Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Dec. 27 placed the city of Xi’an under tight lockdown restrictions to suppress a new wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Shaanxi Province. Or did they? The CCP has been escalating lockdowns of its citizens throughout the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over the past year, imposing punitive…
Trump’s Grand Strategy on China
News Analysis Former President Donald Trump recently outlined his diplomatic, economic, and military strategies on China. On Dec. 19, Maria Bartiromo of Fox News got an exclusive interview with Trump. He dropped verbal bombs on China that got close to the real thing, including plans for a U.S. air base in Afghanistan and demands for…
Corruption Wears Down Chinese Military’s Combat Effectiveness
Analysis Corruption is a widespread phenomenon in China’s military where officers, including generals, have relied not on their duration of service or military prowess to rise in the ranks but rather bribery and connections. Experts commented that a lack of competent leaders now threaten to be severely detrimental to China’s warfighting capabilities. In the Chinese…
Xi Jinping’s Emphasis on the Party’s ‘Gang Rules’ Underscored CCP Escalated Infighting
China’s ruling party head Xi Jinping recently stressed the importance of “internal Party regulations” to maintain the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) absolute control over the country. Analysts believe that this indicates that the internal struggle in the CCP has intensified after the 19th plenary session of the 6th Central Committee. Use “internal Party regulations” to…
Xi Wins Putin’s Attendance at Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony; Amtrak Suspends Worker Vaccine Mandate
A U.S. court of appeals has given the green light to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for private companies, and the case is now expected to be challenged in the Supreme Court. At the same time, there is a growing list of companies, like Amtrak, that are reversing their vaccine mandate policies. Biden has warned…
China Independent Candidates: Beijing Lies about Its ‘Whole-Process People’s Democracy’
In recent months, China has prominently portrayed itself as having achieved “full-process people’s democracy.” However, this rhetoric was a complete contradiction to the experiences of several independent political candidates in China’s southwestern Chongqing City this year. “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has always respected and safeguarded human rights,” said Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a…
How the CCP’s Bad Business is Costing Americans; Behind Student Protests on 2021 Tiananmen Massacre Anniversary
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is quietly altering its glowing projections of China’s economy into 2022 and beyond to a more realistic appraisal. Beijing authorities recently held a closed-door meeting of the Central Economic Work Conference, during which Xi Jinping revealed that China’s economy is in dire straits. What he neglected to mention is that…
New Evidence: Huawei’s Spy Role for China; Evaluating Biden’s Summit for Democracy With Bill Stanton
We take a look with Bill Stanton, director of the Center for Asia Policy at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, at the Summit for Democracy hosted by President Joe Biden. Did it achieve the intended purpose? China is angry over the invitation of Taiwan and is trying to discredit the United States’ democratic systems. And…
20 Years of China in WTO: Win or Lose?; Lily Tang Williams: Survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution
What was living in China like during the Cultural Revolution as a young girl? I caught up with Lily Tang Williams, who grew up during the 10-year Cultural Revolution in China. She now speaks across the country warning the American people about the horrors of communism, including about some of the same tactics used in…
Wall Street Investors Find New Opportunities in China as CCP Infighting Spreads to Financial Sector
News Analysis Investment giants of Wall Street, although with some uncertainty over China’s complex and unstable policies, are lining up to enter the Chinese market with full control over their companies. The move comes as Chinese leader Xi Jinping uproots the status quo for local financial markets in an attempt to squeeze out a rival…
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