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Miles Yu

Miles Yu is the director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. His Red Horizon column appears every other Tuesday in The Washington Times. He can be reached at mmilesyu@gmail.com.

Columns by Miles Yu

When the Nobel Peace Prize rewards ideology over courage

The Nobel Peace Prize has a serious problem.

October 12, 2026

Trump, Xi and the iron reality beneath the pageantry

The more U.S.-China relations change, the more they remain the same.

September 28, 2026

Why we must prepare for the Chinese Communist Party’s collapse

The greatest strategic challenge posed by China may not be what happens if the Chinese Communist Party succeeds, but what happens if it suddenly fails.

September 14, 2026

The dangerous delusion of quiet diplomacy with China

For more than half a century, American statesmen have been told that the most delicate business with the communists who rule China must be conducted quietly.

August 31, 2026

The Chinese Communist Party must answer for the Wuhan abomination

Six years after COVID-19 brought the world to its knees, the time for euphemisms is over.

August 17, 2026

Presence is deterrence: Restore America’s maritime patrol in the Taiwan Strait

The most important security development in East Asia this year did not involve an aircraft carrier, a missile test or another Chinese military exercise around Taiwan. It involved two white-hulled coast guard vessels.

August 3, 2026

The great Chinese data heist

The news that U.S. intelligence knew the Chinese Communist Party acquired data on some 220 million U.S. voters should not be viewed only through the narrow lens of election security.

July 20, 2026

The CCP hates America because we helped create modern China

The prevailing narrative portrays the United States and China as inevitable rivals locked in a struggle for global supremacy, but history tells a different story.

July 6, 2026

Ten China falsehoods exposed by the Trump-Xi summit

The May 2026 Trump-Xi summit revealed a dangerous temptation in American foreign policy: the desire to substitute comforting illusions for strategic clarity.

July 2, 2026

China’s scholars do not deserve equal footing with Western academics

The greatest mistake American universities, think tanks and policymakers make when engaging scholars from China is assuming that both sides participate in the same intellectual system.

June 22, 2026

Shackled by history: How Asia risks forfeiting its future in the Indo-Pacific

History is indispensable. Nations that forget history often repeat its mistakes. Historical memory provides lessons, warnings and perspective.

June 8, 2026

Ten China falsehoods exposed by the Trump-Xi summit

The May 2026 Trump-Xi summit revealed a dangerous temptation in American foreign policy: the desire to substitute comforting illusions for strategic clarity.

May 25, 2026

Trump should reject China’s phony demand for mutual respect

As President Trump embarks on his much-anticipated trip to China, Beijing has predictably amplified its familiar demand for "mutual respect" as the foundation for U.S.-Chinese engagement.

May 11, 2026

China’s rage machine: Power or performance?

The Chinese Communist Party is shouting again. In recent weeks, Beijing has issued a fresh round of "stern warnings" to the United States, mainly over Taiwan, Venezuela, Iran and Washington's broader global role.

April 27, 2026

The strange case of ‘highly respected’ Xi Jinping

"When the legend becomes the fact, print the legend," goes the old line from the Western classic "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."

April 13, 2026

How U.S. military dominance unravels China’s war machine

Every major leap in the People's Liberation Army has been triggered by decisive demonstrations of U.S. military superiority.

March 30, 2026

Trump as a constitutional originalist

President Trump is often portrayed as a disruption of the American political tradition -- an outsider who shattered long-standing norms. Yet that interpretation may miss the larger historical context.

March 16, 2026

What Eileen Gu and Alysa Liu teach us about the meaning of success

As a parent of a teenager born and raised free in America, I watched the stories of athletes Eileen Liu and Alysa Liu unfold at the Winter Olympics with more than casual interest.

March 2, 2026