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The 31th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre will come and go ghost-like in China, but the event will remain part of China’s narrative. China loves anniversaries. In October, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic will be celebrated with public displays of military strength, and admiration for the Party’s accomplishments. Some …
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As the confrontation between the United States and China intensifies, Taiwan will occupy a pivotal place. Since becoming the site of the exiled Nationalist Chinese government after the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) conquest of mainland China in 1949, the island state has become a flourishing and prosperous liberal democracy boasting the 21st-largest economy in the …
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The PRC’s geopolitical hardball could reshape Asia. Under cover of the global coronavirus crisis, China is moving to rewrite Asia’s geopolitical map. Beijing has announced it will essentially take control of Hong Kong by directly imposing a sweeping national-security law, bypassing the territory’s elected Legislative Council. Despite repeated assurances by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) …
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Tensions along the China-India border high in the Himalayas have flared again in recent weeks. Indian officials say the latest row began in early May, when Chinese soldiers entered the Indian-controlled territory of Ladakh at three different points, erecting tents and guard posts. They said the Chinese soldiers ignored repeated verbal warnings to depart, triggering …
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Meanwhile In Hong Kong, Citizens Are Fighting The Biggest Threat To Their Liberty And Freedom: The Tyrannical Communist State of China. Read More: In Helping Hong Kong, Follow the Cold War Model The U.S. should let Hongkonger immigrants, including those seeking refuge and asylum World War 3 are at an all time high: China threaten …
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China’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved directly imposing national security legislation on Hong Kong to tackle secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in a city roiled last year by months of anti-government protests. The National People’s Congress voted 2,878 to 1 in favour of the decision to empower its standing committee to draft the legislation, …
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The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) move to defy its legal obligations and dismantle Hong Kong’s autonomy leaves the Trump White House with few good options. The United States will not use military force to defend a tiny city-state that partially sits on the Chinese mainland. But American leaders could render the CCP’s victory a hollow …
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Chinese plans to tighten legal control over Hong Kong represents “a death knell” for the former British colony’s relative independence from the mainland regime, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “The decision to bypass Hong Kong’s well-established legislative processes and ignore the will of the people of Hong Kong would be a death knell …
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Let’s face reality. The Chinese Communist Party is winning its battle for strategic control of the South China Sea. Last month, a Chinese Coast Guard ship rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat. A Chinese government vessel commenced an illegal survey in Malaysian waters. Earlier this year, a warship threateningly aimed its target acquisition radar at a Philippine navy vessel. On the legal front, Beijing …
The 31th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre will come and go ghost-like in China, but the event will remain part of China’s narrative. China loves anniversaries. In October, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic will be celebrated with public displays of military strength, and admiration for the Party’s accomplishments. Some …
