Thinking About China

The urge to internationalize the yuan seems to have impelled Beijing to liberalize capital flows it had previously resisted.

Commentary Japan's 2026 defense white paper identifies China as the country's greatest strategic challenge, warning of a growing ...

Beijing and Tehran are thick as thieves.

Commentary Chinese leader Xi Jinping's latest claim of selflessly trying to save the world has taken the form ...

Chinese state media’s 'heroic' test pilot story revealed that the PLA Navy carrier program is less mature than ...

Manila is countering pro-CCP politicians, propaganda, and 'academic exchange.'

Commentary On July 1, the founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Robert Lawrence Kuhn—chairman of the ...

Commentary The Chinese communist regime’s campaign to silence dissent outside its borders has taken yet another turn. A ...

The post-World War II era of a demilitarized and accommodating Japan facilitating China’s rise is over.

For years now, Beijing has committed itself to increasing consumer spending and failed each time. It looks like ...

Commentary  China has been openly considering the challenges of defending Earth from asteroids since at least 2020 and ...

Commentary A donor name appears in a disclosure. A campus publication connects it to a Chinese political network. ...

Commentary Across Asia, countries are realigning their defense relationships to counter the Chinese communist regime. This shift includes ...

Trump has come back from last winter’s adverse Supreme Court ruling to levy a new round of tariffs, ...

Part 2: Schools, languages, and religion are tools of assimilation

The Chinese regime projects its own actions in the South China Sea onto the United States.

President Donald Trump had accused the Chinese regime of meddling in the 2020 election.

The failed island state once again sits at the center of great-power competition.

Two U.S. models went rogue and an open-weight Chinese model 'saved' the day. The lesson is counterintuitive: tougher ...

China's popularity is on paper only.

A quarter-century of Chinese court records reveal the machinery behind the persecution of Falun Gong and those who ...

Despite China's AI progress, the floor is falling out from under the rest of its economy, and no ...

Commentary Taiwan is expanding its collective defense strategy by increasing military spending, investing in drone warfare, and strengthening ...

In just 10 years, China went from fintech follower to global leader.

Commentary For too long, the United States has treated China as a difficult trading partner rather than the ...

While China and the United States vie for power globally, Beijing seems to have it in for Japan, ...

The Chinese Communist Party has always been driven by a fear of things it cannot completely control.