Author: Nectar Gan

As nearly 12 million new college graduates in China face a bleak job market, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) finds itself grappling with the consequences of its own economic mismanagement and shortsighted policies. This employment crisis not only highlights the regime's failure to create sustainable economic growth but also exposes deep-seated issues within China's education system and private sector. The official unemployment rate for young people aged 16 to 24 reached a staggering 21.3% in June 2023, up from 16.7% in December 2022. However, the CCP's subsequent claim of a sudden drop to 15.3% in March 2024 has been met with skepticism from experts, who find such a dramatic decrease difficult to believe. This apparent manipulation of statistics underscores the regime's tendency ...

Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has hit the nail on the head with his recent observation that China is experiencing a dramatic slowdown in its economy and that Beijing has two paths going forward: continue with its aggression against its neighbours or reform its economy and reduce aggression. As the ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Raja Krishnamoorthi is an expert on the economic situation in China. The meaning of his observation is clear. Faced with a slowdown of the Chinese economy and unable to handle the domestic economic crisis, the mandarins in Beijing are trying to divert domestic public opinion by making warlike moves against India in the Himal...

In the face of an unambiguous warning from the U.S. that if China launches an attack on the forces of the Philippines America will come to the aid of the Philippines, and left with no room for doubt that Manila and Washington are now united in their opposition to the maritime expansionism of China in the South China Sea, Beijing has now thought it prudent to disembark from its high horse and approach Manila to negotiate terms for peace. Diplomatic circles have been taken by surprise that within days of Chinese troops launching on Filipino forces a murderous assault that smacks of an act of piracy rather than an offensive action by a disciplined army, Vice Foreign Minister of China Chen Xiaodong went to Manila early in July to find ways easing the escalating tension and avoiding a wider...