“We want them to do better,” Randall Schriver, the US assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, stated, adding, “At a minimum, sanctions enforcement, but I think there are other ways China could help pressure Pyongyang into being a more constructive..…
China’s national strategy of military-civil fusion (军民融合, junmin ronghe) has highlighted biology as a priority. [1] It is hardly surprising that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is looking to leverage synergies among defense, scientific, and commercial developments..…
The country's defense power has increased substantially after decades of rapid military development. Today, China has already become one of the three nuclear triad powers. ..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- Though Pyongyang has posed increased security concerns for Japan in recent weeks, the island country’s annual defense report listed Beijing as its number one threat to national security, citing major strides in China’s military and cyber sectors. . . . . ..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- Though Pyongyang has posed increased security concerns for Japan in recent weeks, the island country’s annual defense report listed Beijing as its number one threat to national security, citing major strides in China’s military and cyber sectors. . . . . ..…
The 2018 National Defense Strategy prioritizes competition with China and Russia and seeks to expand the competitive space while strengthening alliances and partnerships.1 Formulating an effective response to China and Russia’s global activism will be challenging. ... Notes ...…
Malaysia wanted Broidy to assist China and China had an additional deal for him. 'I told them USA first and I cannot and will not do defense or Intel biz with China,' he stated. ..…
A dispute between South Korea and Japan is strengthening China’s hand at the expense of both countries as well as the United States, according to leading defense officials. . “I remain very disappointed that both sides are engaged in this,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper told..…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) “partners on family planning activities with the Chinese government agency responsible for these coercive policies,” the administration said in defense of its decision. China’s oppressive one child policy, recently changed to a..…
“All of China’s land-based short- and intermediate-range missiles are deployed within our territory, which testifies to the defensive nature of our defense policy.” . “(I)f the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Asia-Pacific, especially around China, its..…
Law enforcement agents suspected the student was plant, officer who was sent to United States for one reason to acquire information and share it with defense contractors China.. ..…
Beijing is also expanding defense relations with Iran, Israel’s number one enemy. Meanwhile, Israel’s defense ties and arms sales to India, a rival to China, complicate the situation. ..…
Media such as Google, Facebook, and newspapers such New York Times, Washington Post, and even the national broadcast channels will be unwilling to challenge Chinese Communist Party in coming to the defense of President Trump, .. Guo noted one example of the power of pro- China..…
“We urge Beijing to adhere to its commitments in the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Basic Law to allow Hong Kong to exercise a high degree of autonomy,” the spokesperson said, referring to the binding documents guaranteeing the city’s freedoms and autonomy under a policy known as “one..…
we must point out that seeking Taiwan independence is dead end, Wu told news briefing on defense white paper, the military's strategic concerns... China's military will be ready to go to war to safeguard sovereignty, unity, and integrity, .. ..…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) “partners on family planning activities with the Chinese government agency responsible for these coercive policies,” the administration said in defense of its decision. China’s oppressive one child policy, recently changed to a..…
From the continuing US intervention in the country to his apparent overzealous defense of China intrusion, Duterte’s foreign policy proves to be anything but independent. . On one hand, Duterte is invoking the Mutual Defense Treaty with the US government, asking the..…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) “partners on family planning activities with the Chinese government agency responsible for these coercive policies,” the administration said in defense of its decision. China’s oppressive one child policy, recently changed to a..…
Medeiros, “China’s Search for Assured Retaliation: The Evolution of Chinese Nuclear Strategy and Force Structure,” International Security 35, No. 2, Fall 2010, pp. 57-73. . [7] Science of Military Strategy, Academy of Military Science, 1987, as cited in Fravel and Medeiros, “China’s Search for..…
[1] Defense Intelligence Agency, China Military Power 2019: Modernizing a Force to Fight and Win, p.99. https://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/News/Military%20Power%20Publications/China_Military_Power_FINAL_5MB_20190103.pdf. . [2] George Kennan defined political warfare as..…
In a striking departure from the “One China” principle, a Department of Defense report recently referred to Taiwan in a category of “countries.” ..…
“China is a much, much more significant military challenge than Iran,” Elbridge Colby, a former defense official and one of the architects of the National Defense Strategy, told me. “We absolutely must focus on China and to a lesser extent Russia, and figure..…
In a report, Philp Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, points out that: the US is one of the world’s wealthiest countries. It spends more on national defense than China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United Kingdom, India, France and Japan..…
