What Xi’s Europe Tour Says About the CCP’s Goals and Woes
Xi Jinping cannot be said to have returned a “winner” from his trip to Europe given the lack of substantive diplomatic agreements and the continued impasse over the West’s concerns with the PRC’s export of excess capacity and support of Russia.
Geopolitics
Communist China’s Geopolitical Risks Rise Amid Souring Global Sentiment
◎ The storm of negative sentiment towards China reflects a trend of shrinking tolerance for the CCP around the world.
Hunter Biden’s Emails, the US Election, and the CCP Factional Struggle
◎ How U.S. political drama could see political Black Swans take flight in China.
Why the CCP Clammed Up on Pompeo’s Wisconsin Speech
◎ The list of China topics Secretary Pompeo discussed in Wisconsin is “disastrous for Beijing.”
How a Trump or Biden Presidency Will Shape US-China Relations
◎ The stark contrast between the Biden and Trump programs offers some insight as to why CCP leaders would favor a Biden presidency come next January.
How the CCP’s Sino-Indian Border Provocations Could Backfire
◎ India and her allies could pursue non-kinetic and indirect means to defuse border tensions before they boil over.
Geopolitics Watch: ‘New Cold War’ Realities and the Re-emerging US-Taiwan Alliance
◎ Countries, companies, and individuals would do well to “distrust and verify” in their dealings with the world’s last major communist state.
Geopolitics Watch: The CCP Turns Global Attention Away From Strengthening US-Taiwan Ties with Hong Kong Arrests
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The Trump Administration Is Tough and Strategic on China
◎ Critics say that the Trump administration has no China strategy. An appraisal of the Trump administration’s China moves since 2017 reveals the exact opposite.
Geopolitics Watch: US Sanctions, CCP Elite Politics, and Rising Risks in the ‘New Cold War’
◎ Sanctioning high-level PRC officials is a part of what appears to be a U.S. strategy to either contain or even “roll back” the Communist Party’s global influence.