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CCP ‘the central threat of our times’?
The State Department views China as the “central threat of our times” and allowing citizens’ information to transit through Huawei as a security risk.
Why Taiwan’s emphatic rebuke terrifies China
Taiwan’s voters rebuked China’s rising authoritarianism Saturday by re-electing President Tsai Ing-wen, who vowed to preserve the island’s sovereignty.
Setback for autocrats use of sharp power to subvert the West
Latest World Politics Review details how Russia and China are sowing division and gaining influence in Czech politics using “sharp power”.
China’s annus horribilis: Authoritarian turn ‘challenges the world’
DW reported detention and disappearance of dozen or more lawyers and activists in final days of 2019 as part of Chinese government’s end of year crack-down.
Russia’s Murder, Inc.’s long, dark history
Russia and China are effectively employing the art of deceit, pairing up to undermine democracy through sharp power, a new report suggests.
Not So Fast On That New Capital City, Burundi
Burundi’s capital is being moved for the good of the people! Actually no: the dictatorship is moving and building a new administrative city as a mega-theft.
President Trump Signs Pro- Hong Kong Law into Effect
President Trump was right to promulgate The Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019. China’s growing influence has come with a lack of democratic principles.
China’s corrosive capitalism clashes with western democratic meritocracy
As China expands its role on the international stage, its form of capitalism is invariably [clashes] with the liberal meritocratic capitalism of the West.
Chinese Defector makes allegations of interference into Taiwan politics
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s ruling party denounced China as an “enemy of democracy” following fresh claims of Chinese interference.