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by | Apr 26, 2023

Hong Kong is seeking to recover its leading financial role on the global stage. The last few years — filled with angry demonstrations, draconian COVID rules, and brutal Chinese repression — have not been good to the traditional economic hub….

by | Feb 27, 2023

I love the McDonald’s near my campus, Old Dominion University. What I like the most there is its ambiance: two-story high ceilings; glass walls from ceiling to floor, providing ample light and panoramic views; clean and quiet. There are not…

by | Sep 21, 2022

Crux reports that the trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen, a stalwart opponent of the atheistic Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is set to begin this week in Hong Kong. Zen is facing charges for his association with the 612 Humanitarian Relief…

by | Jul 21, 2022

Longtime American Spectator contributor Neal B. Freeman was honored by the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday for “advancing American values.” In accepting the award at the annual dinner in Nassau County, Florida, Freeman made these remarks. I am delighted…

by | Jun 7, 2022

“Tiananmen Square, 33 Years Later,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, June 7, 2022.

by | Jul 18, 2021

Identifying a problem is at best only half the job of fixing the world. Responsibility demands that we must determine whether any proposed solution to the problem will result in actual betterment. No one made this point more strongly that…

by | Jun 25, 2021

After two and a half decades of pro-democracy muckraking, one of Hong Kong’s most popular publications ceased to exist this week.  Apple Daily, founded in 1995 by entrepreneur and activist Jimmy Lai, had been a constant headache for the Communist…

by | Jun 4, 2021

In an act born of supremely cynical calculation, it was reported earlier this week by the Chinese government–controlled Xinhua News Agency that President Xi Jinping would like to foster a more “trustworthy, respectable and loveable” image for the People’s Republic…

by | Mar 25, 2021

The People’s Republic of China is America’s biggest foreign policy challenge. China is an ancient civilization and a fascinating country. It also is regressing toward brutal authoritarianism if not totalitarianism. This terrible legacy undermines the legitimacy of the Chinese political…

by | Mar 25, 2021

Typically a new president is granted a honeymoon, a period in which the opposition and media tread lightly. Yet, while the country argues over whether the January 6 assault on the Capitol was an insurrection or not, and whether Prince…

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