China

TikTok Faces Suffocating Government Authoritarianism…In the U.S.

By John Tamny / China, government, politics, technology / September 22, 2023

If we’re free-speech absolutists, we’re by definition absolutists about the sources of speech. What’s being done to TikTok is embarrassing, and it won’t redound to its political critics in the U.S.

Chinese Economists Disagree With Xi Jinping. But Xi Is Right.

By John Tamny / China, economics / September 18, 2023

The consensus among the allegedly wise is that China is “enduring its worst economic slowdown in years.” If the latter described the United States, economists and pundits would be calling for massive increases in government spending. How very backwards.