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Simpsons episode pulled in Hong Kong; Examining China’s digital currency ambitions | China in Focus Beijing is pushing a unique financial campaign—urging Chinese citizens and businesses to start using #DigitalCurrency across the nation. And once that’s done—it has plans to promote that...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping (C) attends the celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on July 1, 2021. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) The Real China and the Downside of Arrogance How an aggressive Beijing is losing friends and...

China Is Most Likely Spared from a Second Cultural Revolution | Zooming In China Last week, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China formally adopted the Party’s third historical resolution. It is a landmark document that the CCP is using to...

Chris Balding: Should We Really Trust Chinese Data? | CLIP | American Thought Leaders Chris Balding describes the two types of data that exist in China: the publicly released fake data, and the real data which is sold on the black market. He says that falsification of data does not just come...

‘Temptation to strike first’: Rick Fisher on the dangers of China’s growing space ambitions In this special episode, we sat down with Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. He talks about China’s growing space ambitions—from the Moon, to Mars, to...

A tall security fence surrounds the U.S. Capitol ahead of President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, on April 28, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) CCP Influence in Congress Proposed protections in the House stalled by Democrats Anders Corr November 27...

Warships and fighter jets of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy take part in a military display in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018. (Reuters) China’s Aggression Is Changing the Nature of Sovereignty Kiribati in the Pacific Islands is an object lesson Anders Corr November 26...

NBA Star Tackles China’s Human Rights Abuse; How the Peng Shuai Scandal Could Impact Beijing 2022 “Where is Peng Shuai?” Pressure upon the Chinese Communist Party to present legitimate proof that Peng Shuai is safe and free to speak continues to mount. By and large, the...

China censors story of tennis player Peng Shuai; Countries consider a diplomatic boycott of Olympics The United States is grappling with the global microchip shortage. And at the center of the crisis is Taiwan—home to the world’s biggest chipmaker. China’s debt-trapped real estate developer...

US invites Taiwan to democracy summit, irks China; Living with China’s strict COVID-19 measures Chinese health authorities are welding people’s doors shut, locking people inside with steel chains, and lining hallways with barbed wire. The tactics seek to block people from leaving their homes...

The U.S. foreign policy establishment—with the able assistance of Henry Kissinger’s “China Hands” since communist China was “opened” in 1972—has facilitated the economic and military growth of the Chinese regime through misguided efforts that are theoretically aimed at “bringing a rogue nation...

A third PLAN aircraft carrier, the Type 003, is currently under construction near Shanghai; it is reportedly equivalent in size to America’s new Ford-class nuclear aircraft carrier. A special-purpose ship is also being built to support sea launch and recovery of rockets and space vehicles...

Chinese Military Improves Capabilities While America Sleeps Chinese J-20 stealth fighters perform at the Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai, south China’s Guangdong Province on Nov. 6, 2018. (Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images) Chinese Military Improves Capabilities While America Sleeps Stu Cvrk November...

‘Happy’ Peng Shuai Videos & Photos Raise More Suspicions; Why IOC Accepts China’s ‘Peng’ Propaganda “She is safe and well...but would like to have her privacy respected at this time,” the IOC relays this message, apparently from Peng Shuai. Certainly, in many of the videos recently released...

‘Cancerous to the West’: Kyle Bass on the risks of China’s digital currency rollout | China in Focus In this special episode, we sat down with #KyleBass, founder and principal of Hayman Capital Management, and John Mac Ghlionn, journalist and researcher. They touch on President Joe Biden and...

Chinese tennis star returns amid further worries; US project to develop hypersonic defense tech Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai reappears after vanishing from the public eye. The International Olympic Committee confirmed her whereabouts, but her return is only prompting more doubts. Reporters...

Workers housing collapses in China, kills 4; China’s birth rate lowest in 43 years: data Chinese real estate company Evergrande’s crisis isn’t over. Hundreds of home buyers are protesting, as construction on their future homes has been suspended for months. Reports of China’s so-called tofu...

Taiwan deploys F-16V jets amid China threats; China and the growing arms race in Asia Asia’s arms race is growing. Aggression has led countries in the area into a deadly game of keeping up with the Joneses. Beijing is nearing an initial capability to invade Taiwan, warns a U.S. congressional...

NBA’s Kanter slams CCP over forced organ harvesting; UN seeks info on missing Chinese tennis star In the thick of preparing for the Winter Olympics, Beijing is suffering from a scandal exposed by a top Chinese athlete. The United Nations is concerned about her whereabouts—and an international...

China denies activist’s mom’s plea to see son; China: outrage after health workers kill dog Anger flares after brutal action by Chinese pandemic prevention workers. Their killing of a pet dog was caught on tape. The United States and China engaged in top-level dialog, but without a major...