Commentary SYDNEY—Last July, the U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, visited Jakarta where he said China’s military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years. While the United States has seemed fixated on China’s growing verbal threats and military maneuvers around Taiwan, Milley and others, including some in Australia,…
China’s Reopening Will Face Delays
Commentary Beijing has bowed to public pressure and abandoned its Zero-COVID lockdowns and quarantines. The anticipated “reopening” has caused a stir of optimism. However, China’s immediate economic prospects look pretty bad after a tough fourth quarter and with surging COVID-19 cases. The economic lift from the end of Zero-COVID will likely wait until later in…
Cut Russia’s Oil Income, but Keep the Pumps Flowing
Commentary So far, the Russian oil cap is having the desired effect. Russia’s economy is hurting, and the European Union has access to cheap oil. But maintaining the status quo will be a delicate game of financial carrot and stick. Since the war in Ukraine began, the United States, the G-7, the EU, and other…
House’s New China-Competition Committee Marks Important Step in Confronting CCP’s Threats
January 16, 2023
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Commentary The establishment of a new China Committee by the House in the U.S. Congress is being widely seen as the first victory of the Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. But most people have failed to realize that this committee should have been established a long time ago. The new committee is called…
900 Million COVID Infections in China—Is This a Sign of the Next ‘Great Leap Forward’?
January 16, 2023
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Commentary Two months after Chinese leader Xi Jinping secured his third term at the 20th National Congress in October last year, he abruptly abandoned his “zero-COVID” policy. This U-turn shocked many, but perhaps only some people noticed that Xi made similar policy changes in two other key areas: the economy and foreign affairs. If we…
Is a ‘Made in America’ Smartphone Designed to Protect Users Too Good to Be True?
January 16, 2023
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Commentary In a land of 330 million people, 280 million Americans own a smartphone. Not surprisingly, smartphones are by far the most popular digital devices in our lives. We spend inordinate amounts of time on our phones, scrolling, swiping, and searching for information. Which begs the question: where was your smartphone made? Probably in China. This is…
US Diplomatic Strength Is Needed to Confront Communist China
Commentary U.S. secretaries of state are known for making mistakes. Whether through flawed policies, faulty logic, slips of the tongue, or the simple failings of human nature, some of their utterances and related policies have led to less-than-desirable results that have cost thousands of human lives. There have been plenty of mistakes made by U.S. secretaries…
Sanction Netherlands for Enabling Communist China
January 16, 2023
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Commentary A highly advanced Dutch computer chipmaker is delaying an agreement on U.S. and allied export controls to keep selling its chipmaking machines to China. The company’s CEO and the Netherlands’ trade minister have both publicly resisted measures meant to contain the growing threat from Beijing. They should know that their technology would likely support China’s…
Satire and Humor at Stake in Hong Kong
Commentary How many British cultures did Hong Kong acquire? As a former British colony, Hong Kong once acquired its common law system and the rule of law, but the encroachment by the national security law changed everything, producing a lot of wrongful convictions and political prosecutions. British humor, another national treasure, had not been taken…
A Question of Trust
January 15, 2023
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Commentary An essential basis of international relations is that foreign parties can trust what they say to each other. If a world leader directly tells another leader a position or stance that his or her country asserts or adheres to, let alone an alleged fact, the other can believe it. If a nation enters into…
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