RESEARCH
Risk Watch: China’s Social Security and Taxation Changes Could Spark Wave of Business Failure and Unemployment
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) revised China’s tax law on Aug. 31. At a glance, the revision seemed to be helpful.
The ‘Taiwan Card’ and its Role in US-China Relations
By Joseph Bosco When two U.S. Navy destroyers passed through the international waters of the Taiwan Strait in early July, the head of China’s Taiwan
Geopolitics Watch: The CCP is Hijacking the ‘New Cold War’ Narrative
In July, a top CIA official observed at a security forum that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has long been fundamentally waging a “cold
Geopolitics Watch: Kim’s Outreach to Trump Bodes Well for North Korea Denuclearization
On Aug. 24, United States President Donald Trump announced a freeze in denuclearization talks with North Korea over what he felt was a lack of
Trump Must Set ‘America Firm’ Course with China to Protect Taiwan and US Interests
By Joseph Bosco China scholars and policy practitioners increasingly are accepting a painful and long-denied reality: four decades of Western engagement have failed to induce
Geopolitics Watch: PRC ‘Taiwan Invasion’ Propaganda Backfires
From conducting invasion drills to threatening “unification with military force” upon the visit of United States warships, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been consistent
Geopolitics Watch: US Affirms Existential Nature of the CCP Threat
William Evanina, director of the United States National Counterintelligence and Security Center, spoke about the magnitude of the Chinese communist regime’s espionage threat to America
Risk Watch: Hunan’s Financial Troubles Spark Mass Social Unrest
Mass protests over problems in the education system recently broke out in Leiyang, a city in the south-central Chinese province of Hunan. Earlier this year,
China’s Wealth Lures Nations to Shun Taiwan, Ignore Persecutions
By Joseph Bosco The People’s Republic of China has successfully defied the international order and is relentlessly remaking it in its own mold. Nothing demonstrates that
Geopolitics Watch: The CCP’s Propaganda War on Trump’s China Policy
The Trump administration signaled a shift in the United States policy on China from engagement to competition with the 2017 National Security Strategy. The passing
Politics Watch: Stricter Controls Over Society Signal Greater Crisis for the CCP
Since the outbreak of the Sino-U.S. trade war in July, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been controlling Chinese society with ever-increasing strictness. The CCP’s
Geopolitics Watch: The Coming Ideological Turn in US Policy on China
On Aug. 24, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission published a report on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) United Front work overseas and its
Geopolitics Watch: China is the Biggest Obstacle to Korea Peace and Denuclearization
On Aug. 24, President Donald Trump announced what could be a freeze in denuclearization talks between the United States, North Korea, and other parties. In
Risk Watch: Skyrocketing Rents Signal a Deepening of China’s Economic Woes
Skyrocketing housing rental prices have become a hot topic in China recently. Property rental and sales companies have been accused of bidding up leases and
Geopolitics Watch: Is the PRC Isolating Taiwan, or is the PRC Being Isolated?
A sweep of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) moves against the Republic of China (ROC) this year suggests that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)