Commentary On Dec. 7, 2022, Dr. Edward Luttwak, a strategy consultant to the U.S. government, gave the keynote speech at Japan’s National Institute of Defense Studies (NIDS) International Symposium on Security Affairs. The speech was entitled “Can China Fight a War?” Most news outlets did not cover the NIDS conference and almost none of them mentioned Luttwak’s…
The CCP Is Still the Largest Threat to US National Security
Commentary Melanie W. Sisson of the Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology on Feb. 7 told the House Armed Services Committee, “Under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is seeking to expand its influence culturally, economically, politically, and militarily,” In President Joe Biden’s Feb. 7 State…
China Raises Military Reserve Age Limits Amid Increased Tension Over Taiwan Strait
The Chinese communist regime’s military new Reserve Personnel Law will be implemented on March 1. It will raise the age limit for reserve service, covering male Chinese citizens aged between 18 and 60. Analysts say that the changes reflect the regime’s intention to invade Taiwan. The new law set the maximum service age for reserve…
‘Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy’–Book Talk by Global Taiwan Institute
The China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been forced to carry out a series of radical transformations since 1949. It has developed into a formidable fighting force but without the expertise and resources needed to conduct modern maritime operations. In the book “Mao’s Army Goes to Sea,” the author Toshi Yoshihara provides an unprecedented look…
How Will a Hot War With China Start?
Commentary The near collision over the South China Sea on Dec. 21, 2022, between a Chinese J-11 fighter aircraft and a U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance aircraft compels the recognition that an incident at sea or in the air between Chinese and U.S. forces might lead to a rapid escalation…
US Tech Restrictions Curb China’s Military Ambitions
Commentary With the threat of U.S.-China military conflict looming, it is critical for the United States to cut off the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from the technology the Chinese regime needs to conduct next-generation warfare. “The government’s prioritization of issues like climate change and woke gender ideologies over core national security interests gives Beijing reason…
‘Borrowed Swords’: China’s Military Is Built With US Technology
News Analysis In California, a former U.S. Army pilot sells classified aviation research to China’s communist regime. In Kentucky, leaders of a defense contracting company allegedly conspire to sell technical drawings to China and illicitly introduce Chinese parts into the Pentagon’s supply Chain. In Illinois, a China-based company allegedly bribes workers to steal proprietary communications…
Communist China ‘Tempting a Crisis’ With Military Provocations: DOD Official
Communist China is baiting a catastrophic conflict in the Indo-Pacific by engaging in threatening and erratic military maneuvers designed to intimidate the United States and its allies. The regime’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), frequently risks the lives of its pilots and those of the United States and its allies by conducting aggressive…
China’s Military Seeks to ‘Dominate’ American Systems, Displace US Internationally: Pentagon Report
China’s communist regime is developing its military to win a war against the United States by overwhelming its electronic, information, and logistical systems, according to an annual report by the Pentagon. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to “fight and win wars” against a “strong enemy,” a term the regime frequently uses as a euphemism…
Inside the CCP’s Plan to Conquer Taiwan and Then the World
News Analysis On a crisp sunny day in October, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping appeared in full military fatigues at a command center in eastern China and ordered the regime’s military wing to prepare for any war. Though such bellicosity has become something of the norm in Chinese communist diplomacy, the looming threat…
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