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There’s a new campaign taking place in China, where the CCP is trying to revive Marxism by merging it into Chinese culture. The campaign isn’t limited to just theory. It represents changes taking place throughout the country, from farms to the military, and from business to the CCP leadership. It appears that the CCP is planning to become more isolated from the world and, as

The Chinese communist regime is aggressively expanding its AI programs, which it’s aiming to use in military weapons and for new forms of tyrannical social control. This is raising alarms in the United States and in Europe, where AI experts are warning that the CCP is using AI technologies from private businesses and open platforms to create new forms of weapons. Yet how real

The Chinese regime is banging the drums of war. Outside China, it’s becoming more aggressive. In the South China Sea, it’s growing more daring in its disputes with the Philippines. In trade, its diplomats are aggressively trying to expand in new markets. Politically, its diplomats have been on the offensive. Yet, behind the scenes, there is a very different picture. The Chin

The United States drew a line in the sand in its disputes with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It declared openly that if the CCP attacks the Philippines, the United States will be forced to defend its ally. The warning comes after a Philippine sailor was seriously injured following a Chinese coast guard ship allegedly ramming their boat. The latest incident comes amid a grow

The United States and Europe are involved in a trade war with the Chinese Communist Party. Tariffs that started under the Trump administration when the United States was looking for new trade deals with China have since expanded under the Biden administration. Now it’s no longer just about trade. It’s about competition for jobs, domestic production, and international politic

It appears the Chinese Communist Party is launching a charm campaign at the Muslim world. This includes new propaganda programs in China, and new pushes on the diplomatic stage where it seems the CCP is trying to win new support among Muslim countries. Yet, behind the scenes, the CCP has continued its brutal human rights abuses of Muslims, and its diplomatic push is already runn

The fate of Hong Kong is becoming a focal point in the United Kingdom, where a British judge, who recently resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court, said the former British colony is becoming a totalitarian state under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The criticisms focus on the recent conviction of 14 political dissidents by CCP authorities, and come in the wake of recent CC

The main espionage agency of the Chinese Communist Party has released a propaganda video on a new state program—essentially attempting to enlist every one of China’s citizens into the role of spies, from co-workers to kids, to the old lady down the street. Alongside this, the CCP has also been rolling out other programs, including one that forms militias among Chinese compan

The United States has developed a strategy to disrupt China’s communist regime if it tries to take Taiwan by force. This is now being described as a “Hellscape” strategy, and one that would involve classified capabilities as well as thousands of unmanned vehicles—including drones, submarines, and surface craft. Its aim would be to delay the CCP long enough for the United

The Chinese economy has been shaken by trade wars, a real estate industry slump, and foreign companies leaving as a way to “de-risk.” But is the problem really as bad as it seems? In this episode of Crossroads, we take a look at the state of the Chinese economy, whether the attempts to fix it have worked, and what this could mean for global security and China’s competiti