The following is based on a translation of a report in Chinese media: According to xinhuanet.com’s report on June 19, through 3 years of research, Prof. Chen Yongsheng of the College of Chemistry and Prof. Tian Jianguo of the Institute… Read More ›
Month: June 2015
Cadence of Conflict: Asia, June 29, 2015
China’s economy is tanking if you look at sales reports, or, no, wait, it’s going up if you ask the Chinese. China is also losing the in the battle for Vietnam’s alliance: Moscow is now buddy-buddy with Hanoi. Taiwan’s internal… Read More ›
Western companies are being forced to figure China out all over again as sales plummet
Foreign companies have long known that China’s economic slowdown—now upon us—could hit their earnings hard. They just didn’t expect they’d be hit by changing consumer buying habits and a rise in Chinese competitors at the same time. Suddenly, foreign brands… Read More ›
China says its new aircraft engine is better than the Russian one it was copied from
The following is based on a translation of a report in Chinese media: Chinese website huanqiu.com says that, according to an unspecified report by the news website of Russian Military Industrial Complex, China announced at the Paris Airshow that it… Read More ›
Why the bear is back in Vietnam – Russia assisting Vietnam in South China Sea dispute
Russia-Vietnam ties that seemed to be cooling after the end of the Cold War are warming up all over again. More than 20 years after Moscow abandoned its largest foreign base, Russian military aircraft are once again welcome visitors at… Read More ›
Official news in China stresses military use of Fiery Cross Reef in South China Sea, mocks United States
The following is based on a translation of a report in Chinese media: A report in mil.huanqiu.com titled”Yongshu Reef (Fiery Cross Reef) will be China’s foothold in Nansha (Spratly) for counterblow at US, Philippine and others’ provocation” has stressed the… Read More ›
The Iran scam worsens: the North Korea – China connection
It is likely that the P5+1 nuke “deal” with Iran will be approved soon. Military and other nuke sites which Iran has not “disclosed” will not be inspected. Nor will Iran’s nuke ties with North Korea — which P5+1 member China seems to be… Read More ›
China to turn Mischief Reef into ‘Pearl Harbor of the South China Sea’
The following is based on a translation of a report in Chinese media: The “On Military and War” column of news.ifeng.com published an article titled “Turning Mischief Reef into the Pearl Harbor of the South China Sea is of vital… Read More ›
Cadence of Conflict: Asia, June 22, 2015
The MERS virus in South Korea is having a social-networking effect on the young generations of Taiwan and Hong Kong. With the virus in South Korea, flights are being cancelled and students in both countries who planned to visit South… Read More ›
China says neither Japan nor Australia supports US South China Sea ‘provocation’
The following is based on translations of reports in Chinese media: A report in Chinese media says that Japan and Australia were the only two countries that expressed concern about China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea, along with… Read More ›
Chinese army newspaper calls for military role in Internet culture war
An article published in the People’s Liberation Army Daily, the official newspaper of China’s military—and reprinted in part by Qiushi, the official magazine of the Chinese Communist Party—calls the Internet “the ideological ‘main front’ and ‘the main battlefield’” upon which… Read More ›
China conducts live-ammunition anti-submarine drill to train reserve military staff for a future war
The following is based on a translation from a report in Chinese media: According to people.com.cn, China conducted a naval drill for 4 days in a row including a live-ammunition anti-submarine drill. 120 retired noncommissioned officers took part in the… Read More ›
China to invest $193 billion on Internet networks, but will tightening controls harm creativity and scare investors away?
