Two Sessions Conclude With Xi More in Power But With Few Answers to China’s Crises
The Chinese Communist Party held its annual meeting of the regime’s rubber-stamp legislature and top political advisory body in the first two weeks of March. By the conclusion of the Two Sessions on March 13, Party general secretary Xi Jinping had secured a third term as president of the People’s Republic of China, confirmed several
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Politics Watch: Decoding the Outcome of Sino-US Trade Talks
◎ Should Beijing live up to its promises, the U.S. could eventually realize as much as 60 to 80 percent of its trade goals with China.

Geopolitics Watch: Behind Wang Yi’s Trip to North Korea
◎ Whether the coming peace talks would be trilateral or quadrilateral talks would hinge on the outcome of Sino-U.S. trade negotiations and the Trump-Kim summit.

Geopolitics Watch: Forecasting the Korean Peninsula Peace and Denuclearization Process
◎ Kim’s willingness to make the closure of the Punggyeri test site public and the scrapping of “Pyongyang time” are signs that he is sincere about denuclearization.

Geopolitics Watch: Why Trump Hailed Kim Jong Un as ‘Very Honorable’
◎ We believe that President Trump’s statements support our March analysis that the Korean Peninsula would denuclearize and progress towards peace.

The Geopolitical Contest Behind Kim Jong Un’s Visit to China
◎ Kim could have to broker a deal with Xi where he exchanges his nuclear weapons for a lifting of sanctions and keeping his rule over North Korea.

Why Trump Security Team Sees a Nationalized 5G Network as Counter to China
◎ China’s response to America’s 5G push underscores the worries expressed in the leaked documents.

Trump’s National Security Strategy a Timely Counter to China’s Expansionism
◎ Trump’s NSS correctly identifies the challenge posed by “competitor” China to America’s domestic security and global influence.