Tag: China

The introduction of this social credit system, as with all things created by the Chinese state, rides on a seemingly benign current.

A US Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles or within the territorial waters of an island claimed by China in the South China Sea, in a sign of increasing tension in the region days after Secretary of State John Kerry visited Beijing attempting to settle long standing territorial disputes. Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims […]

Picture this: A Chinese fighter jet accidentally crashes into a Navy P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane while attempting to buzz it over the South China Sea, killing all on board both aircraft. Fearing U.S. retaliation, China goes a relatively unexpected route: It uses surface-to-air missiles to shoot numerous U.S. satellites out of the heavens in quick […]

Velcro, beards, bacon eater patches, and lots of guns.  It was another typical affair at the SHOT show in Las Vegas yesterday.  After cruising around and linking up with some friends at the Paris casino, our group of ten or so took some seats in one of the many lounges scattered around the floor, sandwiched between […]

The Obama Administration is notorious for the President’s goal of reducing nuclear weaponry across the globe with the introduction of the New START treaty in 2010. However, while the U.S. tries to play God over the world’s nuclear stockpile, it is simultaneously upgrading its own stocks of B61 weapons into “smart” atom bombs. What does […]

The Philippines booted the U.S. military out of the country 25 years ago, deriding the American troops as unwelcome guests and living symbols of colonialism. Now, fearful of a rising China, Manila is asking Washington to send them back. The push got a major boost Tuesday when the Philippine Supreme Court approved a landmark defense cooperation deal […]

There is a positive side to the People’s Republic of China flexing its military muscle and eyeing controversial land and sea lanes in Southeast Asia: It has inspired a thawing and overall improvement of Vietnamese and Laotian government officials’ efforts to work with the U.S. in searching for, identifying, and assisting in the return of the […]

Russia is cutting its losses in Ukraine under extreme economic sanctions from the West and being ostracized from economic decision-making platforms.

The last few months have seen some startling developments in international affairs, even to the most jaded observers of the international body politic.

China’s apparent military aggression and propaganda campaign is not for the world, it is for the Chinese people. From the recent media storm of reports one is guided to believe that China is poised to execute a devastating invasion of the United States within the internet friendly time of five minutes and fifty two seconds. That […]

China is taking America for a ride, and we are completely in denial about it.  ISIS is amateur hour compared to what we face in East Asia.

Twin blasts lit up the night in Tianjin, China killing at least fifty people and injuring hundreds.  The cause of the explosion is not known at this time, but the two blasts were measured at 2.3 and 2.9 on the Richter scale.  Check out the New York Times for some interesting imagery analysis of the […]