Thinking About China

The defining feature of today’s threat environment is not conventional war.

The decline in birth rates can be viewed as a silent protest by the people against the Chinese Communist Party.

It will be a long road for the yuan, and it may never get to Beijing’s desired destination.

Whoever controls the military holds real power.

Enforcement actions alone—raids on stores or seizures at ports—cannot resolve a crisis that the FDA’s own policies have created.

In the CCP’s brutal conflicts, those who lose not only suffer the loss of careers and influence but also risk their lives and the safety of their families.

The transformation of Hong Kong’s legal system into what many now describe as a kangaroo court—especially in national security trials—did not occur silently.

A threat to the U.S. world order and an opportunity for $50,000 per U.S. citizen.

Despite China’s expanding space capabilities, the United States retains key advantages in innovation, resilience, and commercial integration.

Can Beijing move the Chinese consumer by improving the nation’s social safety net? Maybe, but it will not be an easy task.

By Jan. 25, there was considerable uncertainty about the outcome of the internal civil war within the Chinese Communist Party.

Has this given Chinese leader Xi Jinping more optimism that he could gamble on a move to recover his power in Beijing without U.S. interference?

The real story behind Trump’s Venezuela operation and Iran isn’t about oil geopolitics but controlling the energy needed to power tomorrow’s technologies.

The risk of Beijing becoming the center of the global economy is increasing.

The property crisis that began in 2021 has had a long, ugly tail that seems to get ever longer.

America’s self-destruction serves the Chinese Communist Party’s interests.

China’s rapidly growing presence in the Arctic mirrors Greenland’s growing importance.

Pro-China social media accounts push narratives that contrast the United States with the Chinese regime.

China’s long game in Greenland and the Arctic is about—what else?—global domination.

The defining feature of today’s threat environment is not conventional war.

The decline in birth rates can be viewed as a silent protest by the people against the Chinese Communist Party.

It will be a long road for the yuan, and it may never get to Beijing’s desired destination.

Whoever controls the military holds real power.

Enforcement actions alone—raids on stores or seizures at ports—cannot resolve a crisis that the FDA’s own policies have created.

In the CCP’s brutal conflicts, those who lose not only suffer the loss of careers and influence but also risk their lives and the safety of their families.

The transformation of Hong Kong’s legal system into what many now describe as a kangaroo court—especially in national security trials—did not occur silently.

A threat to the U.S. world order and an opportunity for $50,000 per U.S. citizen.

Despite China’s expanding space capabilities, the United States retains key advantages in innovation, resilience, and commercial integration.

Can Beijing move the Chinese consumer by improving the nation’s social safety net? Maybe, but it will not be an easy task.

By Jan. 25, there was considerable uncertainty about the outcome of the internal civil war within the Chinese Communist Party.

Has this given Chinese leader Xi Jinping more optimism that he could gamble on a move to recover his power in Beijing without U.S. interference?

The real story behind Trump’s Venezuela operation and Iran isn’t about oil geopolitics but controlling the energy needed to power tomorrow’s technologies.

The risk of Beijing becoming the center of the global economy is increasing.

The property crisis that began in 2021 has had a long, ugly tail that seems to get ever longer.

America’s self-destruction serves the Chinese Communist Party’s interests.

China’s rapidly growing presence in the Arctic mirrors Greenland’s growing importance.

Pro-China social media accounts push narratives that contrast the United States with the Chinese regime.

China’s long game in Greenland and the Arctic is about—what else?—global domination.