As the world is spellbound by the zigzagging tariff war drama launched by reality TV star Donnie Trump and people marvel at the sheer destructiveness of a stupid mad man, a truly momentous event just happened in China. In early April, Chinese scientists achieved a milestone in clean energy technology by successfully adding fresh fuel... Read More

This essay is the second installment of my interview with Mike Whitney published on Unz Review. This is quite lengthy as I was trying to cover many grounds in Mike’s expansive question about the underlying forces for China’s resurgence. Here's the question: China's Revival in the Context of its History The west likes to talk... Read More

1-- How do you explain the relentless anti-China bias in western media? Hua Bin-- I used to read the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and the Economist almost daily for 20 years. Their coverage of China was always off the mark, in not downright misleading, for someone who live and work in... Read More

I have written about the western misconceptions about Chinese economy and innovation capacity. And how such confused perception of realities will eventually lead it to a disastrous confrontation with China. As discredited frauds like Gordan Chang and Peter Zaihan continue to have an eager audience in the west, a vicious cycle of self-delusion and disinformation... Read More

Chinese economy has slowed down significantly since Covid-19 outbreak. The average GDP growth rates for the last 5 years have been between 5 to 6%, down from the previous 5 years between 7-9%. Growth in 2024 was 5%. China’s property market, which accounted for 25-30% of GDP most of the last 2 decades, went through... Read More

The US government likes to say that it is in confrontation with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rather than against the Chinese people. The US Congress often takes pains to label its anti-China legislations as anti-CCP. The controlled media also follows this politically correct approach to describe the US-China competition. I often wonder why. I... Read More