Charles Parton

China will not become America 2.0 — not the world’s policeman so much as the world’s secret policeman

It would take both a catastrophic economic collapse and splits in the leadership for the CCP to fall

The IOC does not know where to draw the line between sport as soft power and sport as hard political power

Xi knows what is happening. Xi is responsible. But will he ever see repercussions?

The CCP puts controlling Hong Kong above any damage to its international reputation