Frank Tian Xie

Dr. Frank Tian Xie is a nonresident senior fellow at the Consilium Institute and a John M. Olin Palmetto Chair Professor in business at the University of South Carolina Aiken.

Why Is the CCP Shifting From Rejecting to Embracing the Thucydides Trap?

Commentary On May 14, during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in his ...

Viewpoints May 26, 2026
The Collapse of China’s Grand Strategy and Trump’s China Moment

A grand bargain between the United States and China could change the course of the 21st century.

Thinking About China October 29, 2025
America at a Crossroads in the Face of Growing CCP Threat

Commentary America today is at a crossroads—something realized by people on both sides of the political spectrum. The ...

Viewpoints November 18, 2024
Will Trump’s China Strategy to Contain the CCP Be Ruined by Biden?

Commentary The Biden administration recently stated that there’s no hurry to engage with China and dialogue with allies ...

Thinking About China February 15, 2021
Slipup or Wakeup? American Strategy on China

With noticeable disappointment and discontentment toward U.S. policy, China’s ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, said during ...

Thinking About China March 18, 2018
The World is Paying OT for CCP

Ever since China opened its door to the West in the 1980’s, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...

Thinking About China October 15, 2017
Nuclear Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the famous Chinese classic that very few Chinese nationals do not know ...

Viewpoints September 20, 2017
Renminbi Duality: Plunging Elevator Theory

The duality of Chinese currency Renminbi (RMB) bewildered many inside and outside of China. This strange phenomenon refers ...

Opinion February 15, 2017
Think Tank That Embraces Senselessness

It doesn't take a genius or someone with supernormal ability to tell that our world is in much ...

Opinion November 8, 2016
Black Swan or Red Dragon

A couple of weeks ago, a Canadian reporter from Vancouver asked me a question about the black swans ...

Opinion October 19, 2016
The Conundrum of Chinese Manufacturing

Chinese manufacturing brings to the world a double edged sword: sheer pleasure in affordable shopping, and painful witness ...

Opinion September 28, 2016
Why Is China After Power and Not Greatness?

American scholars would usually use "great power" to denote China and Russia, those countries that rank as second ...

Opinion September 14, 2016
Indulging in Taiwan: Third Time’s a Charm

Last summer, I went to visit Taiwan for the third time, and really enjoyed the homey feeling of ...

Travel August 16, 2016
Cognitive Dissonance in CCP’s Image Advertising

Years ago, I applied for a faculty position with a gigantic school in the Midwest. They were very ...

Opinion August 4, 2016
When Will UK Rejoin the European Union?

In the summer of 2013, I was with Dr. Sanela Porca of USC Aiken in taking a group ...

Opinion July 18, 2016
Hong Kong’s Future Hinges Upon This Contract

It was almost 20 years overdue when I set my foot in Hong Kong for the first time ...

HK Current Affairs June 30, 2016
Not the Western Banks, Stupid!

A recent report by Epoch Times reporter Joshua Philipp told of a chilling story: that the state-backed hackers ...

Opinion June 27, 2016
Why Are Beautiful Women Always Getting on the CCP’s Nerves?

Why are beautiful women always on CCP's nerves? No, I am not talking about Chinese Communist Party carders' lust ...

HK Current Affairs June 20, 2016
China’s Circuit Breaker Won’t Brake

In the first week of the New Year, the freshly installed circuit breaker of China’s stock market went ...

China Business & Economy February 13, 2016
What Henry Paulson Chooses to Forget About China’s Economy

Former U.S. secretary of the treasury Henry “Hank” M. Paulson Jr. published a commentary in The New York ...

Opinion November 9, 2013
Will Shanghai Free Trade Zone Succeed?

The Shanghai Free Trade Zone will either end in the Chinese regime pulling the plug on the experiment ...

Opinion October 19, 2013
Chinese Regime Keeps Quiet on Specifics of National Congress

Wang was vague about the date of the congress, reiterating previous statements that it would be held in ...

News August 15, 2012
Golden Bricks Pave Way at Sanya Meet?

The plan of the first summit was to “unseat the dollar.”

Opinion May 1, 2011
Why Chinese Companies Buying US Companies Matters

When Chinese companies offer to acquire a U.S. company, in effect the Chinese state is offering to buy ...

Opinion December 7, 2010
Out of Control Inflation Leaves Chinese Regime With A Few Options

No easy way out for CCP's mismanagement of China's economy.

Opinion November 22, 2010