Ben Lowsen
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Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Ben:
Xi Jinping’s Great Leap
In China’s haphazard COVID-19 opening, Xi has created a crisis of a scale unseen since Mao. → Read More
Xi Jinping Leads China’s Wolf Warrior Pack
Xi’s veiled threat to Canada’s prime minister reveals a leader dangerously out of touch. → Read More
Explainer: The TikTok Deal for Dummies
Trump is threatening repercussions to coax ByteDance into a deal, but whether the Chinese and U.S. governments will both assent remains unclear. → Read More
Amid a Pandemic, China Ramps Up Maritime ‘Micro-Aggressions’
Beijing is putting up a brash front to hide its growing insecurity. → Read More
Did Xi Jinping Deliberately Sicken the World?
PRC moral turpitude forces us to consider the unthinkable. → Read More
Hong Kong: The Orchid and the Great Stone Wall
The more tightly Beijing grasps Hong Kong, the more its control slips. → Read More
China’s New Defense White Paper: Reading Between the Lines
Beijing walks a tightrope between peace and its conception of great power status. → Read More
Is It Time for the United States to Recognize Taiwan?
No, but all options are on the table. → Read More
Does Sino-US Competition Mean a Zero Sum Game?
It may, but it doesn’t have to. → Read More
China's Diplomacy Has a Monster in its Closet
Ultra-nationalism is damaging China’s credibility as its ambassadors indulge in curious, chauvinistic and all-too-official tirades. → Read More
Why Is China Attacking US Aircraft?
China’s habit is to flaunt the rules, but a reckoning is coming. → Read More
Is China Abandoning Its 'No First Use' Nuclear Policy?
China is modernizing its nuclear arsenal. Will this affect its “No First Use” nuclear policy? → Read More
The 19th Party Congress and Its Implications for the PLA
Xi Jinping is about to claim a level of control over the PLA not seen since Deng Xiaoping. → Read More
China’s Maritime Operation: The 'Gray Zone' in Black and White
There is no problem in the “gray zone” because the → Read More
What Every Chinese Soldier Knows (Part 3): Mao’s Generals
The hallowed halls of the Helmsman’s hardies. → Read More
Meet the Future PLA Carrier Strike Group: Main Equipment of the Chinese PLA Navy
Summary of main equipment of the People's Liberation Army Navy. → Read More
A Comparison of Chinese and American Military Culture
When East Meets West. → Read More
The True Crimes of Chinese PLA General Guo Boxiong
Chinese PLA Gen. Guo Boxiong and colleague Gen. Xu Caihou are most guilty of being politically incorrect. → Read More
US-China Strategic Nuclear Terminology: A Primer
Experts discuss the U.S.-China nuclear calculus. → Read More
China, US Butt Heads Over Nuclear Talks
Experts discuss the U.S.-China nuclear calculus. → Read More