China is preparing for war. It has said so in public. It has demonstrated so with militarization of “Made in China” islands that didn’t exist a decade ago. It has shown intent by showing no sense of limits in cyber-warfare,… Read More ›
Mischief Reef
Cadence Column: Asia, March 26, 2018
China has out-shined. In the game of power, that’s an execution wish. With an aging population, an irritated neighborhood, a loudly whining generation of kids in Hong Kong drawing media attention, and the taste of freedom provided by trade with… Read More ›
Vietnam is moving rocket launchers into the disputed South China Sea
Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable of striking China’s runways and military installations across the vital trade route, according to Western officials. Diplomats and military officers… Read More ›
U.S. says it is open to patrols with Philippines in waters disputed with China
The United States is open to the possibility of joint naval patrols with the Philippines in the South China Sea, a U.S. diplomat said Wednesday, stressing it would continue to exercise “freedom of navigation” in the disputed waters. China claims… Read More ›
Cadence of Conflict: Asia, January 6, 2016
No one is happier today than Beijing. More hoops for law-abiding gun owners to hop through means an easier cakewalk if China invaded it’s number one enemy. Without the logistic ability to invade the US, all of China’s antics in… Read More ›
China is conducting air-sea patrols for Chinese oil rigs in waters disputed with Vietnam
The following is based on a translation of a report on a Chinese news website: Major Chinese military site mil.huanqiu.com has published photos of Chinese oil rigs to the southwest of China’s Hainan Island and the patrol amphibious aircraft and… 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 ›
Calls to punish China grow
Following a year of China’s flagrant and aggressive activities in contested waters, some in Washington are calling for President Obama to cancel China’s invitation to the largest maritime military exercise in the world. Some leaders in Congress and the military… Read More ›
South China Sea: China reclaims land on yet another reef, to show disregard to US, Vietnam and Philippines
The following is a translation from Chinese media: In addition to the artificial islands China has been building on Johnson South Reef, Cuarteron Reef, Hughes Reef, Mckennan Reef, Gaven Reef, Eldad Reef, Fiery Cross Reef and Mischief Reef, China has… Read More ›
With J-20 fighters on artificial islands, China plans to dominate the South China Sea
In my article “Chinese Troops to Seize Zhongye Island Back from the Philippines in 2014” on January 11, 2014, I said, Chinese troops were planning to seize Zhongye Island back from the Philippines in 2014”. In my article two days… Read More ›
China building military base in the Spratly Islands to control entire South China Sea; drops plans to invade Philippines’ Zhongye Island
The following is based on translations from Chinese media: On February 12, I said in my post “China to Build US$5 Billion South China Sea Military Base at Fiery Cross Reef” that according to an informed source, China would spend… Read More ›
China to build 200,000-ton fish farming ship at Mischief Reef, territory claimed by Philippines
The following is translated from Chinese media: Chinese scientists are planning to intensify China’s exploitation of fish resources in the South China Sea. Lei Jilin, a research fellow at Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, repeatedly stressed in an interview with… Read More ›
China to build South China Sea military base in waters claimed by Philippines and Vietnam
The following article was translated from Chinese media. Sources say due to changes in the international situation and the need to resolve South China Sea issues, Chinese military have recently drawn up a plan to conduct reclamation at Mischief and… Read More ›
Philippines UN case means China may quit maritime pact to avoid submitting to judgement
A prominent Chinese academic says Beijing could withdraw from the UN’s maritime treaty rather than submit to judgement on its disputed sovereignty claims in the South China Sea. Regional security expert Professor Shen Dingli said the decision by the Philippines… Read More ›
China boasts of strategy to “recover” islands occupied by Philippines
The following is a translation of an interview on Chinese State TV. It does not necessarily represent the views of China Daily Mail, but is provided so readers can form their own views. Recently, well-known military expert Major General Zhang… Read More ›
China’s stealth wars of acquisition
In the way China made land grabs across the Himalayas in the 1950s by launching furtive encroachments, it is now waging stealth wars – without firing a single shot – to change the status quo in the South and East… Read More ›
China rejects U.N. Law of the Sea
On January 22, Ma Keqing, the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, was summoned to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila and handed a note verbale informing her that the Philippines was initiating a legal challenge to bring China before an arbitral… Read More ›
China steps up building military facilities on Nansha Islands
Ming Pao says, according to Philippine Daily Inquirer, China is stepping up the construction and development on Mischief Reef and Subi Reef. The radar on Mischief Reef has been completed; while a radar and helipad are being built on Subi… Read More ›
