Commentary Europe is rapidly de-industrializing. German factories are going dark. French and Dutch farmers can’t afford to heat greenhouses. Millions of Brits are facing energy poverty. And Americans are still struggling to put food on the table or pay their energy bills. These disasters largely all stem from Western leaders’ devotion to the cult of climate extremism, and the calamitous decisions to replace fossil…
China Is Laughing at Us
September 30, 2022
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Communist China Can’t Run Hong Kong
September 30, 2022
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Commentary Oct. 1 marks the 73rd anniversary of the founding of Communist China. For the Hong Kong government, it will, on the one hand, propagate that Hong Kong is writing a new chapter of history “from chaos to governance, and from governance to greater prosperity” under the National Security Law; on the other hand, the…
Interest Rates Will Go Higher
Commentary Financial markets sank when the Federal Reserve (Fed) added 0.75 percentage points to its benchmark federal funds rate on Sept. 21. Markets, having anticipated just this rate increase, responded less to it than to what Fed Chairman Jerome Powell promised for the future. He not only indicated additional rate hikes, but revealed how ready…
The Left Smears Italy’s New PM
Commentary The left is worried about Italy. Giorgia Meloni—whose Brothers of Italy party unfortunately has historical links to Benito Mussolini’s fascists and has shown some support for Vladimir Putin’s Russia—won 44 percent of the vote on Sept. 26 and is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister. In her teens, Meloni praised Mussolini, which…
China Is the Winner in the Russia-Ukraine War
Commentary Seven months into the Russia-Ukraine War, a winner has clearly emerged—China. Russia isn’t winning. Its territorial gains in the Donbass, in Ukraine’s south, have stalled, and it has lost ground in Ukraine’s east, where Ukraine broke through Russian lines to reclaim some 2,317 square miles. Ukraine isn’t winning. Despite massive military aid from Western…
Communist China’s Legal Warfare Targets Overseas Dissidents
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to extend its security law to the rest of the world to target overseas Chinese dissidents (and everyone else). The Chinese communists have been evolving and honing their Three Warfares doctrine since it was endorsed by the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and the Central Military Commission in…
Key Economic Questions Ahead of China’s National Congress
Commentary Chinese investors have been battered this year so far. They will watch closely the upcoming twice-a-decade Chinese Communist Party (CCP) national congress in October for signs of a shift in economic policy. There are numerous headwinds facing China’s economy—rolling COVID-related lockdowns, a real estate market downturn, ongoing trade issues with the United States, Beijing’s…
The Best Advice Washington Ever Got on US-Japan Defense
Commentary It’s exhilarating that Japanese leaders are talking about spending much more on defense and improving the nation’s defense capabilities. But they are short on specifics, and with communist China out looking for a fight, it’s dangerous to hope Japan figures things out at its own pace. The Americans, who shoulder the heaviest load in…
The US Gets Tough on China’s IPOs and They Shift to Europe
September 28, 2022
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Commentary The United States is getting tough on China’s initial public offerings (IPOs) on Wall Street, so those IPOs are going to Europe. That’s finance for you. Go to where the suckers are. After about $100 billion in international investment in U.S.-listed Chinese companies over two decades, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is…
Navarro’s Account Explains How to Fight the Chinese Regime
Commentary Peter Navarro’s exceptional new book, “Taking Back Trump’s America: Why We Lost the White House and How We’ll Win It Back,” is a major contribution to understanding what went right during the Trump administration—and what went wrong. The work is an essential read for anyone who seeks to understand the essence of Trumpism, the…
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