China News
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China’s Growing Military Pressure Against India
For years, there has been concern about the “string of pearls,” China’s range of investments in port facilities in nations along the Indian Ocean littoral. Gwadar, Pakistan; Chittagong, Bangladesh; Hambantota, Sri Lanka; the Maldives; and Seychelles have all seen a growth in such Chinese investments over the past decade. Although much of this has been…Dean Cheng -
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China’s Communists See Red When Hong Kong Demands Democracy
China’s overreaction to legitimate demands for democracy in Hong Kong, where police are teargasing peaceful protesters asking for universal suffrage, leaves no doubt how the Communist Party sees its future. Regrettably, the Obama administration is saying it will “not take sides.” Beijing’s Communists are making their position clear — they are not interested in sharing…Mike Gonzalez -
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How China’s One-Child Policy Is Setting Nation Up for Economic Crisis
China is missing out on its biggest economic asset: its people. Economist Nicholas Eberstadt estimates that, even if Beijing were to eliminate its one-child policy today, Chinese economic growth would still decline in the 2020s, because the next generation’s working-age population is already so markedly small. Since implementation in 1979, the one-child policy has reduced…Olivia Enos -
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China’s Coercive One Child Policy Turns 34
Few can forget the image that circulated online a few years ago. A young Chinese woman lay exhausted in a hospital bed, staring hopelessly at the body of her baby girl, reportedly killed after a forced abortion at seven months. Feng Jianmei and her baby daughter were victims of China’s coercive, unrelenting one-child policy that…Sarah Torre -
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The Party Is Over in China, for Now
The current anti-corruption campaign underway in China is the real deal. What first appeared to be a convenient way to eliminate political opponents when President Xi took power in late 2012 has morphed into a campaign than no one could have imagined. In 18 months, nearly a quarter million officials and others have been held…William T. Wilson -
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Poverty, Not Climate Change, Bigger Concern for China and India
According to a recent news story, President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will not attend the upcoming UN climate summit. The clear, but unsaid, implication is that the two most populous and still poor countries do not want to attend a bashing of CO2 emitters—of which they are major…David Kreutzer -
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China, With an Eye to the U.S., Is Aggressively Building Up Their Military
China recently conducted its third land-based missile-intercept test. These tests, most likely designed to facilitate “hit to kill” technologies critical for China’s missile defense and anti-satellite programs, are part of a well-planned, enormous military buildup in which the Chinese have been engaged for nearly 20 years. Here are some features of that effort: They have created a large…The Honorable James Talent -
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China Confronts Growing Instability in Its West
Reports indicate major violence erupting in western China this week, with knife-wielding assailants attacking two towns. Casualties are said to involve dozens of Uighurs and ethnic Han (the largest ethnic group in China), as well as extensive property destruction. The attacks were apparently aimed at local police forces, with dozens of police cars damaged. The…Dean Cheng -
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Boeing In Talks for Deal with Iran, Seeks Ex-Im Financing for China
One of the Export-Import Bank’s biggest beneficiaries is working to solidify a deal to sell airplanes to Iran. Unrelatedly, Boeing is also asking for more than $200 million in financing from the bank for exports to China. “These two deals reflect the problematic nature of so many of Ex-Im’s deals,” said Diane Katz, a research…Melissa Quinn -
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China: Oil in Iraq Exposes Dilemma
As the civil-war-stricken Iraqi government continues to battle the Islamic State, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been closely watching its substantial oil holdings in the region. Watching, however, is all it can do. China has long emphasized its Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, emphasizing respect for sovereignty and non-aggression. Though these principles are…D. Gerard Gayou -
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U.S.-China Summit Seeks Improved Relations Yet Again
U.S. officials and observers are hoping last week’s U.S.-China Strategic and Economic dialogue will halt what some are calling a “downward spiral” in relations between the two powers. However, this week’s meetings are unlikely to yield transformative changes in policy. In addition to China’s abysmal human rights record, especially under President Xi, two issues that…Jack McKenna -
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The U.S. and China’s Changing Investment Patterns
A new and growing shift in China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from developing to developed world is well underway, and according to The Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute’s China Global Investment Tracker, the prime target in the first half of 2014 was once again the United States. Until a few years ago, Chinese…William T. Wilson -
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Would Restricting Trade with China be Tough, or Just Stupid?
In his famous “Time for Choosing” speech, Ronald Reagan observed: “This is the issue of this election: whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them…Bryan Riley -
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New PRC Map Is China’s Latest Move in South China Sea Dispute
Aggressive mapping is nothing new for China. With the release of a new 10-dash map last week, however, China has reinforced its already unreasonable claims on areas in the South China Sea. China’s original nine-dash line map shows its claim to 90 percent of the South China Sea, encompassing the hotly contested Spratly and Paracel…D. Gerard Gayou -
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China Reinforces Its Claims Over the South China Sea
While Americans have been focused on the Middle East, the situation in the South China Sea has heated up. Beijing’s latest moves to push it its claims include the deployment of several new oil rigs into various parts of the South China Sea. As Chinese officials have noted in the past, Beijing views these rigs…Dean Cheng -
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This Country’s Growth Should Have Rivaled China’s. What Went Wrong?
Only a decade ago, India seemed destined to rival China. Annual growth had averaged almost 9 percent over a seven-year stretch; domestic investment was booming; domestic companies were building global brands, and its military power was growing. India seemed confident; almost cocky. Unfortunately, all that confidence has largely dissipated. Economic growth has dropped to the…William T. Wilson -
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China Foreign Exchange Reserves: $4 Trillion and Counting
During the second quarter of this year, China’s foreign reserve holdings will top the $4 trillion mark. Representing approximately 43 percent of China’s GDP, these enormous holdings are accumulated when China runs trade surpluses with the rest of the world (primarily the U.S.) and then intervenes by buying dollars with their domestic currency, the renminbi…D. Gerard Gayou -
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The Chinese People Haven’t Forgotten Tiananmen
Man does not live by bread alone. So the Bible says, and it’s the message of Tiananmen Square. Chinese students filled that space 25 years ago to demand free speech, democracy, and an end to corruption. Instead, their protest ended in tragedy. Hundreds of young people were killed the night of June 3, 1989, by…Lee Edwards -
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The Photos China Doesn’t Want You to See
Thousands of people were massacred in and around Beijing’s main square, Tiananmen, 25 years ago today. Student-lead, unlimited hunger strikes were part of mass pro-democracy protests against the Chinese government in Beijing. Since the bloody event, China has attempted to erase any reference to the Tiananmen crackdown from books, television and the Internet, to rid…Kelsey Lucas