Communist Party

Washington Post and Wall Street Journal Took Millions From Chinese Communist Party Newspaper

One of China’s main propaganda outlets has paid American newspapers nearly $19 million for advertising and printing expenses over the past four years, according to documents filed with the Justice...

China’s New National Security Law Subverts Hong Kong’s Rule of Law

Tensions are running high in Hong Kong at a decision by China’s ruling body, the National People’s Congress (NPC), authorising its standing committee to draft a national security law for Hong...

Why Kim Jong-un Will Engage in a Show of Force Before 2020 Ends

It seems the reports of Kim Jong-un’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. This week National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien declared that Kim is “probably doing well” after vanishing from public...

Is the Chinese Communist Party Really Trying To Take Over the World?

In a blog post entitled “It Is Time For a Libertarian Case Against China,” Tanner Greer responds to a piece in Reason magazine by Dan Drezner, in which Dan argued that “There is...

Coronavirus Killed the ‘China Dream’

Globalisation was ill. Coronavirus is killing both it and Xi Jinping’s ‘China Dream’. That’s big news for Australia’s economy and security. Globalisation led people to believe that companies could build...

China Needs to Do Better With Coronavirus—Or Else

The United Nations’ World Health Organization on Jan. 9 announced an outbreak of a new—or novel—coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China. In the three weeks since the announcement, the virus has intensified in...

Beijing Will Not Let Go of Hong Kong

Key point: China will certainly end the crisis, but the question is how. Whatever the outcome of the current protests, Hong Kong will not return to “normal.” No political compromise...

China and the Cult of Xi

The glorification of Xi Jinping is getting so out-of-control it might even be too much for the Chinese Communist Party to handle. Social-media protests were sparked around the country after...