China: The Democracy Question
China is not a democracy; at least not in the sense to which our western sensibility is acclimated. Starting in the 1980s (the period...
Xi Jinping’s future China
T he fifth session of the National People's Congress and the Fifth Session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political...
The last launch from North Korea
L ast Sunday, during the early morning hours, the North Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the launch of a medium-range ballistic missile....
Considerations on the East Turkestan – Xinjiang issue
X injiang’s demographic and anthropic complexion is more complex than we tend to currently believe: according to China's 2000 census-taking, 40% of the...
Donald Trump, Nuclear Issue and Nuclear War
There were so many controversial statements made by Donald Trump during the United States Presidential Election, which makes many parties underestimated Trump’s chance to...
The Davos Gauntlet: Xi vs. Trump over the Future of the World
Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China, came to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to deliver a speech that...
China’s Silk Road Looks to Revive its Economic Fortunes
On January 18 a locomotive with 34 carriages pulled into Barking Rail Freight Terminal in London’s east end. Normally, this would not be in...
Battling the Tiger: Combating corruption in the Sino-world
After the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a new round of anti-corruption campaign has been going on. With almost fifty...
The essential data to analyze the Uyghur issue
A s is well known to all serious scholars and experts of the Uyghur and Xinjiang issue, the tensions with the Chinese...
Response to Mr. Giancarlo Elia Valori’s Additional Considerations
T he purposeful spread of misinformation continues to impede those looking to uncover truth in the 21st century. As an activist in...