Commentary: Peter Parker’s (Spiderman) Uncle Ben once said, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Or, to quote former Secretary of State Colin Powell: “You break it, you bought it.” This latter saying, usually known as the “Pottery Barn rule,” should be Xi Jinping’s personal mantra for the next five years. Xi has always wanted to…
Xi Jinping’s Monopoly on Power Ends CCP’s Power-Sharing Consensus: China Experts
News Analysis After China’s 20th Party Congress, Xi Jinping and his loyalists have taken full control of the top power structure of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Analysts point out that the current structure breaks the CCP’s power-sharing rules, which may bring about a struggle amongst the party’s inner-circle, just like those in Mao Zedong’s…
Hong Kong Is Not Back but Gone
November 3, 2022
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Commentary The so-called Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit was held this week. China experts know well that “contrarian theory” is needed to thoroughly understand China: What the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or its mouthpiece emphasizes is often already lost. The same is true for the international status of Hong Kong. All sources of information suggest…
When Is China’s Next Military Exercise Near Taiwan?
Commentary Many pundits around the world commented on the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) exercise conducted in August 2022 following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) visit to Taiwan. Most commentators observed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was waiting for an excuse to have the PLA Air Force, rocket forces, cyber forces, and Navy flex its…
Private Sector Delegates Halved at 20th Congress, Sign of Xi Implementing New Planned Economy Model
Commentary At the recently concluded 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the number of representatives of private entrepreneurs was reduced by nearly half from the already small number 10 years ago—the latest sign that China’s economic system is moving back toward a planned economy version 2.0, a modern model echoing the Mao era….
Markets React Badly to CCP Congress
October 31, 2022
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News Analysis The reshuffle of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership and Xi’s speech to the 20th party congress in China has spooked investors, compounding an already suffering economy with no relief in sight. On Oct. 24, markets reacted to the closing of the CCP’s 20th National Party Congress. Foreign investors sold $2.5 billion of Chinese stocks through Hong…
The Story of Two 20Th Communist Party Congresses
The Hang Seng Index (HSI)–the main Hong Kong market index–hit a new low since 2009 after the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), although some Hong Kong observers predicted that the congress would have been good for the HSI in the short term. The congress has many worrying signals. It resolved that…
All the Emperor’s Men: Xi Appoints Loyalists, Putting Pressure on Taiwan and US
Commentary Xi Jinping cleaned house when he appointed loyalists to the politburo and top government positions, with greater internal control and more external aggression to be expected, especially for the United States and Taiwan. The 20th national congress of the CCP, which ended on Oct. 22, resulted in Xi being awarded a third term, cementing his role…
The Most Interesting People This Election Cycle are Republican Outsiders
Commentary Going into the U.S. mid-term elections, polling organizations continue to report that the economy, rising prices of food and gasoline, and increasing violent crime are top concerns of likely voters. The differences between Democrat and Republican candidates on these and other topics have never been more apparent, with voters increasingly leaning Republican with the…
Diplomatic Decoupling With China
Commentary Since at least Fall 2020, American diplomats in China have quietly suffered. So have their families. Using the excuse of the pandemic, the regime in Beijing imprisoned as many as 30 diplomats and family members “in locked rooms and often squalid conditions,” according to The Wall Street Journal. “These people and other arriving diplomats…
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