RESEARCH

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.

Two US Carriers Through the Taiwan Strait in 48 Years — Time for More
◎ The Nimitz and Ronald Reagan strike groups are on station in the South China Sea carrying out Freedom of Navigation Operations.

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.

Communist China Won’t Change — Until the Chinese People and the West Demand It
◎ With nations distracted by the coronavirus, Beijing is vigorously at work consolidating and spreading an even more deadly virus—communist totalitarianism.

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.

One China, Two Trump China Policies: ‘Peaceful Coexistence’ vs. Existential Threat
◎ If Trump continues to approve his team’s substantive approach in implementing his policy objectives, the free world’s prospects will continue to improve.

Trump’s Actions on China Speak Louder Than Bolton’s Words
◎ The Trump team’s record on security and human rights vis-à-vis China to this point surpasses anything done in prior administrations.

Where Countries Should Stand in the Sino-US ‘New Cold War’
◎ Countries must bear in mind that the Communist Party does not equate to the Chinese nation.

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.”

Pass the Taiwan Defense Act — Tell China That America Will Defend Taiwan
◎ By requiring a constant strengthening of U.S. capabilities, explicitly devoted to the defense of Taiwan, the Taiwan Defense Act would signal clearer U.S. intentions.

Risk Watch: Atypical Influenza Data Hints at Earlier Transmission of Coronavirus in China
◎ An unusually large number of influenza cases reported in the winter of 2019 and 2020 coincides with the appearance of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen in central China, possibly masking a coronavirus epidemic far more severe than suggested by official data.

Two Koreas, Two Looming Crises
◎ It is time for the U.S. to stop holding its tongue on the human rights nightmare in North Korea.

Pompeo and Trump Can Turn Human Rights Issues Against China
◎ Exposing the CCP’s multifarious human rights depredations evokes shame in decent, honorable Chinese people and necessarily diminishes the regime’s assiduously cultivated image of respectability.

Geopolitics Watch: Strategic Implications of the US Advancing Global Religious Freedom
◎ There is great strategic value in taking the CCP to task over religious freedom.

China 2020 Outlook: Mid-term Review and H2 2020 Forecasts
◎ We expect to see many of the forecasts made in our China 2020 outlook to be verified over the second half of the year.

Why the CCP Is Pushing the Hong Kong Law Now and How the World Should Respond
◎ The international community must join the U.S. in condemning the PRC for pushing to implement national security legislation in Hong Kong.
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