Employing force to contain aggression is a well-known strategy. The timely dominance of an aggressor can save a nation from a very painful future. India has seen this first hand in the last 1000 years or so. In the recent… Read More ›
Month: October 2021
New variants of Chinese stealth fighters break cover
Two new variants of China’s stealth fighters have broken cover in the past three days, including China’s next carrier-based fighter, hinted at during a recent air show. Photos and videos taken outside the Chengdu Aircraft factory in its namesake city… Read More ›
G-20 Still Deadlocked as China Won’t Budge on Climate Goals
Negotiations ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Rome dragged into Friday, stuck on energy and climate issues. Some countries singled out China, saying it is refusing to beef up commitments to limit temperature increases and digging in over… Read More ›
China has started making the same mistakes as the Soviets
It’s boom time for historical analogies in America’s China policy. Beijing’s test of an orbital weapon has been compared to a “Sputnik moment” by Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley among others. Analysts, including me, have argued about whether the U.S. and China… Read More ›
US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew
The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. Amid a surge in Chinese military activity near the… Read More ›
China’s latest J-11 derivative uses same technology As J-20 stealth jet; claims to be better dogfighter than Russian SU-35
China’s J-11D fighter jet, often called the Chinese version of the Russian Su-35, is reportedly using the same technology as that of the J-20. Interestingly, this aircraft was once known to be competing with the fifth-generation stealth warplane for funding…. Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, October 25, 2021
Taiwan was thrust into a position without being asked. In 1971, the United Nations removed the Taipei-seated government known today as “Taiwan” and switched to recognizing the Beijing-based government known as “China”. The Taiwanese were elbowed out of the global… Read More ›
China’s trade practices come under fire
China’s trade policies have come under strong criticism during a review at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The US accused China of “skewing the playing field” by using “unfair trade practices” such as preferential treatment for state businesses. Meanwhile Australia… Read More ›
China’s economy weakens, then gets even worse and now there’s a global shipping crisis. What’s next?
The world is waking up to the fact that maybe being dependent upon China for its goods is not such a good idea. In 2019 at about the same time the US was closing on the trade deals with China,… Read More ›
U.S. needs nuclear spacecraft to compete with China, NASA official tells Congress
A NASA official told Congress on Wednesday that the United States needs more nuclear spacecrafts in order to compete with China. “Strategic competitors including China are aggressively investing in a wide range of space technologies, including nuclear power and propulsion,”… Read More ›
China shows off drones recycled from Soviet-era fighter jets
China has for the first time showed off retired 1950s era fighter jets that have been converted to unmanned drones, with satellite photos of two of its east coast bases near Taiwan showing a large number of the jets on… Read More ›
China’s propaganda machine is intensifying its ‘people’s war’ to catch American spies
“Let’s fight a ‘people’s war’ against the spies, so that they cannot move a single step and have no place to hide!” That was the rallying cry of a Chinese military newspaper on social media over the weekend, as Beijing… Read More ›
China’s blackouts break power cutoff pledge
As China struggles to control the latest surge of power shortages, the government seems to be hoping that the public will have short memories for how it has dealt with similar problems in the past. After months of downplaying the… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, October 18, 2021
According to Chinese and US claims, China has a high-orbit, hypersonic missile that can hit a target within 24 miles. And, that’s why China is the new boss of the world and everyone else should hate America. The end. But,… Read More ›
China ‘making its nuclear submarines harder to detect’
China is upgrading its nuclear missile-equipped submarines to make them harder for rival powers such as the US to detect, reports suggest. The People’s Liberation Army Navy has redesigned its type 094 submarines to make them quieter, The South China… Read More ›
Could China’s economy collapse?
