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• China sees ‘unprecedented’ capital outflows following Russian invasion of Ukraine

  By China News on March 26, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Global investors have withdrawn money out of China on an “unprecedented” scale since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, according to a report by the Institute of International Finance (IIF), with the yuan likely to face more pressure in coming… Read More ›

• Tuberculosis on the rise in Southeast Asia due to Covid-19 disruptions in healthcare

  By uwe.roland.gross on March 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Tuberculosis (TB) may have been overtaken by Covid-19 as the world’s deadliest infectious disease, but it continues to defy vaccines and antibiotics to wreak a grim global toll. TB was the world’s second-deadliest infectious disease after Covid-19 in 2020 (the… Read More ›

• China sides with Russia over ‘grave’ Ukraine situation

  By China News on March 14, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called the situation in Ukraine “grave” and offered Beijing’s help in playing a “positive role” for peace while continuing to refrain from criticizing Russia. China has largely sided with Russia in the conflict, which… Read More ›

• China fully capable of jet engine development, narrowing technology gaps

  By chankaiyee2 on March 12, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  J-20 jets, China’s most advanced stealth fighter jets powered by domestic engines, made their debut at the opening ceremony of the China Airshow 2021 in the host city Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province on Tuesday.Photo: Cui Meng/GT With efforts including… Read More ›

• Ukraine conflict and India’s hard choices

  By sandyinsights on March 11, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  On 24th January 2022, I assessed and tweeted from my account (@InsightGL) that Russia will invade Ukraine after 20th February, the closing day of the disastrous Beijing Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, my predictions came true, and activities started on 21st February. The invasion of Ukraine is… Read More ›

• The “Fondaco” of business and commerce

  By albertobor on March 10, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  There was a place in Venice called the Fondaco dei Turchi where one traded with the enemies. While the Serenissima and the Ottoman Empire were fighting on the seas, business continued in the Santa Croce district. Death and trade were… Read More ›

• Why China will “reclaim” Siberia

  By China News on March 6, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  China has made no secret that it will one day enforce its claims on much of Eastern Russia, which it sees as rightfully belonging to China.  With Russia fast becoming the weaker partner in the alliance formed after the west… Read More ›

• Pax Mercatoria and illiberal political systems: Russia and China

  By albertobor on March 6, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The concept of marker pax mercatoria is defined by political scientist Jim Chen, a professor at Michigan State University, who claims that the market and globalization can produce system stability: “In the public sphere, pax mercatoria represents the peace dividend… Read More ›

• Vladimir Putin: What’s cooking between his two ears

  By sandyinsights on March 2, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin gave an important speech on 21 February 2022. He gave his version of long historical evidence of the nonexistence of Ukraine. But his last few words gave away his game plan in Ukraine,… Read More ›

• China bans online criticism of Russia, blames US for fueling Ukraine ‘tensions’

  By uwe.roland.gross on February 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Internet censors in China have ordered news outlets and social media accounts to avoid posting anything critical of Russia or favorable to NATO, after Russia began moving troops across the border into Ukraine, prompting a flurry of international sanctions against… Read More ›

• Should India be worried about Russia-China bonhomie ?

  By sandyinsights on February 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Many analysts in the neighborhood of China show anxiety over the Russia-China bonhomie. Their concerns are valid, but the reasons are not. All these countries need not worry but rather be vigilant so that the fast-changing geopolitical vista doesn’t spring… Read More ›

• America must prepare for war with both Russia and China

  By China News on February 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  As Russia threatens the largest land invasion in Europe since World War II, the most consequential strategic question of the 21st century is becoming clear: How can the United States manage two revisionist, autocratic, nuclear-armed great powers (Russia and China)… Read More ›

• Dancing cheek to cheek… the new chapter of Sino-Russian relations

  By albertobor on February 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Sino-Russian relations have never been as good as in recent weeks. The Chinese silence on the Ukrainian quarrel has played a good role in the diplomacy of the Kremlin. In the background, the Beijing Olympics and Putin’s interview with the… Read More ›

• The people of Hong Kong are being punished for once being free

  By uwe.roland.gross on February 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The once highly respected and free nation of Hong Kong is now a different country as the free press is dead and punishing COVID mandates have killed the country’s once-great economy.  In Hong Kong, the free press is a thing… Read More ›

• The Ukrainian bluff. How the Atlantic West yielded Russian gas to China

  By albertobor on February 13, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  A new chapter and friction between the blocks in the conflict over energy. On the one hand China and its dependence on coal, on the other, the west and its stormy relations with Russia on the western borders. With Russian… Read More ›

