China

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny

Benedict Rogers’ “The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the CCP’s Tyranny” traces the mounting repression of the Chinese state

Japan’s New Culture Warriors: Cute Cartoon Characters As Soldiers of Soft Power Fortune

Japan’s military is forbidden by law from sending its troops to fight abroad; so why not send fictional 2D ones instead?

A Return to Ideological Competition: Western Liberal Values or Totalitarianism

Biden’s State of the Union lacked the moral clarity on the civilizational struggle the US is in against China and Russia

The Weakness is the Point in American Foreign Policy

The Biden administration’s weakness abroad is part of a targeted appeal to its progressive base at home

The CCP vs. Filipino Catholic Bishops

Unlike the Vatican’s acquiescence to the CCP, the Roman Catholic bishops of the Philippines are resolute against Beijing’s ambitions in the South China Sea

China Faces Consequences of the One-Child Policy

China is only beginning to reap the consequences of its disastrous One Child Policy

China’s Quiet War in the South China Sea

China is engaging in grey zone warfare in the South China Sea

Soft Soap Diplomacy: Chinese Televisual Propaganda in Africa

The new ‘Chinese Savior’ genre of Beijing-backed TV drama is designed to enslave rather than save Africans

China, America, and Thucydides’ Trap

How can China and America avoid the war that befell Athens and Sparta?

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