Bali is an interesting study. One could argue in observing the body language that things are going according to plan—Xi’s plan, that is. We know what Xi’s plan is; after all, he…
Communist China Is the Primary Profiter From Biden Admin’s Policies
South Korea: The Next Big Arms Dealer in Asia?
Commentary The international arms bazaar is not an equal-opportunity marketplace. There is no level playing field, even if market leaders like the United States, Europe, Russia, and a few others were not fixing the whole affair. Given high barriers to entry, it is hard for an aspiring arms exporter to break into the business. Costs…
Why the Mainstream Media Is Now the Biggest Threat to Democracy
Commentary What is the biggest threat to democracy? Is it technology? No, it’s not. How about the lack of youth in politics or even gender imbalances? No, and no. Maybe the climate crisis? Again, no. Okay, so it has to be voting machines, right? Wrong again. According to a recent poll commissioned by The New…
US-led Indo-Pacific Bloc Gets Boost From Canada
Commentary Canada joining the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) suggests that China is losing the battle for the Pacific as alliances gradually form against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ottawa announced on Oct. 27 that Canada would be joining the IPEF, a U.S.-led initiative designed to counter China’s influence in the Pacific. In a press conference…
Xi Fooled Biden, Again
Commentary Joe Biden met Xi Jinping in Bali, for the first time in Biden’s presidency. Some analysts say the meeting finally gave the president the opportunity to tell Xi, face-to-face, that the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggression against Taiwan and genocide against the Uyghurs, not to mention Tibet and the Falun Gong, are unacceptable. Biden…
New Threats Revealed at China’s Zhuhai Airshow
Commentary Though canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) dictatorship stages its Zhuhai air/ground/naval weapons show every two years, primarily to show to the United States, Japan, and Taiwan the accelerating military investments it will use to defeat Taiwan, and then subdue the United States and all other democracies on its…
Aggression and Belligerence Are in Communist China’s Future
Commentary The coronation of Xi Jinping during the recently completed 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) bodes ill for the world. The Congress rubber-stamped Xi as general secretary of the 20th Central Committee of the CCP, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), as well as the packing of the 20th Politburo…
To Strengthen Democracy, Welcome New Chinese Immigrants
Commentary Last month, Xi Jinping got his third-and-forever term as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He used the opportunity to subdue talk of China’s sputtering economy and accelerate preparations for war. Many of China’s technological and entrepreneurial elites are responding by fleeing the country. They want new passports and lives abroad. With…
The War on Truth in This World and the Next
Commentary Chris Hardwick, the American comedian and actor, once said: “We’re not in an information age anymore. We’re in the information management age.” He’s right. We are. With so much information out there—a lot of good and a lot of it bad—it’s difficult to separate fact from fiction. This is why governments worldwide are stepping up…
Ready for World War Xi?
Commentary Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has announced China is “prepared to confront any nation that dares stand in their path of ‘national rejuvenation.’” In the process of establishing himself as China’s undisputed totalitarian leader in October’s 20th Communist Party Congress, Xi expressed his plans for China’s future in terms of “national rejuvenation.” Where’s the National…
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