China Copes With Insecurity by Boosting National Security Spending
Although much of the discussion of the Chinese National People’s Congress has focused on the removal of term limits, effectively extending Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (and Chinese Premier Li...
View ArticleWhat China’s Moon Mission Means for the United States
China launched its Queqiao communications satellite on May 21, but unlike other communications satellites, this one isn’t going into an orbit around the Earth. Instead, it’s on its way to L-2, one of...
View ArticlePentagon Report Shows China’s Growing Military Capabilities
The Department of Defense has released the latest edition of its report on Chinese military and security developments. Mandated in the fiscal 2000 National Defense Authorization Act, the annual report...
View ArticleBeijing Doth Protest Too Much. US Arms Sales to Taiwan Are Right Thing to Do.
The United States on Sept. 24 announced a new set of arms sales to Taiwan. Valued at $330 million, this sale comprises mainly spare parts and equipment to support Taiwan’s air force, including its...
View ArticleThe Space Force Is Coming. Here’s Why the US Needs It.
One of the issues that will face the new Congress is the creation of a new military service: the U.S. Space Force. Recently, Vice President Mike Pence chaired the fourth meeting of the National Space...
View ArticleIn a War With China, the US Could Lose
Two separate government commissions issued reports this week, and each highlighted the growing threat stemming from the People’s Republic of China. The National Defense Strategy Commission is a...
View ArticleWhat China’s New Lunar Mission Means for the US
The People’s Republic of China will be launching the Chang’e-4 lunar probe on Friday. This will mark the world’s first mission to land on the far side of the moon. (There is no “dark side” of the moon,...
View ArticleChina Fires Shot Across Bow With New Aircraft Carrier
The People’s Republic of China this week officially became a producer of aircraft carriers. The Shandong entered service, introducing the first domestically produced aircraft carrier to the People’s...
View ArticleExpelling US Journalists, China Escalates Political Warfare Over Coronavirus
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the People’s Republic of China has taken the opportunity to further close off the rest of the world’s view of its internal behavior. Beijing’s Ministry of...
View ArticleFor the Chinese, Political Warfare Is War by Other Means
Even amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, China’s efforts at political warfare remain in full swing. China assiduously tries to shape the world’s view of COVID-19, and China’s role in it, by denying...
View ArticleThe Consequences of China’s Coronavirus Secrecy
As the coronavirus pandemic swept the world, questions about its origins inevitably arose. Yes, the virus came out of China, with the earliest analyses suggesting that it emerged from a “wet market”...
View ArticleHow to Hold China Accountable for COVID-19
Americans are understandably upset. Businesses are closed, and people’s lives and livelihoods are at stake. It makes sense that people would demand the government take action against those responsible...
View ArticleChinese Leadership Corrupts Another UN Organization
Chinese influence in the United Nations and its affiliated international organizations has been expanding significantly over the past decade. China watchers long have hoped that the communist nation’s...
View ArticleCanada OKs Huawei Exec’s Extradition to US to Face Bank Fraud Charges
Canadian courts on May 27 cleared the first hurdle for the transfer of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, to the United States. Meng is alleged to have informed various banks that...
View ArticleAsia’s Space Age
Among other things, 2020 has been marked by a major revival of the Space Age, almost a Space Age 2.0. Unlike the first Space Age, which was dominated by the two superpowers, this is a far more...
View ArticleClosure of China’s Consulate in Houston Signals Continuing Decline in...
This past week, the U.S. State Department ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, giving only several days’ notice. The State Department reportedly made the move in response to ongoing...
View ArticleWhat the Potential Crisis on the Yangtze Means for China and the World
As if 2020 has not been sufficiently crisis-laden for the People’s Republic of China, it now faces the potential for major catastrophe due to massive rains. For much of the past several weeks, central...
View ArticleOuter Space and Private Property
As a new generation of entrepreneurs has rekindled interest in outer space the issue of private property has moved from the margins to center stage. In 1967, more than 100 nations signed onto the...
View ArticleAs It Gains Strength and Prestige, China’s Air Force Increasingly Takes...
China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force has been taking a more prominent role in Chinese military diplomacy. This was made abundantly clear earlier last week, when the PLA Air Force launched a...
View ArticleChina’s Next ‘5-Year Plan’ Likely to Increase Animosity Between Washington...
The Chinese Communist Party’s leadership will meet this week to formalize its plans for the next five years (2021-2025). This will be the 14th “five-year plan” created by the Communist Party Congress,...
View ArticleWhat the Story Behind Xi Jinping, Jack Ma, and the Ant Group IPO Says About...
In the 1990s, Jiang Zemin, who had succeeded Deng Xiaoping as head of the Chinese Communist Party and president of China, promulgated what was known as the “Three Represents.” This was Jiang’s...
View ArticleNo, NASA Shouldn’t Get in Bed With China’s Space Program
The International Space Station is getting a new neighbor. The People’s Republic of China launched the Tianhe (Heavenly Harmony) module of its new space station on April 28. This module will serve as...
View ArticleRed China Reaches Red Planet as Beijing Joins Mars Club
The People’s Republic of China last week became one of only three countries to successfully land a spacecraft on Mars. The Tianwen-1 mission, China’s first mission beyond the Earth-moon system,...
View ArticleHow Might China Exploit Afghanistan Debacle?
In the rarified atmosphere of Washington, the debacle unfolding in Afghanistan has led as much to questions of how China might exploit this as it has analysis and discussion of what is ongoing in...
View ArticleXi Jinping’s Taiwan Saber-Rattling Is All About Shoring Up Domestic Power
For the last several weeks, tensions have roiled the Taiwan Straits. China has sent ever larger numbers of combat aircraft across the center line of the straits and into Taiwan’s Air Defense...
View ArticleUnproductive Xi-Biden Summit Sets Stage for Deeper Rift in US-Chinese Relations
Given the low expectations each side brought to the virtual summit between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, it is not surprising that little appears to have been...
View ArticleLooking to the Stars in 2022
The heavens are a little more crowded as 2021 draws to a close. There are more players and more systems in orbit … and more threats. The People’s Republic of China has significantly expanded its role...
View ArticleChina, Russia, and Ukraine: It’s Folly to Think Beijing Will Work With West
As Europe slid into its first war of the 21st century, the Biden administration made a desperate play, hoping that China somehow would work with the West in dissuading Russia from invading Ukraine....
View ArticleBlinken in Multiverse of Biden Madness, China Edition
Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a long-awaited speech Thursday on Biden administration policies regarding China at George Washington University. The speech noted several realities about...
View ArticleNASA Scores Bullseye on Asteroid With Unusual Mission
NASA successfully conducted a test Monday in which the agency deliberately ran a spacecraft into the smaller of two asteroids to alter the trajectory of that asteroid. The space agency’s successful...
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