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Jan 19, 2024, 11:54 PM

Can Taiwan and Israel trust US that doesn’t defend borders?

After years of Biden administration’s open invasion and borderless policy, rising crimes and defunding domestic law enforcement, hollowing out of commerce as businesses shut down due to rampant theft and robbery in lawless no-go zones such as in San...

Dec 22, 2023, 7:31 PM

Trump, Colorado, and the rise of antisemitism/anti-Christian sentiment

On December 20, Colorado’s supreme court removed Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot in violation of the US constitution, in a dictatorial power grab that usurped American voters their fundamental right to select their own leaders. This author was quite...

Nov 28, 2023, 7:59 PM

Singapore PM: Remove queen bees in counterterrorism

Nine years after Operation Protective Edge and publication of this author’s previous blog on October 13, 2014, the advice of Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is standing the test of time. Back in 2003 Lee Kuan Yew already...

Nov 8, 2023, 2:04 AM

Why did China wipe Israel off the map?

In midst of the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hamas, on November 1 the Wall Street Journal reported that Israel is suddenly erased from China’s online maps. Iran has traditionally threatened to wipe Israel off the map, but this...

Sep 29, 2021, 9:16 PM

Can China’s Back to Jerusalem Movement succeed where U.S. failed in Afghanistan?

“Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.” Psalms 127:1 Long before the U.S. military withdrawal and surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban, China has been quietly watching with an eye on establishing a strategic...

Apr 4, 2021, 5:51 AM

Vaccine passports, WHO, and globalization of China’s standards

On March 8, China launched its domestic vaccine passport, which shows a Chinese citizen’s vaccination status and virus test results via a program on Chinese social media platform WeChat. The following day on March 9, China urged the World Health...

Feb 6, 2021, 4:45 PM

Affirmative action and rise of the Chinese-American right

Asian-Americans, in the main, have traditionally voted blue. In the 2012 election, 76% of Asian voters turned out for Barack Obama, and in 2016 two-thirds of all Asian voters supported Hillary Clinton. In 2020, Biden captured 63% of Asian...

Jan 10, 2021, 4:18 PM

China’s Christians counter social media censorship with ‘Dingdash’

In the face of China’s increasing government crackdown on Christians over the past years, the Chinese Christian movement Back to Jerusalem has created a new social media platform to counter Big Tech censorship in both U.S. and China. Dingdash.com is...

Jan 9, 2021, 12:58 AM

Friendly proliferation: will US Asian allies get their own nukes?

As America prepares for a new presidential administration, Asian allies are weighing options regarding their own regional security in the face of a rising China and nuclearizing North Korea, and the extent of U.S. security umbrella. One of these options...

Dec 17, 2020, 2:25 AM

China testing ‘Iron Man” soldiers in border conflict with India

On December 11, 2020, Chinese paper Global Times reported that its border defense troops near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India received “Iron Man’ type exoskeleton suits to conduct tasks such as supply delivery, patrol and sentry...

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About Me

Dr. Christina Lin is a US-based foreign policy analyst specializing in China-Mediterranean relations. She has extensive US government experience working on national security issues and was a CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear) research consultant for Jane's Information Group.