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REPORT: China's PMI Rebounds to 50.3 — AI Exports Are Carrying an Economy That Domestic Demand Cannot
50.3. One decimal point above stagnation. In any other context, that would be unremarkable. In China's current economic environment — real estate crisis, weak…
OPEN LETTER: Dear Xi Jinping — The Pentagon Just Blacklisted Your Best Companies
The Pentagon is not simply making a list. It is writing a narrative — the narrative that says Chinese civilian technology and Chinese military…
COMMENTARY: The CRINK Axis on Patrol — When Beijing and Moscow Test the Free World's Nerves
Eleven patrols in seven years. Chinese diplomatic rhetoric speaks of "neutrality" — but one does not conduct eleven joint military demonstrations of force with…
ANALYSIS: Four Autonomous Drones to Watch Over Scarborough — Washington Against Beijing in the South China Sea
I am struck by the precision of the American response. Two weeks after China installed a floating platform at Scarborough, Washington delivers four autonomous…
DECODING: China exports its ethnic unity law — Taiwan and the world in its crosshairs
A law passed 2,756 to 6. Then a provision that applies outside China's borders. This is not a legislative accident. It is an architecture…
NARRATIVE: China is stealing American AI — while Washington looks the other way
A report says China is stealing more than half of America's military-civil technologies. The FBI confirms hundreds of billions in annual losses. And the…
EDITORIAL: LinkedIn as a battlefield — China is recruiting spies from your network, right now
What strikes me about this operation is its brutal elegance. No complex hacking. No high-risk undercover agent. Just a job posting on a platform…
NARRATIVE: Russian Soldiers Trained in China — The Secret Program Alarming Europe
Beijing says it is neutral in Russia's war against Ukraine. Beijing presents itself as a peace mediator. And simultaneously, Beijing welcomes Russian soldiers into…
COMMENTARY: Xi in Pyongyang — the shadow alliance reshaping the world order
I won't pretend this is a total surprise. What strikes me is the speed with which Beijing decided to publicly drop the ideal of…