The Harmonious Fist of China: Artifacts

The Harmonious Fist of China: Artifacts

The term “artifact” has at least two meanings: From a technical perspective, an artifact is an unintentional pattern in data, arising from processes of collection and management. From a cultural perspective, an artifact is a designed object, with a social and material history. -Yanni Loukissas As I laid out in the first part of this […]

The Harmonious Fist Of China: Twenty Years of Strategy In The Making

The Harmonious Fist Of China: Twenty Years of Strategy In The Making

The artifice on which every intra-state relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) stands is: “In China, ‘win-win” means China wins twice.” There have been a few articles on the PRC here on SOFREP. I recently worked on a project that dealt with this, and thus my decision to write on it was appropriately […]

Xinjiang and the Geopolitics of an Insurrection

Xinjiang and the Geopolitics of an Insurrection

On Thursday, May 22nd, two sport utility vehicles pulled into a popular market in Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang Province in northwest China. As the vehicles swung through the open street area teeming with elderly shoppers, occupants inside tossed explosive devices into the crowded streets. After exhausting their supply of hand-tossed explosives, the attackers committed […]

Taiwan Crisis Mirrors Ukraine

Taiwan Crisis Mirrors Ukraine

On March 18, Taiwanese student protestors took over the Legislative Yuan assembly hall in Taipei, Taiwan, and have been camped out there ever since.  On March 26, President Ma Ying-jeou agreed to meet with the protestors to attempt to end the standoff and get Taiwan’s government back to business as usual. The protests are over […]

SOFREP Discusses Orbital Weapons in China & More With a Rocket Scientist

SOFREP Discusses Orbital Weapons in China & More With a Rocket Scientist

Today we have for our readers a special interview with an aerospace engineer and friend of SOFREP, who we know as ColonelProp, who graciously allowed us to kill a few hours of his time with our questions.  Because this individual works on some sensitive programs for the United States government, this interview had to be […]

Cyber Warfare: Is China’s PLA Hacking U.S. Companies?

Cyber Warfare: Is China’s PLA Hacking U.S. Companies?

Mandiant’s APT1 report from February 19, 2013 made headlines around the world for claiming to uncover that a unit of China’s military has been engaging in cyber espionage operations against an estimated 141 companies in 20 industry verticals. Here’s a condensed version of their key findings: APT1 (aka Comment Crew) is believed to be the 2nd Bureau […]