Where should fining people for not washing their bedsheets be placed in the Chinese Communist Party’s grand catalog of crimes? “Plates not put away
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Taiwan’s Democracy Is ‘Messy’ — And It Needs More Mess, Not Less
Outside observers are fond of appending the term “messy” to Taiwanese politics. It’s not always meant as a negative thing, but it’s an odd adjective
New China Agent in U.K. Parliament Unveiled: Foreign Secretary David Cameron
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talked a good game, at least while auditioning for the country’s top job. Back in July 2022, as a leadership candidate
Beijing Anger-ometer, November 2023: Aggravators From Beyond the Grave
Instead of spending their youth in a godforsaken rural cave to relive the Cultural Revolution in the image of no less a figure than Xi Jinping, the
Surveillance Coins and Hong Kong’s Pivot to Post-FTX Crypto
On November 2, 2023, in a Manhattan federal court, a gentleman named Samuel Bankman-Fried was convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy
China Backs Hamas, Needs Israel’s Vengeance
“We believe in ‘Do unto others as you would have them do to you,’” preached Hua Chunying (華春瑩), China’s assistant foreign minister on October 15,
The Doctor Will ‘Xi’ You Now: China Developing Remote Mind Control
As Elon Musk’s Neuralink grabbed Western world headlines last month for receiving approval to test its brain implants on humans, news of different
At Ten Years of Age, China’s Belt and Road Hits the Crossroads. Hard
World leader attendance at the Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) third international forum is down over 30 percent on its second forum in 2019. As
Five Ways China Will React to the Gaza Firestorm
Positioning itself as a global leader, China is under pressure to succeed where so many others have failed and find a way out of the tragic, deadly
Forget the South China Sea. ‘Goodwill’ and Self-Interest Will Sell the Philippines to China
Step into Manila’s Binondo district from the south, and its culture is so rich and fascinating you must enter it twice. Passing under one gate, you
Second-Freest Economy? Hong Kong’s Invisible Hand is the Communist Party
In Hong Kong, you cannot buy the books you want your children to read, sell the books you believe readers will enjoy, exchange loose coins for your
China Plays the Racism Card With Apple iPhone ‘Ban’
Poster child for the kowtow, Apple has generously accommodated the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the years: disabling an app that helped Hong