Will the war in Ukraine end with a treaty signed in Beijing? Russia says that China’s proposed peace plan for Ukraine could be a framework for settling the conflict. President Joe Biden is reportedly willing to encourage China to help…
French President Emmanuel Macron is in trouble, again, not for raising the retirement age, but for his recent visit to China. Before he went, people in the democratic world hoped he would use the opportunity to relay our concerns to…
The headlines are flush with China’s moves on the global chessboard. China brokered an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran in which the Middle East rivals restored diplomatic relations after a seven-year rift, causing observers to suggest that China is…
The Heritage Foundation just published a report titled “Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China.” Are China and the U.S. in a New Cold War, as this report contends? Chinese leader Xi Jinping does not want us…
“Reserve Currency Countdown,” editorial cartoon by Yogi Love for The American Spectator, April 7, 2023.
Media sources report that the Vatican is accusing the Chinese government of unilaterally appointing a new bishop to Shanghai in violation of a “secret pact” that Pope Francis and Chinese officials renewed last October. Shanghai is the largest Roman Catholic…
What does TikTok have in common with 9/11? On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked airplanes and committed suicide attacks on the World Trade Center’s twin towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. These terrorists took advantage…
The Xi–Putin summit in Moscow has ended with the signing of joint statements lauding the “deepening … comprehensive strategic partnership” between China and Russia and their bilateral cooperation in the economic, agricultural, scientific, and technological realms. Russia stated its support…
