RESEARCH
Geopolitics Watch: The CCP ‘Advances to Retreat’ on Hong Kong
◎ The CCP’s goal of “advancing to retreat” is to calm things down in the city and focus its energies instead on other pressing matters, such as the Sino-U.S. trade war and the 2020 Taiwan presidential election.
Hong Kong Protests Present Trump, Xi with Painful Choices
◎ President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping both face critical decisions on the looming crisis in Hong Kong.
Geopolitics Watch: Risks Grow for Hong Kong and America as the CCP Calls Trump’s China Bluff
◎ If the CCP has identified that Trump will do anything to get his trade deal, they will definitely call his bluff and turn the trade deal into his greatest weakness.
Geopolitics Watch: Analyzing the Threat of PRC Intervention in Hong Kong and Trump’s Tariff Delay
◎ Trump’s ambiguous messaging on the Hong Kong issue will embolden the CCP to keep pushing the limits in suppressing the protesters.
To Confront China, Let Trump be Reagan
◎ The most effective and underutilized weapon in the West’s arsenal is the truth.
Politics Watch: Beijing Hints at Coming Suppression Tactics in Press Conference on Hong Kong
◎ The CCP seems to have made a “tactical adjustment” from outright coercion to suppression by terror to “stabilize” the situation in Hong Kong.
Geopolitics Watch: The Sino-US ‘Battle of Waterloo’ Has Begun
◎ The PRC and the U.S. have unwittingly stumbled into battle with the CCP devaluing the RMB and the U.S. declaring China a currency manipulator.
Politics Watch: Beijing Strongly Cautions Hong Kong Protesters
◎ The PRC’s recent public remarks about Hong Kong hold troubling implications.
Geopolitics Watch: The US and the CCP Have Reached a Watershed Moment on Hong Kong
◎ How the U.S. and the world respond to the PRC’s statements and actions concerning Hong Kong over the coming days and weeks would determine whether or not the world sees another Tiananmen-style incident.
Hong Kong Protesters Show Wit and Courage; US Should, Too
◎ The people of Hong Kong are leading the way in the first major ideological confrontation of the new cold war that the People’s Republic of China has launched against the West.
Influence Watch: Why the CCP Reacted Strongly to an Open Letter Supporting Trump’s China Policy
◎ We believe that the CCP’s response to the “Stay the Course” letter reveals deep insecurities and fears.
Human Rights: Trump’s Trump Card Against China and North Korea
◎ Like Reagan with the Soviet Union, Trump should launch a moral offensive against China and North Korea that will reap enormous strategic benefits as well.
Politics Watch: Violence in Hong Kong and the CCP Factional Struggle
◎ Black Swan events could be triggered on the mainland as the situation in Hong Kong deteriorates.
Geopolitics Watch: Why the CCP Might Think That the US Has Gone ‘Nuclear’ with Human Rights
◎ We believe that the CCP is suspecting that the U.S. has decided to use the Falun Gong issue against the PRC.
Risk Watch: The CCP’s Trade War and Economic Growth Rhetoric Betray Hidden Risks
◎ Whenever the CCP admits to something, the reality is usually much worse than what is admitted.