Category: Thinking About China

Greece Is Fast Becoming the China of Europe

Commentary If you were asked to compare a European country to China, what country would you name? Belarus, perhaps. After all, the landlocked country in Eastern Europe is ruled by Alexander Lukashenko, an authoritarian who shares a close friendship with another authoritarian named Xi Jinping. What about Greece? Yes, Greece, the home of the cradle of Western civilization….


The Summit on the Fate of the Eurasian Heartland

Commentary Washington has become a spectator in the decisive campaign to drive a wedge between China and Russia. Much of the West’s strategic strength in dealing with Russia and China is bound up in the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), held in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on Sept. 15-16. It is about…


Where’s the Republican Political Strategy for 2022?

Commentary The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Sept. 13 was down 1,049 points in response to the latest devastating inflation report from the Department of Labor. Overall year-on-year inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, was 8.3 percent in August, with core inflation a shocking 6.3 percent year-on-year. According to the New York Post, “the CPI’s…


Let’s Field Weapons to Defeat China’s Pacific Strategy

Commentary My last column argued China has a 3-to-5-year window of opportunity to deal America a strategic defeat giving the dictatorship uncontested global economic and diplomatic clout and regional military dominance lasting for decades. China’s modernized military, prolific warship building, and new South China Sea bases give it a military edge on the Asian littoral….


Beijing May Not Comply With Audit Rules for US-Listed Firms

Commentary Five Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges said on Aug. 15 that they would voluntarily delist. The companies included Sinopec, China Life Insurance, Aluminium Corporation of China, PetroChina, as well as Sinopec entity Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. All of these companies were targeted by U.S. regulators for possible delisting as a result of…


Another Stimulus Package From Beijing

Commentary Beijing has launched yet another economic stimulus program. After a rather large stimulus package in May and a June declaration that no more was needed, Beijing in late August launched a 19-point stimulus effort. Whatever Beijing’s judgment in June, China’s economy cried out for more help. The lingering and still-powerful effects of real estate…


Chinese State Media Exploit US Political Divisions After Biden’s Speech

Commentary The communist Chinese are always ready to exploit and exacerbate the agonies of others for monetary and political gain. This is particularly true of their main enemy, the United States of America, which the communists seek to displace as the world’s only economic and military superpower. Exploiting the apparently widening political divide in America…


National Security Threat: China’s Eyes in America

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary Chinese intelligence gathering in the United States takes many forms and has different purposes. Most Americans are familiar with some of their means and tactics, but not with how widespread and persistent they are. Americans may know about the malware contained in that infernal TikTok app that their children use. They…


Stranded Mayflower Christians Need Our Help

Commentary A Christian group has fled South Korea due to threats of deportation and is now in Thailand. The group of Chinese house Christians is called the Mayflower Church, after the pilgrims’ famous ship that landed in Plymouth. Like the Pilgrims, the Mayflower Christians are on the run—this time from China, where regime harassment of…


Why the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II Affects Global Stability

Commentary The great conflict within societies—mostly Western societies—has reached a new phase. It is now, perhaps, defined as strident authoritarianism versus nationalism, and it received a major impetus with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Her passing meant that a great figure of stability was removed from many societies around the world, and there would…