Tag: Talking Points

Campaign to Protect US Athletes Against China’s ‘Genocide Games’ and Omicron in Beijing

The Chinese Communist Party has long been criticized for its record of crimes against humanity. And today, voices of concern over athletes attending the Beijing 2022 are getting louder. A new campaign aims to protect the safety of athletes in Beijing, at a time where a virus outbreak and multiple human rights abuses are happening…


Can China Uphold Its Nuclear Promise? Interview With Dr. Anders Corr | Talking Points With David Zhang

This week, five nations declared: no nuclear war—including Russia and China. But the tension of a nuclear war is not cooling. In particular, can the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uphold that agreement? What are the concerns given the historical lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis? I caught up with Dr. Anders Corr, a political risk…


How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Taught the CCP to Fight the US | Talking Points With David Zhang

No one wants to be No. 2, or as the Chinese saying goes: two tigers cannot live on the same mountain. In a life or death situation, can China and the United States co-exist? We focus on the United States’ Cold War example of fighting against communism and the USSR. The 30th anniversary of the fall…


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…


Facebook Deletes Fake CCP Propaganda; China’s Sputnik Moment More Like the Cuban Missile Crisis: Expert

China’s all-out information warfare ramped up even more during the initial COVID-19 pandemic. A fake Swiss scientist created by China’s digital propaganda team has been used for disinformation, and Facebook is now deleting his account. And China’s missile threat is being hailed as the new “Sputnik Moment.” Stephen Bryen, a leading expert in security strategy and…


Holding China to Climate Change Promises Seeing a Dead End? Biden Admin’s Hope for a Change

Climate change is one of the biggest issues on the world stage. Yet China is allowed to continue as the top polluter. Is the world doing enough to fight climate change if China’s not required to do much until 2030? Its repeated failure to meet climate change goals is met with only appeasement from the…


Biden’s China Policy: CNN’s Interview With Jake Sullivan Explained; Xi Jinping Third Term Set?

Some extreme forms of celebration occurred in China after a Chinese team won a popular video game contest over a South Korean team. How do the extreme celebrations reflect a broader problem in Chinese society, and how is China using its win to bring another wave of propaganda? National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan explained more…


China’s Comprehensive Tech Theft Explained by Expert; China’s Ban on Taiwanese Officials

Based on the news of three Taiwanese officials being sanctioned by China, did China just announce Taiwan is actually a country? This comes as the grounds for these sanctions go unexplained. Speculations suggest that sanctions only work against a foreign country. Did the aggression from the Chinese Communist Party finally pay off … for Taiwan?…


Biden Fully Committing to Defending Taiwan?; China Shifting to Wartime Policy in Response to Taiwan

Is China gearing up for war? A new Party policy has hidden meanings. Now, the tension between Taiwan and China is high, and both their leaders are making statements completely opposite to each other. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen hinted at a stronger U.S. support, including potentially defending Taiwan militarily, in her recent interview with CNN,…