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RESEARCH
Risk Watch: Declining Export Surplus Will Affect China’s Forex Earnings
The Sino-U.S. trade war and China’s worsening economy have hurt China’s export surplus. According to official economic figures released near the end of September, China’s
Scrap the Third Communique With China, Keep the Six Assurances to Taiwan
By Joseph Bosco President Donald Trump has not hesitated to tear up international commitments made by his predecessors if he determines they are not in
Politics Watch: Meng Hongwei Purge Hints at ‘Soft Coup’ Against Xi
Updated on 12/3/2018 The sudden vanishing and investigation of Interpol chief Meng Hongwei has called renewed attention to the Chinese Communist Party’s pernicious behavior, human
Geopolitics Watch: On Correctly Predicting Trends in China-US Relations
Heading into the final quarter of 2018, it has become clearer that “strategic competition” between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
A Mini-Marshall Plan to Retain Allies
By Joseph Bosco Belize, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the
Geopolitics Watch: America Presses on the CCP’s Vital Points
From President Donald Trump’s remarks on China at the United Nations General Assembly to United States sanctions against a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) department and
Kissinger’s Historic China Policy: A Retrospective
By Joseph Bosco Henry Kissinger continues to amaze. Now 95, the former secretary of State under President Richard Nixon was recently interviewed for the 50th anniversary of
Geopolitics Watch: How the CCP Can Interfere in US Elections
United States President Donald Trump accused China of trying to meddle in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections in his opening remarks at the 2018 United
Risk Watch: The CCP’s ‘Controlled Blow Up’ of Local Debt Could Trigger a Black Swan
China’s State Council and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Office published guidelines that call on state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to reduce their debt ratio on
Geopolitics Watch: In Third Summit with Moon, Kim Successfully Sells Irreversible Denuclearization to N. Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in held a third meeting in Pyongyang from Sept. 18 to Sept. 20. On
Win the Trade War with China to Deter a Real War
By Joseph Bosco President Trump just took the latest escalatory move in a trade war the United States and China are vigorously waging as either a proxy for
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