The United States Naval Institute’s (USNI) web page reports that China has for the first time appointed an admiral as its defense minister. Adm. Dong Jun, who previously served as commander and deputy commander of the PLA Navy (PLAN), replaces…
What is the real purpose of the Biden administration’s excessive rapprochement and even flattery of China, including the most recent controversial Xi–Biden meetings in San Francisco? The answer, found in the U.S. government’s statements, is to keep channels open between the two sides…
The following account contains graphic descriptions of the deaths of victims of the Cultural Revolution in China. La desvergüenza con que el revolucionario mata espanta más que sus matanzas. (The shamelessness with which the revolutionary kills is more frightening than…
“At Your Service, Comrade Xi,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, Nov. 13, 2023.
“Xi Had a Nice Halloween,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, Nov. 7, 2023.
China’s former premier, Li Keqiang, passed away suddenly last Friday at only 68 years of age — the shortest-lived premier in the history of the People’s Republic of China. According to the CCP official announcement, he died of a heart…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a speech on the “Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on Sept. 13, in which he declared that the post-Cold War era…
In recent months, President Joe Biden sent his Cabinet members — including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and climate envoy John Kerry — to Beijing one after another, as…
Meta recently took “what appears to be the largest known cross-platform covert influence operation in the world,” off its platforms, according to the company’s quarterly Adversarial Threat Report released this week.’ The social media accounts that made up the covert…
The annual summer retreat of the CCP leadership in Beidaihe has concluded, and it ended without fanfare. It can be reasonably inferred that no major resolutions were reached during the retreat. Those who expected the CCP to introduce significant measures…