Thinking About China

Commentary As I write this article on Nov. 11, 2026, Canada is observing Remembrance Day, honoring those who sacrificed their lives in defense of freedom, democracy, and national security. Yet, ...

Along with rare-earth elements, China’s partial chokehold in pharmaceuticals has given Trump pause in the trade war and ...

The Democratic Party’s new majority in both houses of Congress changes the political equation in Washington, but will ...

The United States has a large economy, has a high GDP per capita, and doesn't engage in significant ...

Commentary The case of an alleged Chinese spy in California illustrates how underground finance can bring espionage and ...

The very qualities parents try to cultivate in a child—honesty, courage, a sense of responsibility for others—became the ...

Commentary Canada’s newly released national security strategy recognizes that national security extends beyond military defence into economic security, ...

Using an animal metaphor to describe modern great-power competition.

A generation should not have to choose between remaining silent and sacrificing its future.

Xi faces the same dilemma as Mao did in his later years.

Commentary Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently announced that the Pentagon had dismantled 80 programs at 30 U.S. ...

Beijing’s programs have created dangerous debt burdens across China­—burdens that surpass even those of the United States.

Countries that join could eventually pay the price with their freedoms and sovereignty.

Beijing remains dependent on debt-fueled investment, a collapsing property sector, and exports vulnerable to trade disputes.

New restrictions will be done in 'phases' and will affect virtually the entire world.

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee opened a four-day plenum in Beijing on Oct. 26, focused on ...

After years of enthusiastic trade engagement with China, Europe suddenly sees a reason to get tough and an ...

Beijing owes America damages for intellectual property theft, the COVID-19 pandemic, and military expenditures.

First, it would give Beijing an advantage as the agenda-setter between Washington and Moscow.

Commentary The South China Morning Post (SCMP) recently published a long interview with Fang Fenglei, cofounder of China ...

The 'climate' agenda built a market in which Chinese automakers get paid by Western rivals. It's time to ...

Commentary Financial crime rarely respects international borders, although responsibility for detecting it remains largely national. Transactions may pass ...

But the national security implications of China’s accelerated tech progress are growing.

China’s surging exports are driven not by domestic strength, but by chronic internal exhaustion.

Commentary China controls the flow of heavy rare earths out of eastern Burma’s (also known as Myanmar) Shan ...

Intense pressure from struggling provincial governments has prompted China’s vice premier to elevate the need for fiscal reform.

Commentary The Red Sea crisis is exposing a troubling difference between how the West and China approach maritime ...