Shanghai ‘Zero-COVID’ Shutdown Threatens Economic Slowdown, Political Trouble
The Shanghai lockdown and those in other areas are starting to weigh on the Chinese economy.
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Early Warning: CCP Closer to ‘Berlin Wall Moment’ as Xi’s Political Risks Compound
◎ The current situation for Xi and the CCP is bleak in light of the “perfect storm” of domestic and foreign problems facing the regime.

China’s Digital Currency and the CCP Factional Struggle
◎ Factional fighting in the CCP elite will complicate the digital currency’s implementation.

Culture Strategy: Inoculating America and the World Against China’s ‘Virulent Strain of Communism’
◎ Ideological confrontation is anathema to today’s CCP because the Marxism-Leninism it enshrines is a bankrupt creed responsible for the killing and oppression of hundreds of millions.

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: Senior US Officials Put the CCP, Corporate America on Notice in ‘New Cold War’
◎ The current Sino-U.S. conflict is not just a trade war or a tech war, but a critical battle of ideology, value systems, and morality.

Geopolitics Watch: US Travel Ban on CCP Members Targets CCP’s Achilles’ Heel
◎ The following analysis was first published in the July 16 edition of our subscriber-only SinoWeekly Plus newsletter. Subscribe to SinoInsider to view past analyses in our newsletter archive.

Politics Watch: Hong Kong’s NatSec Set Up Signals ‘Supra-authority’ Status of the CCP’s NatSec Commission
◎ Xi and the CCP can use the Hong Kong national security law for both offensive and defensive purposes.

Politics Watch: Ramifications of the Hong Kong Security Law for CCP Factional Politics
◎ The Hong Kong national security law is a double-edged sword for Xi in the factional struggle and could serve as a catalyst for political Black Swans.

Geopolitics Watch: Analysis of the Sino-US Hawaii Meeting and What it Means for the ‘New Cold War’
◎ Both the PRC and the U.S. likely recognized at the Hawaii meeting that there is no off-ramp from the “new cold war.”