Geostrategy-Direct Beijing harshly criticized the deployment of the U.S.-made THAAD missile defense system to South Korea, saying the system poses a threat to deterrence. Such statements by Chinese officials (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct An American aircraft carrier strike group began conducting war games in the South China Sea on Feb. 18 in what was seen as the first challenge to China’s (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China is reaching “near-parity” with the West in military technology, according to a think tank’s annual report on military balance in the world. China is beginning to export (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Chinese officials and analysts said Beijing remains “uncertain” about the Trump administration and its strategy on the two Koreas. “The prolonged silence” from the Trump administration “is making (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct INSIDE CHINA, By Dr. Willy Lam The Xi Jinping leadership’s decision to abduct billionaire mainland-Chinese financier Xiao Jianhua in Hong Kong and bring him back to Beijing for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The number of U.S.-China military exchanges and high-level visits by generals and admirals that increased under the Obama administration are likely to be significantly reduced on President Donald (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China is seizing upon new gaps in the powerful pro-U.S. alliances in northeast Asia in the early days of the Trump administration. Meanwhile, South Korea’s ambassador to the (more…)
China’s state media has not obsessed about President Barack Obama’s “legacy” to the degree America’s 44th president has. It has not however missed the opportunity to celebrate the “failure” (more…)
China is operating a military hacking unit out of a pair of hotels in Beijing, according to U.S. military intelligence. “The headquarters/Jintang and Seasons Hotels appear to be located (more…)
