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Nixon went to China and changed the world. Trump went to China and degraded the country. This iPINIONS commentary argues that Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping turned US-China diplomacy into a spectacle of MAGA corruption, billionaire access, and national humiliation. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nixon-went-to-open-china-trump-is Read more.
Putin just exposed Trump’s Cuba blockade as another bluff. After threatening to stop any country from supplying oil to the island, Trump folded the moment Russia called him on it. iPINIONS contends that this humiliation reaches far beyond Cuba to Iran, NATO, and Taiwan. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/putin-defies-trumps-blockade-to-deliver Read more.
iPINIONS contends that China’s invasion of Taiwan will be the sequel to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Xi has made clear he intends to “reclaim” the island — by force if necessary. And with America weaker, more divided, and less credible on the world stage than ever before, nothing stands in his way. Just ask Ukraine…… Read more.
The Chinese Dragon as cyber virus On Wednesday, when FBI Director Chris Wray began his congressional testimony, everyone expected to hear boilerplate law-enforcement concerns. Instead, Wray issued warnings about Chinese espionage and digital warfare that shocked the world. ‘China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and… Read more.
Biden and Xi’s high-stakes agenda The relationship between the United States and China is reportedly at a 40-year low. And China is primarily responsible. China complains that the US is trying to contain its manifest destiny to become the richest and most powerful nation in history. It also accuses the US of imposing punitive tariffs on Chinese… Read more.
North Korea supplying Russia Chinese weapons The X factor in the war in Ukraine is whether China will end up supplying weapons to Russia the way the US is supplying them to Ukraine. I submit that China will not. But it faces an abiding dilemma: China has a geostrategic interest in seeing Russia prevail. But it fears doing… Read more.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China was a strategic blunder. It has caused concern and consternation in the EU, US, and Ukraine. Macron said he was furthering peace and reconciliation. But he ended up fomenting war and discord. Macron’s visit to China Frankly, his visit was more about France than Ukraine. Macron was channeling the imperious Charles… Read more.
As I argued on Wednesday, iPINIONS was one of the few liberals who urged Speaker Pelosi to defy China by visiting Taiwan. I did so because I knew China’s fiery rhetoric was mostly hot air. Moreover, I knew Taiwan’s democracy was doomed if Beijing could bully even the United States into backing down so publicly.… Read more.
Nancy Pelosi pledged an ‘ironclad’ US commitment to Taiwan during a historic visit to the country on Wednesday that has infuriated China and raised warnings that military manoeuvres Beijing announced in retaliation would amount to a blockade of the island. The comments from the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, made during a meeting… Read more.
China issued strong private warnings to the US government about a planned trip to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which included a possible military response, the Financial Times reported. China’s foreign ministry earlier this week officially vowed to take a “resolute and strong” response to any Taiwan visit by Pelosi, which was reported to… Read more.