For almost half a century, Chinese officials have overseen one of the greatest economic transformations in human history. The country has gone from collectivized farms and famine to world-leading tech companies and gleaming megacities connected by superfast trains. More than… Read More ›
China’s economic crisis is much bigger than expected – its property market, the largest in the world, is collapsing
The situation in China is much worse than originally thought. The largest property market in the world is set to collapse and the ramifications will impact the entire world. We’ve been discussing China’s economic issues for years. Recently this was… Read More ›
UN must condemn forced organ harvesting in China
Doctors, lawyers, and politicians from three continents called on the international community to ensure an end to China’s practice of forced organ harvesting during the first half of the World Summit on Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting. Doctors Against… Read More ›
China says its J-31 is superior to F-35, and will be new carrier-borne fighter jet
Dwnews.com describes the J-31 in its report “曝歼31配新型导弹高清照 被指将终结美军空中优势[图]” as China’s new carrier-borne fighter jet for China’s Type 003 aircraft carrier. The speculation is based on the J-31’s Chief Designer Sun Cong’s recent comment on social media that China will make… Read More ›
The reason for the discussion on the Tobin tax in China
Tax every major financial transaction for social equity by a fraction and allocate the funds to redistribution initiatives. The Tobin tax is the shattered dream of the anti-globalist left, even if its history is slightly more complex. Formulated in 1972… Read More ›
Is another Cultural Revolution underway in China?
Chinese President Xi Jinping is cracking down on several sectors of Chinese society, including technology and entertainment. This has some Beijing watchers worried a new version of Chairman Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution is underway. Here’s everything you need to know…. Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, October 11, 2021
Biden is creating a special center within CIA for China. Xi Jinping is irate. Biden knows China almost as well as Trump. He met with Chinese officials as Vice President. While Trump played a “good cop” routine on China, Biden… Read More ›
The curious case of Pakistan, China, TTP and BRI
On 1st October Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan broke all hell loose when on the Turkish government-run TV channel, TRT World, he disclosed that the Pakistani government is in secret talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), facilitated by the Afghan Taliban…. Read More ›
China’s electronic warfare aircraft J-16D spotted near Taiwan; experts say India border could be next
China is rapidly acquiring new military technologies and weapons as it tries to dominate the Indo-Pacific region, especially the South China Sea which it considers as its backyard. The J-16D electronic warfare aircraft (EWA) is one such platform that stood… Read More ›
Instead of confronting China’s rise, we must manage its decline
Nations, like people, have reputations, and in both cases there can be gaps between the rep and the reality. China is known as the sage of nations, strategically patient, thinking in terms of centuries while the West flits about like… Read More ›
Future of War: Latest Chinese Drones
All kind of unmanned vehicles are the future of war. My first YouTube video on Chinese drones and their capabilities. Chinese propaganda of their capabilities should always be taken with a pinch of salt. Like, share & subscribe. Also follow… Read More ›
Thousands of people being ‘disappeared’ in China for criticising the Communist Party or being too rich and powerful
Thousands of people have been snatched from their homes and off the street by Chinese authorities as part of a secretive and sinister program to ‘disappear’ those who fall foul of the regime. It doesn’t matter how rich and powerful… Read More ›
‘We’ll meet you in the sky’: Chinese air force commander challenges US military
As China flexed its most advanced stealth fighter jets fitted with home-grown engines at the nation’s biggest air show, a Chinese commander responded to an American challenge with an invitation to the US military to meet the PLA “in the… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, October 4, 2021
This weekend saw yet another step-up in Chinese aggression—over 90 incursions in three days. While the world asks, “WTF!?” Taiwan rallies international support based on its IC chip industry. Taiwan supplies a good portion of the world’s semiconductors. If China… Read More ›
Tumbling Evergrande, caged tech giants: China much desperate, more dangerous
An ancient Chinese stratagem advises military leaders: “Loot a burning house.” The trick is easy and self-explanatory — attack when your opponent is most vulnerable. China has given, this and many other hideous ancient wisdom, paramount importance in the quest for… Read More ›
The end of China’s rise
The prevailing consensus, in Washington and overseas, is that China is surging past the United States. “If we don’t get moving,” President Joe Biden has said, “they’re going to eat our lunch.” Countries everywhere are preparing, in the words of… Read More ›
Chinese loans leave developing countries with $385 billion in hidden debts
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has caused dozens of lower- and middle-income countries to accumulate $385 billion in “hidden debts” to Beijing, a new study has claimed. AidData, an international development research lab based at Virginia’s College of William &… Read More ›
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