The danger of TikTok to the US and of a ‘TikTok in reverse’ for the CCP
Sound warnings against using the social media app TikTok, owned by the Chinese firm ByteDance, have been voiced since the...
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Biden meets Xi: Talking for talking’s sake
President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will meet in San Francisco on November 15th. U.S. officials declare such talks...
Worse than appeasement: Xi will be saved by Biden while the risk of war is intensifying
President Biden’s initiated bilateral summit with Xi Jinping this week in San Francisco, as both attend the 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
Biden, Xi to discuss military, economy during San Francisco meeting
'When China Attacks' author Col. Grant Newsham joined 'FOX & Friends' to discuss U.S.-China relations ahead of the APEC summit.
The CCP can’t hide its illegitimacy and humiliation of its dependence on the Soviet Union
It must be embarrassing for a former KGB agent like Vladimir Putin to be supplicant to Xi Jinping. As an...
Don’t think the Chinese military is a ‘paper tiger’
I keep hearing these days that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is a "paper tiger." Thus, there's no need to...
China busily catching up in nuclear arms race with US
Editor's Note: This piece by J.M. Phelps features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. “The rapid expansion of China's nuclear arsenal—that...
China’s ‘communist spies’ in the dock in Taiwan
Editor's Note: This piece by Kelly Ng features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Taiwan is taking aim at...
Kishida visits the Philippines with Japan’s defense in mind
Japanese officers have been saying for years, "Taiwan's defense is Japan's defense." They'd also tell you, "The Philippines' defense is Japan's...
Why arms control with the PRC is a threat to US security
This week the Biden administration will meet with officials from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to discuss an arms...
Why is China highlighting militias in state owned enterprises?
Editor's Note: This piece by Natalie Liu features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. In what was seemingly a...
Watching in Asia: Trouble everywhere for the United States
A foreign reporter (back when the expression meant something) once gave me some good advice: "Look where everyone else isn't...
Now is the time to overthrow the Chinese regime
The unexpected death of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang raises questions regarding Xi Jinping's hold on power and his willingness...
China stands to win from the Israel-Hamas war
From Mao Zedong’s early support for the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the People’s Republic of China has long supported the Palestinians....
Pentagon’s China threat report is another case of threat deflation by Biden administration
We have identified a condition of international politics that we term “threat deflation”—where one state consistently underestimates the nature and...
A test of wills: ISR missions must be protected now
The Pentagon has rightfully issued a condemnation of aggressive intercepts of U.S. military conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions....