Dear Grandfather, up there in Heaven: The last time I saw you was in 1993 and, seeing as we liked to write to each other, I have decided to send some words your way today. You survived the Spanish Civil…
Minxin Pei is a China expert who teaches at Claremont McKenna College, and who has written a piece in Foreign Affairs arguing that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “total victory” at the recent 20th Party Congress was actually a long-term defeat due…
“Xi’s TikTok Fishing Expedition,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, Nov. 18, 2022.
Now that the 20th Chinese Communist Party congress is over and Xi Jinping has been “reelected” general secretary, the world can continue to focus on him again. But this focus is actually based on misunderstandings about the CCP and Xi…
China’s 20th National Congress has concluded, and it was the Xi Jinping show. The Chinese Communist Party general secretary and Chinese president — the first role is by far his most important — reigned supreme, winning a third term and…
Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, appeared on Tuesday on Steve Bannon’s War Room, where he criticized the Vatican’s Ostpolitik approach to the Chinese Communist Party regime. He contrasted Pope Francis’ weakness and servile attitude toward China today with previous…
Veteran journalist Robert Bartley (1937–2003) was the editor of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page for over three decades. He used his mighty pen to advocate for the free market and political freedom and had a huge impact on American…
Baseball’s playoff period is a perfect time to reflect on how that sport’s institutional missteps reflect those of American society and politics. One of the game’s most wonderful attributes used to be its ability to bring people together, regardless of…
The Biden administration just released its 2022 National Security Strategy (NSS), which identifies two principal strategic challenges: competition between democracies and autocracies (i.e., Russia and China) and cooperation to address “shared challenges” (climate change, arms control, food insecurity, global health…