• Success or failure, Beijing Winter Olympics is bad news for the world 

  By sandyinsights on February 12, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Fourteen years ago, China conducted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The games were a success, and the biggest beneficiary was Xi Jinping. He was Vice President of China and competing for the presidency with present Premier Li Keqiang. The… Read More ›

• Russia and China’s plans for a new world order

  By China News on February 11, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  The western alliance has threatened the Kremlin with “massive” and “unprecedented” sanctions if Russia attacks Ukraine. But, as the Ukraine crisis reaches boiling point, western efforts to isolate and punish Russia are likely to be undermined by the support of… Read More ›

• Cadence Column Finished, February 7, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on February 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  It has been an amazing twelve years. The first political columns started in summer 2010. In 2011, I predicted that Taiwan would be recognized—a prediction which has not yet failed, but continues to push forward. Since 2014, the Times has… Read More ›

• China’s invasion of Taiwan – an opportunity for India

  By sandyinsights on February 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Today China has over 350 ships and submarines (130 major surface components), numerically making it the largest Navy globally. These extraordinary Chinese naval expansions are not there to recreate the 15th century goodwill voyages of Admiral Zheng He. China has bigger ambitions,… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 31, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Taiwan’s vice president went on tour. After meeting with the new president of Honduras, Vice President William Lai stopped in San Francisco. While in the States, he held virtual meetings with House Speaker Pelosi and others. Taiwan’s envoy to North… Read More ›

• China is buying up Europe

  By uwe.roland.gross on January 26, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  For more than a decade, China has been stealthily buying up European companies in strategic sectors, particularly in technology and energy. China appears to be using these European assets to help fulfil the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ambitions of becoming… Read More ›

• Taiwan showcases new warships in display of deterrence to China

  By uwe.roland.gross on January 26, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Taiwan has showcased some of its indigenous-built warships at an event designed to send a message of deterrence to China, local officials and analysts said. Over the weekend, the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense held a naval exercise off the coast of Keelung… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 24, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  China has been busy online. Western allies warn about increasing cyber attacks from China; it’s become the common thing to expect and discuss. Cyber attacks aren’t China’s only online hobby. Social media “influencers” are reportedly set to spread the good… Read More ›

• China is preparing for the next pandemic – are we? 

  By sandyinsights on January 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  A hypothetical scenario: The year is 2030. It’s been five years since you or your family members have stepped outside your home. It’s too dangerous out there. This pandemic is deadlier than anything humanity has seen before. Death is lurking… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 17, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  China is illegal. The US Department of State even says so. France even reports as such. This won’t exactly improve friendly relations across the Pacific. It’s actually a much larger step to an all out conflict. Just over a year… Read More ›

• India’s offensive against China should be in the grey zone 

  By sandyinsights on January 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Grey zone is not a fixed concept but a hypothetical place between peace and war. While I was writing this article, a never heard of development was taking place in the Indian state of Punjab. The Indian Prime Minister was… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 10, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 10, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Lithuania has become the “Taiwan of Europe”. Since WWII, Americans never again struggled with the concept that a problem abroad is a problem at home. This is how we Americans can vote to interfere around the world that we know… Read More ›

• Is China ready to host the Winter Olympics?

  By China News on January 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Chinese officials have promised that the 2022 Winter Olympics — to be held Feb. 4 to 20 and followed by the Paralympics March 4-13 — will be a “safe, streamlined and splendid” global event. But that won’t be easy. With… Read More ›

• Crystal Gazing 2022: India and The World 

  By sandyinsights on January 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  If we thought 2019 and 2020 presented uncertainties then 2022 is here to surprise all of us. It could be remembered as one of the most complex, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous years in the recent past. COVID-19, oil crossing $100/barrel,… Read More ›

• Japan looks west to guard against a rising China

  By uwe.roland.gross on January 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Japan signed on Thursday a new security treaty with Australia, a fellow middle power that is similarly aligning against an increasingly assertive China. The blandly-branded Reciprocal Access Agreement, which was signed virtually by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 3, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 3, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Taiwan is on the rise. With chip shortages, stock is booming. You know how graphics cards are astronomically high? A lot of that money is going into Taiwan. Meanwhile, China found an excuse to order a real estate developer to… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, December 27, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on December 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Japan is on the scene in the Pacific. While Japanese athletes will attend the Olympics, Japanese officials will not. China doesn’t want Japan to “politicize” the games. But, consider 2008, the one-hour opening ceremony about nothing but China’s history, with… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, December 20, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on December 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The US is hitting China hard over treatment of Uyghurs. Nearly all imports from Xinjiang will be banned. At the same time, the US bolsters the call to bolster Taiwan’s military defense. However, Taiwan has the seeds of the same… Read More ›

