Tag: the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Will the Yuan Replace the Dollar?

July 24, 2023
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Commentary With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) now allowing countries to pay dollar-denominated debt in the Chinese yuan, what does that mean for the U.S. dollar? It’s no secret that both the Chinese and the Russians and many other countries want to downgrade the dollar’s influence and even de-dollarize global trade. That’s certainly happening, and…

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Is the CCP’s Rule Permanent?

April 21, 2023
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Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) styled itself a mythical phoenix in a 1959 propaganda poster. The phoenix rises from a sheaf of wheat to govern China, depicted as a dragon emerging from the smelting pot of industrialization. That phoenix now boasts a formidable nuclear arsenal. The CCP’s rapid military buildup could make it, like…

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CCP Doing Nothing to Stop Drug-Precursor Sales to the US

March 14, 2023
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Commentary Roughly 90 percent of fentanyl deaths in the United States can be traced back to China, with Mexican drug cartels turning Chinese precursor materials into finished products. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is doing nothing to stop the sale of Chinese chemicals to the cartels. “At the very top of this lethal food…

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Is Communist China an Existential Threat to South Korea?

December 29, 2022
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Commentary South Korea is an export-rich country. Korean pop, more commonly referred to as K-pop, is perhaps its biggest export. A truly global phenomenon, groups like Blackpink and BTS, South Korea’s answer to The Beatles, have put the East Asian nation on the artistic map. Of course, South Korea exports much more than chart-topping music….

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