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China’s Lockdowns: an Unfree Nation Cannot be Great

China’s Lockdowns: an Unfree Nation Cannot be Great

John Tamny fee.org John Tamny is director of the Center for Economic Freedom at FreedomWorks, a senior economic adviser to Toreador Research & Trading and editor of RealClearMarkets. When Cato Institute co-founder Ed Crane visited the Soviet Union in 1981, he was already a critic of arms-race brinksmanship with

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China’s Three Years of Lockdowns

China’s Three Years of Lockdowns

Tao Zhang Nottingham Trent University Protests have erupted across China, initially in response to the deaths of ten people in a fire in an apartment block in Xinjiang in the country’s northwest. The demonstrations represent the biggest expression of public unrest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement was

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Why Authoritarian Regimes Can’t Tolerate Free Speech

Why Authoritarian Regimes Can’t Tolerate Free Speech

Jonathan Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Protests erupted across China in recent days as demonstrators have taken to the

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Daddy Xi Puts Albo in His Place

Daddy Xi Puts Albo in His Place

Left-wing Australian Twits were beside themselves with joy this week. In scenes of rapture not seen since Neville Chamberlain waved his little piece of paper, the left-elite worked themselves into a lather over the sight of PM Anthony Albanese obsequiously grasping the proffered hand of their favourite Big Daddy since

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Is Biden Punching above His Weight, Again?

Is Biden Punching above His Weight, Again?

Dave Patterson libertynation.com Dave Patterson is a retired US Air Force pilot and the former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller. In addition to Liberty Nation, his articles have also appeared in The Federalist. Since becoming the US chief executive, President Biden will for the first time meet

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Have We Already Reached Peak China?

Have We Already Reached Peak China?

Most people seem to forget that the British empire peaked, not in the 19th century, but in the 1920s. By 1938, 500 million people — one-quarter of the global population — lived within the Empire. Yet, within a couple of decades, the Empire was all but gone. The last colonial territory, Hong

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China Popular Culture Makes Perfect Propaganda

China Popular Culture Makes Perfect Propaganda

Dan Chen Gengsong Gao University of Richmond Dan Chen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond. Her current research examines the versatile role of the media in authoritarian politics and governance. Gengsong Gao is an Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Richmond.

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China Cancels Pride Event in Taiwan

China Cancels Pride Event in Taiwan

Kuan-Wei Chen McGill University Mr. Kuan-Wei (David) Chen is the Managing Editor of the McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (McGill Manual, https://www.mcgill.ca/milamos/) WorldPride 2025 would have been the first time a global lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+

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The “Pelosi Effect” Pays off for Taiwan

The “Pelosi Effect” Pays off for Taiwan

As I wrote recently, I’m no fan of Nancy Pelosi, by a long shot, but I salute her for her ballsy and long-standing pushback against China’s brutality. Where most of the political-media class are running scared of China’s bullying on Taiwan, Pelosi, to her infinite credit, stood

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China Begins Comprehensive Fertility Drive

China Begins Comprehensive Fertility Drive

Louis T March mercatornet.com Louis T March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Huge news from the

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Only the Taiwanese Can Claim Taiwan

Many years ago, I worked with a young Chinese expat. One day he told me how, in China, he’d been a member of the Young Pioneers, the youth wing of the Chinese Communist Party. Then he came to Australia. Many of the things he’d been told all his

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The Real Challenge Is Calling China’s Bluff

The Real Challenge Is Calling China’s Bluff

It has to be said that The Economist is a reliable guide to decision-making, in the same way as Bart Simpson. Every pundit, policy-maker and opinionist ought to carry a printed card that reminds them, “Whatever The Economist says, do the opposite”. After all, this is the magazine that touted

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What China Doesn’t Want You to Know about Taiwan

John Ling wealthmorning.com John is the Chief Investment Officer at Wealth Morning. His responsibilities include trading, client service, and compliance. He is an experienced investor and portfolio manager, trading both on his own account and assisting with high net-worth clients. ‘History is written by the victors.’ We’ve all

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This Is What You Get for China’s Money

This Is What You Get for China’s Money

The ink has barely dried and the pockets barely greased on China’s gibsmedat deal with the Solomon Islands and Beijing’s malign influence is already being felt. Around the world, the Xi regime has been using debt-trap diplomacy and the folly of greedy tinpot panjandrums to buy influence and

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Biden Administration Cancels Routine Missile Test… Again

Patty-Jane Geller PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com Patty-Jane Geller, a policy analyst, focuses on nuclear deterrence and missile defense in the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation. http://www.heritage.org/ Deterrence is a better way to prevent hostilities than appeasement. On Thursday, the Biden administration delayed

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Nancy vs China: Why She Was Right All Along

Nancy vs China: Why She Was Right All Along

John Ling wealthmorning.com John is the Chief Investment Officer at Wealth Morning. His responsibilities include trading, client service, and compliance. He is an experienced investor and portfolio manager, trading both on his own account and assisting with high net-worth clients. What has been will be again, what has been

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