A Chinese aerospace manufacturer hailed a successful test flight of a new spaceplane that will broaden China’s reusable spaceflight capabilities. The unnamed craft reportedly takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane, much like the U.S. Air Force’s… Read More ›
Beijing’s confrontation with Australia should have been an unequal contest. That’s not how it worked out in practice. “Chewing gum stuck on the sole of China’s shoes.” That’s how Hu Xijin, the editor of the Chinese Communist Party–run Global Times,… Read More ›
It is 100 years since we were supposedly getting over the war to end all wars, World War I, and forming the League of Nations with the purpose of preventing such a conflict and slaughter happening again. Regrettably, the only… Read More ›
As early as 2005 John Gersham and Melvin Goodman alerted against the trend of an over-militarized US foreign policy. The warning has been a recurrent theme of American debate, although it gained little traction. The debate recently spilled into mainstream media… Read More ›
In the face of North Korea and China’s continuous expansion and advancement in their nuclear arsenal in the past decade, the nuclear question for East Asian countries is now more urgent than ever—especially when U.S.’s credibility of extended deterrence has… Read More ›
The Biden administration issued a blanket warning Friday to U.S. firms about the risks of doing business in Hong Kong as China continues to clamp down on political and economic freedoms in the territory. Four Cabinet agencies — the departments… Read More ›
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to ban the import of products from China’s Xinjiang region, the latest effort in Washington to punish Beijing for what U.S. officials say is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Muslim groups…. Read More ›
As the date of complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan nears, more and more often we hear comments in which this withdrawal is compared with (literally) the escape of US military forces from South Vietnam in the seventies of the… Read More ›
The Biden administration is set as early as Friday to add at least 10 more Chinese companies and other entities to its economic blacklist over alleged human rights abuses and high-tech surveillance in Xinjiang, two sources told Reuters. The U.S…. Read More ›
President Macron and Chancellor Merkel jointly held a direct talk with President Xi via video conferencing on July 5 Monday, merely four weeks after the release of the G7 communique (VOA 2021 June 13). As regards the two European leaders’… Read More ›
Everyone gets more serious about Taiwan. The US wants a special free trade agreement. China wants reunification, again. While China stockpiles nukes, the US shakes the finger, then China shakes its fist. But, Chinese on the inside are tired of… Read More ›
China will use its space station to advance its military technology and strengthen its influence in foreign countries, experts and lawmakers warn the Washington Free Beacon. Three Chinese astronauts reached the Tiangong space station on June 17. The project ushers… Read More ›
The United States on Wednesday restricted exports to five Chinese companies that it said were implicated in Chinese human rights violations, including large producers of polysilicon for the solar panel industry. The companies were listed over human rights violations and… Read More ›
With little expectations, but a lot of combinations and nervousness, was the long awaited summit of the Presidents of America and Russia a failure? It was not. And can it be described as a success, as a breakthrough from the winter… Read More ›
China does not have the military capability or the intent to seize Taiwan by force in the immediate future, the top uniformed officer of the U.S. military told Congress Thursday. “China has a ways to go to develop the actual no-kidding… Read More ›
Some media says that G7 communique singles out China to accuse, but is entirely ignorant of the communique’s severe attacks of Russia as Russia not China is G7’s EU members’ major threat. Therefore Defense One says in its report “NATO… Read More ›
Feckless far-left fantasies of trading away the 80% of American fossil-fueled energy independence and prosperity for technologies that are 80% dependent on China rare earth materials makes for a gullible green new deal that only Beijing beneficiaries can love. Included… Read More ›
China’s aggressive economic diplomacy is pushing America’s allies bruised by Trump’s go-it-alone foreign policy back into the U.S. orbit. China will dominate discussion during President Joe Biden’s first foreign trip, as the G-7 summit kicks off Friday. And that’s exactly… Read More ›
The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, part of President Joe Biden’s move to share millions of jabs globally, three senators said Sunday, after the self-ruled island complained that China is hindering its efforts to secure the… Read More ›
Speaking in Greenville, North Carolina, at the state’s Republican Party convention, Trump joined a chorus of Republican politicians who are criticizing Fauci for asking Americans to wear masks to guard against the virus and who at times has been skeptical… Read More ›
A great deal has been written about the possibility of a war between the U.S. and China. It tends to be measured in theoretical terms, and much of the analysis centers on exactly when it might occur. But the vital… Read More ›
The U.S. is entering a period of intense competition with China as the government running the world’s second-biggest economy becomes ever more tightly controlled by President Xi Jinping, the White House’s top official for Asia said. “The period that was… Read More ›
“ … attacks against the rules-based order are intensifying … Let me be clear — the United States is not seeking to uphold this rules-based order to keep other nations down. The international order we helped build and defend has… Read More ›
China has branded the United States an “out-and-out security risk creator” in the South China Sea, after a US warship sailed through waters near disputed Islands. In a statement, the Chinese military’s Southern Theater Command said the USS Curtis Wilbur, a guided-missile destroyer, entered… Read More ›
Major powers are wading deeper into the South China Sea in a series of moves that promise to rile China while answering US calls for like-minded nations to counter jointly Beijing’s rising assertiveness in the crucial and contested maritime area…. Read More ›