China’s Internet is a place of often confusing extremes. On the one hand, this week the government announced an investment of nearly $200 billion to boost Internet connection speed with fast optical broadband in major cities and 4G networks in… Read More ›
China reports making world’s most powerful laser for military purposes
The following is based on a translation of a report in Chinese media: War.163.com says in its report “China has made the world’s most powerful laser” that “China has made a major breakthrough in developing the core part of a… Read More ›
“Made in China” really doesn’t mean what it used to
Among shoppers in the West, the notion persists that “Made in China” indicates—to put it bluntly—junk. Many still prize labels boasting a product was made in, say, Italy—even if a growing number of Italian products come from factories that are… Read More ›
Cadence of Conflict: Asia, June 15, 2015
Tension and thought. China plans to dispatch drones to watch disputed islands in the Pacific. The US is set to introduce a new war ship. Oliver Stone says viewing China’s activity as dangerous is dangerous. A co-founder of Qunar (Chinese… Read More ›
China says its new super-quiet anti-submarine warship is like ‘a black hole in the ocean’
The following is based on a translation of a report in Chinese media: Photos of the Chinese navy’s new Type 636 mesopelagic-pelagic survey ship have been posted by “military fans” on the Internet to show China’s advanced capabilities in building… Read More ›
3 helpful tips for dealing with vexing Chinese negotiating tactics
As a film producer and consultant who works extensively in China, I am often confronted with the vexing challenge of making deals with savvy Chinese negotiators. I have found the advice offered by Steven Dickinson, an attorney with the Seattle-based… Read More ›
China says its anti-artillery radar, to be used near Myanmar border, can lock onto enemy cannons in eight seconds
The following is based on a translation from a report in Chinese media: War.163.com says in its report that Chinese anti-artillery radar is able to lock on to and identify an enemy cannon’s location in 8 seconds. The report says… Read More ›
China’s new silk road could change global economics forever
Beginning with the marvellous tales of Marco Polo’s travels across Eurasia to China, the Silk Road has never ceased to entrance the world. Now, the ancient cities of Samarkand, Baku, Tashkent, and Bukhara are once again firing the world’s imagination…. Read More ›
China says it is now able to attack the US homeland with conventional weapons using nuclear submarines
The following is based on a translation of a report in Chinese media: War.163.com posted 15 photos of Chinese nuclear submarines in its report which stated that for the first time China is able to attack the US homeland with… Read More ›
China’s one-child policy breeds ‘little emperors with skewed values’, writer Xinran Xue says
One of China’s most influential expat writers says the country’s one-child policy has had alarming unforeseen consequences and produced a generation of “little emperors” whose values are dangerously skewed. British-based writer Xinran Xue interviewed some of the 150 million single… Read More ›
China says its Shendiao drone can stop American stealth aircraft from invading Chinese airspace
The following is based on a translation of a report in Chinese media: China has previously held details of its new “Shendiao” high-altitude, long-range, anti-stealth drone as top secret, but Hong Kong’s Ta Kung Pao reveals more details in its… Read More ›
Cadence of Conflict: Asia, June 8, 2015
A week of political campaigns. Imagine if John McCain were under review to be kicked out of the Republican Party for not supporting big money enough, there was no strong Republican Candidate, Hillary was already the Democratic nominee, and McCain… Read More ›
Outdated mindset is blocking China’s new ideas, say analysts
A leading mainland Chinese inventor-entrepreneur says he may not have surrendered his professorship at an elite university if government policy at the time had allowed him to set up his company while still staying in his post. “If there had been… Read More ›
Hong Kong’s elderly homeless sleeping at ATM centres cause alarm for customers
The following is based on a translation from a report in Chinese media: Hong Kong’s recent hot and wet weather makes it hard for the elderly homeless to sleep in the open. Fortunately, banks provide air conditioning at their ATM… Read More ›
Xi Jinping’s China is the greatest political experiment on Earth
Can Xi do it? This is the biggest political question in the world today. “Yes, Xi can,” some tell me in Beijing. “No, he can’t,” say others. The wise know that nobody knows. There is a great debate going on… Read More ›
June 4, 1989 is not just the date of the Tiananmen massacre but of many other bloody crackdowns across China
In 1989, pro-democracy protests took place not just in Beijing but in cities across China, and they too were savagely suppressed On June 4, 1989, China’s Communist Party unleashed the People’s Liberation Army on protesters camped in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen… Read More ›
China says it leads the world in submarine power systems
The following is based on a translation from a report in Chinese media: Mil.qianzhan.com says in its report that People’s Daily mentioned China’s new hot air engine for submarines, that has a power output 117% higher than imported engines. This… Read More ›
Why western companies fail in China
Many western companies try to expand their business to China’s nearly 700 million internet users. Some companies succeed and get tremendously rewarded, but many more fail. I previously wrote an article about what, as I see it, Chinese startups should… Read More ›
China says its high-altitude long-range anti-stealth “Shendiao” drone is better than US drone
The following is based on a translation from a report in Chinese media: According to mil.huanqiu.com, a pedigree of China’s military drones has been viral in Chinese military media. The most mystic in the pedigree is a high altitude, long-range,… Read More ›
Cadence of Conflict: Asia, June 1, 2015
Everyone is writing a lot of papers to each other, just like before WWII. Much of this has to do with who claims what territory, which affects how one nation identifies another, which affects peace and stability. Letters can change… Read More ›
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