As protests against strict COVID-19 controls have spread through China in recent weeks, and the problem of how its government can respond has reared
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What If … The U.S. Signed Up to UNCLOS?
Here’s an idea: What if the U.S. signed up to UNCLOS? As the U.S. has begun to push military and economic policy shifts that distance itself from
How Beijing’s Useful Idiots Canceled Trump’s Spy Probe
Between the years 2010 and 2012, China killed or jailed around 20 of its citizens who had been feeding information to the CIA. The purge was so
Biden Is Sleepwalking Into an American Disaster in Taiwan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says China is accelerating its preparations to invade Taiwan, but Biden is slowing down efforts to get Taiwan’s
What If … China’s Tour of the Pacific Islands Hadn’t Been So Secretive?
At the start of October, the U.S. agreed on an 11-point partnership declaration with 14 Pacific island nations, and The Washington Post was first to
Elon Musk’s Crazy Taiwan Statements
Sometimes the world’s smartest people can be pressured to say the dumbest things. In an article published in The Financial Times on Friday,
What If … Taiwan Didn’t Ask Readers to Pay for Its Own Propaganda?
Here’s a thought: What if Taiwan didn’t try to charge people for access to its own propaganda? Last week, the world was treated to a
What If … Hollywood Didn’t Concede to Chinese Censorship?
The latest prequel to the sequel of the spinoff in the Minions franchise was released in China last week, with a twist. Instead of the faux antihero