On April 27, 2021, I had a post titled “PLA 3 Main Battle Warships Commissioned April 24”, which is a summary translation of Oriental Press’ report on the event. According to Oriental Press, the three warships are a Type 055… Read More ›
It’s war. But not as we know it. Decades of writings by China’s top tacticians reveal this to be so. “National security leaders should look closely at what Chinese officials’ words and China’s military actions say about how the People’s… Read More ›
The ‘Strategic Competition Act of 2021’ passed through the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee by 21-1 on Apr 21 Wednesday. The bill will very likely get approved by the 100-member Senate soon. This bill includes a boycott of the 2022… Read More ›
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China against encroaching on Taiwan, and blamed secrecy by the government in Beijing for helping to hasten the spread of COVID-19. In an interview with NBC News, Blinken voiced concern about tension fomented… Read More ›
Western trade and investment interests in China are facing new threats as sanctions trigger retaliation, heightening tensions over human rights, national security and territorial control. Since the start of President Joseph R. Biden’s term in office on Jan. 20, there… Read More ›
I said in my post “Take Taiwan by a War with US in South China Sea” yesterday that amphibious invasion of Taiwan will be costly due to Taiwan’s fortified defense but a naval blockade will be much easier to subdue… Read More ›
Few Americans realize it, but their country’s dominance in high-tech innovation is now in question. This is something that Google’s former chief executive officer, Eric Schmidt, acknowledged in his recent testimony before Congress. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has stated that China… Read More ›
Before Obama began his pivot to Asia to contain China, the US had been quite successful in containing Russia with Chinese assistance. China supported the UN Security Council resolutions initiated by the West to contain Russia in the Middle East…. Read More ›
At least five important points can be noted beyond the hostile exchange of words between the two sides during the Alaska meeting (BBC 2021 March 20 ‘US and China trade angry words at high-level Alaska talks’). First, Yang Jiechi, the… Read More ›
Now, like Cao Cao, the US is too strong for China to fight for superiority with while the EU is also well-established like Sun Quan’s State of Wu that China can use as its ally to counter US threat.. Like… Read More ›
Competition between the United States and China has begun, but how will it end? There is a bipartisan consensus that Sino-American relations will be defined primarily by rivalry across multiple regions and dimensions of statecraft for years to come. Yet… Read More ›
“Change is constant, but no amount of change will turn the attitude of vulture to that of eagle.” ― Bamigboye Olurotimi Over the past several decades, while the United States was busy with unnecessary wars and the European Union was hoping to… Read More ›
It’s that time of year when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) announces its defense budget. This year, defense spending is set to increase nearly 6.8% after last year’s 6.6% rise. Beijing perhaps only issues these figures as a favor to… Read More ›
Nearly 9 in 10 U.S. adults see China as a “competitor” or an “enemy” rather than a “partner,” a new survey has found, shedding light on shifting American views of the Asian behemoth. The Pew Research Center survey released Thursday — the first focusing… Read More ›
China is making an all-out effort to achieve independence in semiconductors, but the learning curve is steep and US sanctions are hurting. America’s National Security Council for Artificial Intelligence issued a 750-page report yesterday proposing that the “United the United… Read More ›
With the US chips down, Beijing is hitting back. That’s one way of looking at news that, almost two years after the Trump administration began restricting supplies of advanced silicon chips to its rival superpower, China is considering export controls… Read More ›
The Wuhan Institute of Virology is authorized to receive taxpayer funding for animal research until January 2024, the National Institute of Health told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The WIV is at the center of widespread speculation that COVID-19 could… Read More ›
China and the South China Sea will be in sharp focus when the US military reviews its missions around the world, according to the Pentagon.US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin announced earlier this month that US President Joe Biden had… Read More ›
U.S. President Joe Biden has criticized China’s human rights violations and military aggression against the democratic island of Taiwan, in his first phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations on Thursday. While the phone… Read More ›
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called on the EU to act “independently and autonomously,” a day after U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to confront Beijing with “extreme competition.” Wang made the remarks in a video meeting with EU… Read More ›
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the Chinese military to enhance its combat readiness during the upcoming Spring Festival holidays when he recently inspected an aviation division of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force. Experts said other militaries should… Read More ›
Emmanuel Macron has warned new US President Joe Biden he cannot rely on the support of the European Union when it comes to China in an indication that the bloc is ready to cosy up to Beijing. Mr Biden, who… Read More ›
China is not eager to appear friendly with the U.S., despite the change of leadership in Washington. As the Trump administration concluded a marathon run of speeches denouncing Chinese communists and announcements of tough-on-China policies right through to its final days, expectations dimmed… Read More ›
During his campaign, Biden reiterated his intention to work with Beijing on matters of common interest, such as addressing global warming and the proliferation of nuclear arms, while at the same time confronting its “abusive behavior” in other realms. The… Read More ›
The U.S. State Department vowed to back Taiwan over the weekend and called on China to discontinue its military, diplomatic and economic pressures against the sovereign island. On Saturday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said, “The United States notes with… Read More ›
