Could the world break its dependence on Chinese rare earth metals with a newly found deposit in remote Sweden? Kim Mackrael reports in The Wall Street Journal: The discovery here of a large deposit of rare-earth elements, vital for renewable energy and electric vehicles, offers fresh hopes for Europe’s transition away from fossil fuels and a […]
WHO Calls Out China for Bad COVID Data
The World Health Organization has called out China for underreporting its current COVID-19 outbreak. Foreign Policy’s Emily Tamkin reports: The WHO had another warning, too: Although the organization said no variants of concern have emerged from the Chinese data, it admitted that it does not have “complete data” from China. “We believe that the current […]
More Western Companies Distancing Themselves From China
In a world that is becoming increasingly split along geopolitical lines, multinational corporations are increasingly searching for alternatives to China and its allies for their manufacturing locations. Elisabeth Braw explains in Foreign Policy: When Apple, once enthusiastic about manufacturing in China, announced in December that it was planning to move some of its production to […]
Chinese Exports Falling Rapidly Amid COVID Protests
At the same time the Chinese government is dealing with some of the nation’s largest protests in decades over its draconian COVID policies, the Middle Kingdom’s exports are dropping at their fastest rate in two years. Stella Yifan Xie and Yuka Hayashi report in The Wall Street Journal: Chinese exports fell at the steepest pace […]
China’s Crackdown on COVID Protesters
China appears to be employing a two-track response to its recent COVID lockdown protests. The first track is the removal of many of the policies protesters were fighting. The second track is the removal of many of the protesters themselves. China is cracking down on the protesters, despite giving in to some of their demands. […]
The Global Alignment Against China
After years of nurturing Communist China’s rise into a global super power, developed nations are finally taking notice of what they’ve done and reacting to quell Chinese ambitions. In Foreign Policy, Michael Auslin of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution suggests that Japan should join the AUKUS defense cooperation pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and […]
DIGITAL OPIUM WAR: Chinese App TikTok a Troubling Addiction for America’s Kids
The most used news app for Americans under 30 is Chinese-operated, and may be collecting very personal information about Americans for the Chinese government. At Spectator World, Geoffrey Cain raises the alarm about TikTok, writing: The midterm elections of 2022 were many things—a shocker for Republicans, the possible end of Donald Trump, a win for […]
Is China Readying an Invasion of Taiwan?
In Spectator World, Jaso Morgan explains his reasoning for assuming China is preparing a war for Taiwan. He writes: This October, at the Twentieth National Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping was elected to a third term as chairman. “The New Mao” — so has rung the common refrain. It’s an entirely accurate […]
Are Russia, China, and the United States on an Inevitable Collision Course?
In Foreign Policy, Matthew Kroenig, deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, makes the case that America, Russia, and China are on an inevitable collision course. He writes: The free world is recognizing that it is too economically dependent on its enemies in Moscow and Beijing, and it is decoupling […]
Pelosi’s Failed Taiwan Trip Ushers in “New Normal” in East Asia
In Foreign Policy, Craig Singleton explains the negative unintended consequences of Nancy Pelosi’s “ill-timed gambit” in Taiwan. Pelosi’s visit, says Singleton, has created a “next normal in East Asia.” He writes: History is replete with unintended consequences, few of which mattered much. Not so in the case of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent layover […]
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