China Faces Greater Risks as US Increases Pressure
Mounting geopolitical and economic risks for the PRC will eventually transform into political risks for the Xi leadership.
Geopolitics
Scrap the Third Communique With China, Keep the Six Assurances to Taiwan
◎ President Donald Trump has not hesitated to tear up international commitments made by his predecessors if he determines they are not in America’s national interest.
Geopolitics Watch: On Correctly Predicting Trends in China-US Relations
◎ “Strategic competition” between America and the PRC has stepped up several notches.
A Mini-Marshall Plan to Retain Allies
◎ Can the leaders of these small, weak nations be expected to muster greater courage and fortitude than one of the world’s great ethical icons?
Geopolitics Watch: America Presses on the CCP’s Vital Points
◎ CCP stubbornness and the Trump administration’s willingness to call out PRC misbehavior and apply pressure on the CCP’s vital points would lead to an escalation in Sino-U.S. tensions.
Kissinger’s Historic China Policy: A Retrospective
◎ For Kissinger, changing the Communist Party’s approach to domestic governance was separate from, and subservient to, global realpolitik concerns.
Geopolitics Watch: How the CCP Can Interfere in US Elections
◎ We believe that Trump and his administration have identified a very real threat to the upcoming U.S. midterm elections.
Geopolitics Watch: In Third Summit with Moon, Kim Successfully Sells Irreversible Denuclearization to N. Korea
◎ Kim may want a second meeting with Trump sooner rather than later.
Win the Trade War with China to Deter a Real War
◎ The outcome of the trade confrontation, and the lessons it teaches, will greatly influence the likelihood of actual conflict in the future.
The ‘Taiwan Card’ and its Role in US-China Relations
◎ From Beijing’s perspective, virtually anything the United States does with Taiwan amounts to playing that particular “card.”