Since China completed its victory lap for brokering a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the Middle East has fallen into chaos, and now China is nowhere to be found. Jon B. Alterman details China’s absence in Foreign Policy, writing: Last March, it was hard to miss the sense of satisfaction on the face […]
A War Beneath the Waves – Trillions of Dollars at Stake
It’s a war not many are aware of, but national security and trillions of dollars are at stake. Since the 1940s, China has claimed significant portions of the South China Sea using what has come to be known as the ‘nine-dash line’ map. More recently, Beijing began weaponizing man-made islands in the sea, allowing it […]
Dangerous Forecast for Shipping Routes
The Economist tells readers that increasing threats in the Red Sea and a severe drought hitting the Panama Canal show how vulnerable shipping routes can become. Conflicts and droughts could push shipping routes to the north through the Arctic as ice cover continues to melt. The only problem is Russia’s growing fleet of icebreakers and […]
Is China’s Growth Engine Broken?
At Foreign Policy, Howard W. French discusses the changing sentiment among China analysts who now believe that the country’s growth engine may be broken. He writes: Herd sentiment among pundits and others who analyze the direction of Chinese affairs has always been subject to sudden shifts. In the late 1970s and early ’80s, China was […]
In New Embarrassment, China Forced to Purge Military Ranks
In a new embarrassment for China, the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, has purged his military’s upper ranks of many generals in response to apparent corruption. Ian Williams explains in The Spectator, writing: The Chinese Communist Party will no doubt throw a militarized tantrum should Saturday’s election in Taiwan be won by Lai Ching-te, the more […]
ASYMMETRIC DEFENSE: Taiwan’s Best Hope Against China
At the Cato Institute, Eric Gomez explains why adopting an asymmetric defense strategy is Taiwan’s best hope against invasion by China. He writes: Amid deteriorating US‐China relations, senior US officials have begun suggesting that a Chinese attack against Taiwan could happen soon. The conventional wisdom in Washington is that this urgent threat requires an urgent response, […]
Can China Save Itself from a Debt Collapse?
Moody’s has cut its outlook to negative on China’s debt. Will a new round of stimulus save China from a debt implosion? Weilun Soon reports in The Wall Street Journal: China’s mounting local government debt woes are putting pressure on the country’s credit ratings. Moody’s Investors Service lowered its outlook for China’s credit rating from stable to […]
Should Taiwan Worry about America’s Commitments to Ukraine and Israel?
At the Cato Institute, Jordan Cohen and Eric Gomez warn that Taiwan should be more worried about America’s commitments to aid Ukraine and Israel in their current wars than appears to be the case. They write: Taiwan is waiting to receive $19 billion worth of US weapons that have been sold but not yet delivered, a sum almost […]
China’s Taiwan Claims Ignore Its Indigenous Peoples
China’s communist government claims an ancestral right to Taiwan, but the island’s indigenous people have no connection to the mainland government. Margaret Simons explains in Foreign Policy: Taiwan’s Indigenous tribes have lived on the island for at least 6,000 years. They are possibly the most frequently colonized people in the world. First came the Spanish […]
Should Taiwan Adopt a Porcupine Defense?
At the Cato Institute, Eric Gomez suggests that Taiwan should adopt an asymmetric porcupine defense against the possibility of invasion by China, rather than building up its conventional forces. He writes: Taiwan must prevail in two military operations that will occur in the early stages of a potential conflict: surviving China’s conventional bombardment and denying the […]
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