China to unveil new DR-8 supersonic reconnaissance drone
Geostrategy-Direct Photos posted on social media show China is set to unveil its new supersonic reconnaissance drone which will become a key element in its massive missile force, a (more…)
Esper on China: ‘Belt and Road’ strategy ‘eroding the sovereignty of many nations’
Geostrategy-Direct Through China’s coercive multi-trillion dollar Belt and Road Initiative, several nations in the developing world are seeing their sovereignty eroded as they become more and more dependent on (more…)
‘My $ 3 billion life’: New book details China’s brazen, covert influence ops in U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct The case of billionaire Chinese dissident Guo Wengui shows “the extent to which Beijing will go to influence American society. China’s influence goals are specific and strategic: The (more…)
Chinese mystery missile, the DF-20, could appear in Oct. 1 parade
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher An Aug. 29 article on new missiles that may be displayed in China’s ten-year large military parade on Oct. 1 stated these would include, “hypersonic (more…)
China’s JH-7A challenged Japan warships in simulated attack near Senkakus
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese Xian Aircraft Corporation JH-7A strike fighters conducted a simulated attack on Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force “escort vessels” in late May, according to an (more…)
Report: China sees Pacific Islands as ‘power-projection superhighway’
Geostrategy-Direct In becoming the first sitting U.S. Secretary of State to visit the Federated States of Micronesia earlier this month, Mike Pompeo hailed the island nations of the Pacific (more…)
China reacts with fury at U.S. plans to deploy missiles in Asia
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China spent the week following the Aug. 2 U.S. departure from the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, criticizing Washington’s decision. A senior official pushed (more…)
U.S. Strategic Command cites context of China’s secretly-expanding nuclear forces
Geostrategy-Direct China’s nuclear forces remain couched in secrecy in large-scale underground nuclear storage and production facilities in a tunnel system dubbed the Great Underground Wall. The system is estimated (more…)
In first defense white paper in years, China targets U.S. Pacific Command, Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct In the first defense white paper it has released in several years, China identifies the United States as its main adversary, warns that it is set to use (more…)