Beijing doubles down on security amid slowing economy
The Chinese Communist Party’s early response to China’s gloomy economic outlook was doubling down on regime security.
OUR RESEARCH

Politics Watch: Analyzing the Hong Kong Legislature Break-in
◎ There are several questionable details about the legislature break-in incident.

Hong Kong and Taiwan Preview China’s Future
◎ Now it is time for Beijing to advance its thinking and face reality.

Geopolitics Watch: Trump-Kim DMZ Meeting Opens Door for N. Korea Denuke Resolution
◎ The Trump-Kim DMZ meeting somewhat cancels out China’s diplomatic effort in Pyongyang before the G20 summit in Osaka.

Politics Watch: G20 ‘Loser’ Xi Faces Increased Political Risks at Home
◎ Unless Xi resolves factional politics at home, China and the U.S. will find it very hard to get a trade deal.

Politics Watch: CCP ‘Self-reform,’ Global Times on CCTV, and the Factional Struggle
◎ Xi is reasserting his paramount authority in the face of political pushback.

‘Red China’ Redux: Pariah Among Nations, Enemy of its People
◎ The CCP’s aggression extended beyond populations within China and along its borders.

Geopolitics Watch: Early Analysis on the Trump-Xi G20 Meeting in Osaka
◎ Should current trends hold, the Trump-Xi meeting at the G20 will likely do little to prevent an escalation of the Sino-U.S. “new cold war.”

Risk Watch: The Sino-US ‘Battle of Waterloo’ is Approaching
◎ A Sino-U.S. cold war is unavoidable and will be a zero-sum competition.

As Hong Kong Stands Up to China, US Should Do the Right Thing — This Time
◎ President Trump, still addressing the consequences of the earlier unconsummated events, faces a new situation as the people of Hong Kong defy Beijing’s further erosion of their guaranteed rights of limited self-government.
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