Hughes Politics

This week, I wanted to discuss the topical relations between the United States and the Beijing Chinese Government. For some historical context, the U.S. has operated under a "one-China policy" since 1979, and has repeatedly failed to recognize Taiwan as an independent nation. Biden has however reiterated many times that the United States would defend Taiwan in the event of an unprovoked attack from mainland China. However, an article from France24  titled "No 'new Cold War' with China, Biden tells G20 after meeting with Xi" states that Biden said he did not believe there were "imminent" plans to invade Taiwan. This comes with a new condition as Biden stated the question of how Taiwan shapes their independence is up to them. This opens new doors for Taiwan, as Taipei would be open to operate independently from China. This can be dangerous as well since the Taipei government could potentially 'warrant' and invasion from Beijing.  The articl

This week, I wanted to cover Chinese media again. I have actually been having some fun learning about how our adversaries see the west, and the tactics they use to discredit us. I want to talk about the Chinese media coverage of the United States media coverage regarding the Xinjiang genocide of Uyghur Muslims. An article from XINHUANET titled "Why Does the United States Keep Spreading Lies about Xinjiang?" notably outlines the past genocides of indigenous people and ethnic minorities. Seems like a major 'what-aboutism' in my book seeing that most countries have a dark history, and it surely is not a justification for further genocide. On his last day of office, the Trump administration accused Beijing of sending Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities to reeducation camps; a form of ethnic cleansing. And there have been reports of forced labor from the Uyghur community.  The  XINHUANET article says the motivation to spread these "lies" is not for ethic

Last week, I discussed the topical adversary Russia and its news coverage of the Brittney Griner sentencing. This week I wanted to discuss media coverage from China, another American adversary, and look at their perspective on the United States embargo over Cuba.  An article on XINHUANET , an English printed Chinese media company, titled "U.S. embargo costs Cuban sports sector millions in losses"   outlines how it is difficult for Cuban athletes to participate in the United States for international sports events. This contributes to about fifteen million dollars in losses for Cuba. This is a Cold War-era foreign policy of containment for the United States and has been condemned by the United Nations. These sanctions are not just a relic, but an active anti-communist policy. It would make sense that the Chinese Communist Party would criticize such a policy and make America look like the aggressor. This embargo has caused numerous economic issues, and the international communit