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Are China’s Resurgent Economic Cooperatives Preparation for Invading Taiwan?

Xueli Wang & Jianli Yang

A ghost that Chinese people are both familiar with and fearful of—a state-controlled supply and marketing system— has recently returned to the forefront of their minds. On Oct. 23, 2022, one day after the closing of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th National Congress, China’s central authorities announced the 2023 civil service exams, where the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives is planning to significantly expand by recruiting more young people.  In November 1949, after finally cementing control of China after decades of civil war, the CCP set up the Central Cooperative…

Xi’s Color Revolution Obsession

Jianli Yang & Xueli Wang

Xi Jinping wishes to defeat “Color Revolutions” by defeating the United States China’s leader Xi Jinping had, in conversations with the then U.S. President Barack Obama over a decade ago, spoken of China being the target of “color revolutions” (New York Times, Aug. 7, 2022) — a phrase adopted from Russia, ostensibly to show how the West engineered revolutions in former Soviet territories. This wasn’t Xi Jinping’s first complaint. During a visit to Mexico three years earlier, he bitterly vented his rage: “A few foreigners, with full bellies, have nothing…

Domestic violence still a problem in China

Xueli Wang & Jianli Yang

China is coming to grips with domestic violence, and the judiciary is taking up measures to combat the menace after a series of high-profile cases recently highlighted the plight of domestic violence victims, sparking nationwide outrage. As education, awareness and employment make their way across the country, more and more women are speaking up about domestic violence. It has elevated to a national concern in recent years. The latest data is not available, but past figures show how severe and alarming the problem is. Way back in 2010, the National…

Why Doesn’t the Chinese Government Protect Them?

Xueli Wang & Jianli Yang

Why Doesn’t the Chinese Government Protect Them? The Women of China In June 2022, a video surfaced of a woman chained up in a shack in Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province, China. Her inhuman experience of her being abducted, trafficked and abused repeatedly while bearing eight children caused shock across China’s heavily censored internet. After the woman’s story was made public, the local government issued five contradictory statements, quickly sealed off the village, silenced comments, and arrested netizens who tried to pursue the truth. To this day, questions about where she…

“Economy is Security, Security is Economy”: Will South Korea set an example for other Eastern Asian countries?

Jianli Yang & Xueli Wang

The fact that President Joe Biden chose South Korea as the first stop of his first Asian tour since his inauguration is significant. Washington and Seoul are seeking to upgrade their military alliance into a “comprehensive global strategic alliance.” But they also want to upgrade their economic ties into a “technological alliance,” with the intent of developing technology and supply chain collaboration based on shared values. South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol described the US–South Korean partnership as an “economic and security” alliance, emphasizing that “economy is security, and security is…