The Chinese government’s internment, rape, torture, and murder of Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang “reeducation” camps, supposedly to prevent terrorism, has long been confirmed by the testimony of many of the victims. No honest person could deny the evidence. Nevertheless, there are denials. In February 2021, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, uttering a standard […]
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Very Free?
“Why would I be monitored?” Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai queried a reporter last Sunday. “I’ve always been very free.” Yet governments the world over do certainly spy on citizens, and nowhere more virulently than in China, or with less accountability. As for being “free,” or “very free,” that’s the real issue, the very reason […]
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Feckless Endangerment
The Biden administration sure knows how to look feckless when it comes to standing up to China. The administration has decided that the best way to protest Chinazi aggression against Hong Kong democracy and freedom — and against the lives and freedom of millions of Uyghurs — is to announce a “diplomatic” boycott of the […]
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Play with Fire?
Weeks ago, the U.S. military confirmed that China tested a hypersonic missile last summer capable of speeding around the globe with a nuclear payload. Top generals called it “a Sputnik moment.” Speaking of Sputnik, on Monday the Russians blew up one of their own orbiting satellites with a missile test that reportedly sprayed dangerous debris […]
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Say My Name
The term “Shanghaied” dates back to the 1850s, referring to Americans being kidnapped, sneaked onto ships, and transported across the Pacific Ocean, often to Shanghai, China. Doesn’t happen so much anymore. Unless you’re Taiwanese. The subject came up on a just released Common Sense podcast featuring Joseph [last name withheld for his own protection], a […]
China is scheduled to host the Winter Olympics in 2022. Should it be allowed to? If allowed, should anybody go? Cato scholar Ilya Somin argues, at Reason, for at least boycotting the event. Why? To respond to the Chinese government’s “many egregious atrocities, including its detention of hundreds of thousands of Uighurs in concentration camps, […]
“Beijing is trying to convince the incoming Biden administration that the U.S.-China relationship can be smooth and positive,” writes Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin, “but only if Washington dumps the Trump administration’s policies, ignores China’s worst behaviors and pretends everything is fine.” It is more than a little scary because “pretending” is one of the […]
The state of Georgia and the country of China differ. The policies of one are much worse than those of the other. Thus, the Walt Disney Company seriously mulled refusing to do business in Georgia but was eager to film in China, near internment camps used to imprison Uyghur Muslims. Last year, Disney Executive Chairman […]
“Over the course of April and throughout May,” writes Timothy McLaughlin in The Atlantic, “Beijing was undertaking aggressive actions across Asia.” These include: The ramming — and sinking — of a Vietnamese vessel in the South China Sea. Intrusive surveying by a Chinese research vessel (plus coast-guard and other ships) near a Malaysian oil rig, […]
Last week, I ventured into Washington for an important event, hoping not to get sick from the coronavirus swirling around the globe. Nearly 200,000 people in 142 countries have been infected with COVID-19 and 7,866 have already died. “Both SARS and COVID-19 . . . appear to have emerged from animals in China’s notorious wildlife […]