A more confident China threatens to use military force in Taiwan, holds up Hong Kong as a model
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has issued a new threat to use military force in Taiwan as Beijing intensifies efforts to achieve unification
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‘Sink two aircraft carriers’: Chinese Admiral’s chilling recipe to dominate the South China Sea
They’re the pride of the US fleet: enormous 100,000 tonne, 333m long nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. But Beijing thinks they’re Washington’s achilles heel.
China and Russia: A Strategic Alliance in the Making
HE YEAR before he died in 2017, one of America’s leading twentieth-century strategic thinkers, Zbigniew Brzezinski, sounded an alarm. In analyzing threats
Book Excerpt – Red Star Over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy.
The following is an excerpt of the second edition of Red Star Over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S.
China aims to defeat the US Air Force without firing a shot. Here’s how.
A new study highlights China’s growing air power, and warns that China is looking to build out its Air Force to the
The United States and China at a Crossroads
DEFCON Warning System: This is Henry M. Paulson Jr.’s speech to the November Bloomberg Conference in Singapore Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you.
Tides of Change: China’s Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines and Strategic Stability
In recent years, China has expended considerable efforts to build a sea-based nuclear force for the primary purpose of enhancing its overall
Russia and China Aren’t Full Allies—Yet
The recent Sino-Russian military swaggering in Russia’s Far East may signal a new lasting alliance between the two Eurasian powers. This reactionary
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of
US Navy proposing major show of force to warn China
The US Navy’s Pacific Fleet has drawn up a classified proposal to carry out a global show of force as a warning
Amid trade spat, US-China military tensions soar
The bitter trade dispute between China and the US is increasingly spilling into the military domain, with a risky incident in the
Trump admits friendship with China’s Xi could be over
US President Donald Trump admitted his friendship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could be over on Wednesday as he accused Beijing