Ge Chen Assistant Professor in Global Media & Information Law Durham University China’s drive to expand its influence through soft power mechanisms like censorship is coming into sharper focus, especially under Xi Jinping’s leadership. Recently, the social media app TikTok has become a prominent symbol of this global
Rebecca Strating Director, La Trobe Asia and Associate Professor La Trobe University Taiwan is gearing up for important presidential and legislative elections next month. How to manage “cross-strait” relations with China is not surprisingly emerging as the critical issue of the campaigns. Taiwan first held competitive presidential elections in 1996.
As Theodore Dalrymple once noted, there’s never been a regime feted by the Economist that wasn’t doomed to imminent collapse. In that respect, its track record as a kind of reverse-Cassandra is pretty impressive. Which means that its advice on what to do about China should be treated
Antonio Graceffo mercatornet.com Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, Jamestown
They don’t call Anthony Albanese “Each-Way Albo” for nothing. The Australian PM has earned that moniker as much as he has the “Airbus Albo” tag, because if there’s one thing Albanese is addicted to almost as much as buggering off overseas, it’s sitting on the fence on
In 1971, Labor leader Gough Whitlam became the first Australian political leader to visit a communist nation, Maoist China. Never mind that the Cultural Revolution — which claimed up to 25 million lives and destroyed three-quarters of China’s cultural heritage — was still raging. Like most Western leftists, Whitlam cultivated a
Ron Brown brownstone.org A novel coronavirus that was 10 times deadlier than the flu had gripped the world in 2019. Without a compass to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, all lessons learned from previous viral pandemics were thrown out the window. The World Health Organization was adamant, “This is not
Peter Jacobsen Peter Jacobsen is a Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org The 20th century was full of attempts to centrally plan population. Scientists like Paul Ehrlich and businessmen like Hugh Moore spent their lives putting direct pressure on politicians and citizens into addressing the looming
Joe Schaeffer libertynation.com As Americans look on with increasing alarm at the shocking state of their broken southern border, the nation’s sea boundaries are being violated with rapidly escalating impunity. At the same time, communist China has dramatically upped its presence in the Western Hemisphere. It was inevitable
David Wojick David Wojick, Ph.D. is an inDr. David Wojick is an independent policy analyst and senior advisor to CFACT. As a civil engineer with a Ph.D. in logic and analytic philosophy of science, he brings a unique perspective to complex policy issues. His specializes in science and
Tom Harper University of East London theconversation.com The Taliban’s presence at the massive October jamboree in Beijing to celebrate the 10th year of China’s ambitious trade plan, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is part of Beijing’s regional strategy. This was one of only a handful
Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, Jamestown Foundation China
Jeremy Powell Jeremy Powell is a blogger on Substack. His X (formerly Twitter) handle is @jpowell145. mises.org It was a laughable moment when President Joe Biden said at a press conference during his visit to Hanoi that the United States wasn’t seeking to contain China. Despite efforts by
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Daniel Lacalle Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020), Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017), The Energy World Is Flat? (2015), and Life in the Financial Markets (2014). mises.org The summit of the so-called BRICS (Brazil, Russia,
The Chinese economy is on the skids. Then again, it’s always been on the skids. Country Garden’s dollar debt payments on Monday and Beijing’s new efforts to help China’s beleaguered real estate sector appear to have spurred some newfound hope in the country’s financial markets.
