Is Ne Zha 2, A Thinly-Veiled Attack on Children and Cultural Values?
Ne Zha 2, a Beijing-made animated film, has reportedly become the first movie to cross $1 billion. It has also become the first Asian movie to get into the global box office top 30. The animation premiered on the 29th of January. Ne Zha 2 is a fantasy animation adapted from the mythical hero Ne […]
Studying China—As China Stares Back
Interview With Erin Baggott Carter, Brett Carter Lecturing on authoritarian regimes, with a focus on China, Hoover fellows Erin Baggott Carter and Brett L. Carter share an interest in gauging the scope and scale of the Chinese Communist Party’s repression of citizens through innovative research. But lately, they both say they can feel the weight […]
Ken Buck: Trump Should Keep TikTok Ban
Within hours of taking the oath of office on Monday, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order postponing a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app, TikTok. While I’m excited about many of the president’s executive orders, I strongly disagree with his effort to save TikTok, allowing it to remain in control of its […]
Cotton Blocks Democrats’ Attempt to Extend TikTok Ban Deadline
Reserving the right to object—which I most certainly do. TikTok isn’t just another social-media platform. TikTok is a Chinese Communist spy app that addicts our kids, harvests their data, targets them with harmful and manipulative content, and spreads communist propaganda. Congress recognized the unique dangers of TikTok when we voted on a massive bipartisan basis […]
Violent Protests in China After Student falls to his Death
The death of a teenage boy sparked violent protests in a city in north-west China, the BBC has confirmed through verified video. In the videos shared on social media, protesters can be seen hurling objects at police and officers beating some demonstrators in Pucheng in Shaanxi province. Authorities said the teenager fell to his death […]
China Counting on Cyber-Psychological Cocktail to Expand Dominance
Washington —China’s push to develop the world’s premier fighting force extends beyond conventional and nuclear capabilities, with U.S. officials warning that Beijing is pouring resources into a mix of psychological warfare and cyber operations. The goal in employing what are known in Beijing as cognitive domain operations, or CDO, is to influence the way China’s […]
Can China Hit its 5% Growth Target Under Trump’s Tariffs?
The prospect of punishing new U.S. tariffs will hang over the deliberations at China’s highest-level economic meeting when the Central Economic Work Conference of the Chinese Communist Party convenes for its annual session next month. A key function of the meeting will be to set the nation’s growth target for 2025, a task made more […]
Data Shows the Chinese Government is Less Popular than State Media Makes it Seem
The White Paper protests, which spread across China in November 2022, were triggered by the death of ten people during a fire in a quarantined apartment building in Urumqi. The protests reflected widespread dissatisfaction with the Chinese government’s COVID-19 policies, which forced observers of Chinese politics to question whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) really […]
Former Trump Adviser Describes China’s Ideology as ‘Danger to All of Us’
The challenge the United States faces in confronting China on the global stage is “almost overwhelming” and exceeds some of the worst historical crises the country has ever encountered, former Trump administration national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien said during an appearance Thursday in Washington. “I’m not sure America has faced a threat like Communist […]
Congress Passes 25 Bills to Combat Chinese Communist Party Threats
WASHINGTON DC – Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party championed ‘China Week,’ as the House of Representatives passed 25 crucial pieces of legislation to protect Americans against the military, economic, ideological, and technological threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party. This includes key legislation endorsed by the […]