• When India goes to war with China 

  By sandyinsights on December 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  It is an open secret that China challenges everything India sets its eyes on, be it cooperation with Quad partners (the United States, Australia, Japan), international organizations like United Nations, WHO, or designating a terrorist organization. India, a Quad member… Read More ›

• How US may get dragged into maritime clash with China

  By uwe.roland.gross on December 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  As China-US tensions ratchet up, the unthinkable – a military clash – becomes ever more likely. While neither likely wants a military confrontation, a perfect storm of circumstances could turn a relatively minor incident into a wider clash. While China’s… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, December 13, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on December 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China responds with propaganda. A lot more keeps happening more. It’s too much for China to track. But, when the US pontificates about democracy, China leaps to opine first. The problem is the vibe. It’s not about what we say,… Read More ›

• China Reacting to Evergrande’s imminent collapse – economy weaker than being reported

  By uwe.roland.gross on December 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China is now reacting to the failure of real estate developer Evergrande, with $310 Billion in debt.   The AP reported: China’s central bank expanded the supply of money for lending Monday as Beijing tried to reassure its public and investors… Read More ›

• Reading John Rawls in Shanghai

  By albertobor on December 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  I got to know the work of John Rawls when Salvatore Veca, professor of Political Philosophy during my university years, introduced it to Italy by promoting the first translation of the classic “A theory of justice” published by the American… Read More ›

• Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai wins press freedom award

  By uwe.roland.gross on December 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Jailed Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai, who faces charges alongside several senior editors at the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper under a draconian national security law, has won a press freedom award alongside his colleagues at the paper. Lai’s son… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, December 6, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on December 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This week, Slovokia cozies up to Taiwan. This is dangerously close to the Czech Republic. Formerly, the two were “Czechoslovakia” until 1993. Pacific Daily Times has some dark information about Taiwan’s poor treatment of a Czech citizen. As calls to… Read More ›

• China’s birthrate just hit another record low, but the worst is yet to come

  By China News on December 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China’s birthrate in 2020 has hit another record low — and there’s no indication things are about to pick up anytime soon. There were only 8.5 births per 1,000 people in China last year, according to the latest yearbook released… Read More ›

• $6 billion Laos-China railway on track to somewhere

  By uwe.roland.gross on December 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The US$6 billion Laos-China railway that starts operations on December 3 – following the 46th anniversary of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on December 2 – is definitely a game-changer for the land-locked communist country of 7 million people, which… Read More ›

• Pentagon plans to improve airfields in Guam and Australia to confront China

  By China News on November 30, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The Pentagon wants to improve bases in Guam and Australia to counter China following a review of U.S. military resources around the globe. The Global Posture Review (GPR), of which an unclassified version is set to be released later on… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, November 29, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on November 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China faces a very serious and very real boycott at the Olympic Games. The Olympic Committee awarded China as the host country and claims that politics isn’t its business; other governments need to handle that. Boycotts are under serious consideration… Read More ›

• China targets ride-hailing operator Didi for delisting in New York

  By uwe.roland.gross on November 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China’s internet regulator has ordered the operators of a major ride-hailing app, Didi Chuxing, to delist from the New York Stock Exchange, in an ongoing government crackdown on the country’s technology sector, international media reports said on Friday. The Cyberspace Administration… Read More ›

• US sends warship through Taiwan Strait in message to China

  By uwe.roland.gross on November 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) sailed through the Taiwan Strait in a routine operation on Tuesday. The transit sparked anger from the Communist Chinese government, which considers Taiwan its territory, and it characterized the… Read More ›

• How China is trying to turn the U.S. against itself

  By uwe.roland.gross on November 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  As Congress advances a set of bills to protect against Beijing’s efforts to subvert American democracy, China is using our system of government to block and tackle. On November 12, Reuters reported that Chinese officials have been pressuring American companies,… Read More ›

• Chinese geo-strategic expansion in the Levant: A case study of Lebanon

  By anisbajrektarevic on November 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  As soon as the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949, China and the Middle East faced a series of challenges. In recent years, China’s influence in the region has expanded due to its economic interests in energy, trade,… Read More ›

• The Chinese Communist Party still thinks it owns the future

  By uwe.roland.gross on November 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  A rising chorus of analysts now describe China as a “peaking power”—one that might take greater risks to revise the international order before its strategic window of opportunity closes. They cite the country’s aging population , slowing economy , and hostile external environment… Read More ›

• Chinese maritime militia threatens order in South China Sea

  By uwe.roland.gross on November 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Hundreds of Chinese maritime militia vessels are operating in contested areas of the South China Sea on a consistent basis, according to a new U.S. think tank report that says this poses a significant challenge to “maritime order rooted in… Read More ›

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