Commentary China’s force of aircraft carriers continues to grow. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) currently has two carriers, one an ex-Soviet vessel, the other a virtual clone of the first. But it is rapidly adding to its arsenal. A third carrier is already under construction at the Jiangnan shipyards in Shanghai. This 85,000-ton vessel,…
Chinese Military Launched Amphibious Drills Near Taiwan Amid Rising Provocations
The Chinese regime’s military said Oct. 11 that it had carried out military drills including simulated beach landings and assaults in Fujian Province, which lies just west from Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait. Self-ruled Taiwan has decried Beijing’s escalated military harassment in recent weeks that included a record show of force from the regime’s air…
Chinese Military Conducted Amphibious Drills Near Taiwan Amid Rising Provocations
The Chinese regime’s military said on Oct. 11 that it carried out military drills including simulated beach landings and assaults in Fujian Province, which lies just west of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait. Self-ruled Taiwan has criticized Beijing’s escalated military harassment in recent weeks, which included a record show of force from the regime’s air…
China’s Bid for Russian Assault Helicopters a Threat to Taiwan: Experts
The Chinese military is reportedly set to purchase at least three dozen Russian attack helicopters to improve its amphibious assault capabilities. The deal would mark the third largest Sino-Russian arms trade ever and would bolster China’s capacity for a potential assault on Taiwan, as well as power projection across the Indo-Pacific more generally. It is…
US Continues Visa Restrictions for Students From China’s Military-Affiliated Universities
September 16, 2021
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Reports of Chinese citizens from Chinese military-affiliated universities being denied visas to the United States indicate that the Biden administration is continuing a Trump-era policy regarding national security. In September, both Chinese and U.S. media reported that a 23-year-old finance student at Washington University in St. Louis named Wang Ziwei said the United States revoked…
China’s Xi Solidifies Grip on Military with New Generals: Analysts
Chinese leader Xi Jinping promoted five military officers to the rank of general earlier this month, bringing the total number of generals he has raised to 58. Experts believe that the promotions simultaneously serve the purposes of solidifying Xi’s personal power over the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and extending the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence in…
US Scientific Collaboration With China May Support the CCP’s Military Programs, Experts Warn
The United States should cut research collaboration with the Chinese regime so American scientists don’t inadvertently aid Beijing’s biowarfare program, security experts say. Their warning has taken on fresh urgency after recently released documents show that U.S. funding went to coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), the facility at the center of…
China’s Military Drill in Tibet a Warning to India: Experts
The Chinese regime’s recent show of military strength in Tibet was an attempt to intimidate neighboring India amid heightened tensions, according to two former high-ranking military officers. But New Delhi remains confident it is a formidable opponent to Beijing, they said. At the end of August, large-scale joint exercises were conducted by the People Liberation…
China Holds Assault Drills Near Southern Taiwan
China carried out assault drills near Taiwan on Aug. 17, with fighter jets, anti-submarine aircraft, and combat ships exercising off the southwest and southeast of the island in what the country’s armed forces said was a response to “external interference.” In a brief statement that was released on Tuesday, the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern…
Saving Taiwan
Commentary Several recent articles in the American press have labeled Taiwan the most likely place for a China-U.S. nuclear war to break out and have called for Washington to avoid such a catastrophe by withdrawing its forces from the area and making no commitments to defending Taiwan. This advice follows in the wake of some…
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