China released data on Monday that paints a bleak economic picture. In July, consumer spending, investment, factory output, real estate, and youth hiring all slowed. In response to the data, economists at Standard Chartered cut their forecast for the Chinese…

When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi floated the idea that she would visit Taiwan, a member of China’s Communist regime said that the country might shoot down the aircraft she’d ride in on. China, of course, regards Taiwan as a renegade…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was deliberate act of provocation whose only justification was hubris and personal vanity. Pelosi knows well the rising anger of the American electorate that has been brought about by many of the current…

“Xi Lies,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, Aug. 1, 2022.

The world’s media captured the essence of President Joe Biden’s latest conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Headlines included “China’s Xi Tells Biden on Taiwan ‘Those Who Play With Fire Perish By It’” from Newsweek, “Beijing warned the US not…

Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War (W.W. Norton/368 pages/$27.95) The outcome of China’s civil war between 1945 and 1949 continues to have both global and individual repercussions. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) victory…

What drives and motivates America’s most dangerous adversary, Chinese President Xi Jinping? As war clouds gather over the western Pacific, it would be helpful to know what makes Xi tick. Two of the world’s most interesting and provocative strategic analysts…

The Rise of China, Inc.: How the Chinese Communist Party Transformed China into a Giant Corporation By Shaomin Li (Cambridge University Press, 346 pages, $30) The symbiotic relationship between China’s government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enables China to…

It should be no surprise that communist states persecute religious believers. Whether China, North Korea, Cuba, Laos, or Vietnam — thankfully, the infamous Evil Empire has shrunk over the last three decades — the people’s purported representatives don’t want the…

Headlines around the world tell of China’s growing economic troubles: “How bad are China’s economic woes?” (BBC), “COVID-19 Lockdowns Bring Economic Woes for China” (the Diplomat), “The four big threats to China’s economy” (CNBC), “Shanghai Lockdown Adds to China’s Economic…