Report: U.S. would lose to China in 2030 simulations
Geostrategy-Direct The United State could lose a war with China fought in the Pacific in 2030, a UK report said, citing U.S. defense sources. The May 16 report by (more…)
Communist China’s Global Times calls for 1,000 nuclear warheads
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a series of state media messages, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin called for China to rapidly acquire 1,000 nuclear warheads and 100 ten-warhead capable (more…)
Coronavirus as strategic distraction: Analyst details CCP’s Taiwan preparations
Geostrategy-Direct The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the Wuhan coronavirus to advance its geostrategic position, an analyst said. While other nations are distracted in coping with the virus, (more…)
China seals off key sources, evidence as U.S. finds virus likely came from lab
Geostrategy-Direct As U.S. government officials continue to gather evidence that a laboratory in Wuhan, China was the “most likely” source of the coronavirus, the Chinese Communist Party reportedly is (more…)
‘High level of activity’: China seen possibly preparing to restart nuclear testing
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China conducted its last full nuclear device test on July 29, 1996 and nearly two months later, on Sept. 24, 1996, signed the Comprehensive Nuclear (more…)
USS America, Japan’s JS Akebono check China’s multiple exercises near Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On April 10, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and PLA Air Force (PLAAF) conducted simultaneous exercises for the purpose of preparing for war against (more…)
China exploits coronavirus crisis with multiple advances in South China Sea
Geostrategy-Direct China’s bid to take advantage of the Wuhan coronavirus crisis has been on display on multiple strategic and economic fronts. With the pandemic now wreaking havoc on the (more…)
China seen moving to control trade deal, U.S. media coverage
Geostrategy-Direct China is notorious for backing out of deals when conditions change. Trump administration officials reportedly fear Beijing will use the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to bolt from (more…)
Coronavirus outbreak invites scrutiny of China’s dual-use covert bioweapons program
Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Paul Crespo While this current novel coronavirus may not have been an engineered bioweapon, it should still focus attention on China’s very real, clandestine, offensive biowarfare (more…)