In a report, Philp Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, points out that: the US is one of the world’s wealthiest countries. It spends more on national defense than China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United Kingdom, India, France and Japan..…
June 2, 2019 / 1:27 AM / Updated 20 minutes ago . China to 'fight at all costs' for 'reunification' with Taiwan: defense minister . . . . . . . 4 Min Read . . . . . . . . . ..…
Shanahan lied claiming “actors” (meaning China, Russia, and other nations the US doesn’t control) are engaging in “predatory economics and debt for sovereignty deals (sic), lubricated by corruption (sic), which take advantage of pressing economic needs to structure unequal bargains that..…
By 2030, the countries with top defense spending are expected to be: USA with over 1 trillion (had $611 billion in 2016), China with $736 billion (had 215 billion in 2016), and India with $213 billion (had 56 billion in 2016) China, with $228 billion military expenditure in 2017 is..…
By several governments to facilitate dialogue between the, Venezuela Myth Keeping Us From Transforming Our Economy ranging from that Venezuelan government and the opposition to Stephen Lendman's that peacekeeping force be deployed to Venezuela by such countries as Russia, China and non-aligned..…
I consider China a more cultural power rather than a military power. Today China has a big defense budget, second perhaps to the US. I hope all these countries will diminish this spending and then stop arming themselves so much because building arms creates..…
Article 4 requires U.S and Philippines to come to the defense of the other if one is attacked. Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Philippines all reject China's claims to Paracel and Spratly Islands within that sea. ..…
Trump Says He Sees ‘Signing Summit’ with China on Trade . Hezbollah Official, Palestinian Delegation Stress Unity against Conspiracies . Army, IRGC Securing Strait of Hormuz: Iranian Defense Minister . MP Fadlallah: Premeditated Organized Chaos to Waste Public Funds . ..…
Not surprisingly then, the government has invested in major way science and education, subsidized research in pathbreaking fields, and helped launch promising startups, among other such endeavors — all in the very fashion that Internet and other American and aerospace innovations were originally..…
Not surprisingly then, the government has invested in major way science and education, subsidized research in pathbreaking fields, and helped launch promising startups, among other such endeavors — all in the very fashion that Internet and other American and aerospace innovations were originally..…
Susan Collins, running for her fifth term, split from her party’s defense of the president and criticized him over asking China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. . “I thought the president made a big mistake by asking China to get involved in..…
China has just one. . The Department of Defense even boasts that its “locations” include 164 countries. ..…
The former US president was also referring to people like Shanahan, a high-ranking US official who was intimately involved with the development of at least one of those hawkish reports, the National Defense Strategy (NDS), which declares China as a long-term, strategic competitor..…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military will take action “at any cost” to foil any attempt to separate the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, the country’s defense minister said on Thursday. . China has been infuriated by recent U.S. sanctions on its..…
“West misreads China-Russia partnership,” Global Times, August 29, 2018, http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1117595.shtml; “China to host first China-Africa defense forum,” China Daily, June 1, 2018,..…
Is it still relevant today to seek to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. defense strategy? Given Russia and China’s improved conventional military capabilities, I argue it may be time for the United States to rethink many of the assumptions that have underpinned its..…
On Friday, Trump will unveil a major study into vulnerabilities in the United States’ defense-industrial base. I obtained an advance copy of the report, which found that our military is beholden to products from China, and Beijing has intentionally sought to undermine America’s..…
Moreover, China’s economic strength relative to the United States’ has increased significantly over the past decade, and Chinese military valor will follow the economic one as well. This notion was echoed in President Xi’s assertion to US Defense Secretary James Mattis in June:..…
The second question is that on September 26th, US Department of Defense said that one of its bomber had again flown over the South China Sea and US Defense Secretary James Mattis said that it was what the US had been doing for decades and it would not escalate tensions..…
Mattis told them in response that the U.S. policy toward Taiwan is consistent with the decades-long American One-China policy. . The defense secretary will meet Thursday with Gen. Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission who is considered the second most..…
After a backlash from China and pro-China sympathizers in the United States, Trump threatened to abandon the one-China policy. . The White House's new national security strategy and Pentagon's national defense policy elevated China, along with Russia, to a core national security..…
Pentagon on Tuesday denied Chinese Defense Ministry claims that one of its naval vessels drove U.S destroyer out of South China Sea during freedom of operation last week... ..…
China follows a 'defensive' defense policy, providing the guarantee for maintaining China's security and unity, and realizing the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. ..…