Well yeah, Chinese citizens have been adopting the decadent Western practice of taking to the streets to object to actions by their government. There were, of course, the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, spurred in part by inflation and demands for more democracy, which ended with bodies crushed unde[...]
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Will China down a U.S. “spy plane” over its “sovereign territory”?
Earlier this month the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon after it crossed all of North America, lingering over military sites. It came down in U.S. territorial waters inside the 12-mile limit. On the other side of the world, the U.S. routinely conducts military flights over the South China Sea. S[...]
Why China’s Covid-19 surge is different
The first thing you have to understand is that Covid-19 in China is very different from Covid-19 in the U.S. and other Western nations. It’s the same virus, and in China as elsewhere close proximity of people facilitates its spread. But it’s much harder to contain in the most populous an[...]
Where China stands on Ukraine’s NATO bid
On Sunday, in the state-owned Global Times, Beijing warned the U.S. that allowing Ukraine to join NATO — which the Biden administration doesn’t support — would inevitably escalate the conflict and increase the danger of nuclear war. The Global Times editorial, which is seen as spea[...]
August 21st, 2022 - 11:07 pm § in China, Environment
China’s rivers are drying up, too
In China, the Yangtze River’s water levels “have been falling rapidly due to a drought and a heatwave in China’s southwestern region,” CNN says (read story here). “Rainfall in the Yangtze basin has been around 45% lower than normal,” CNN said. “As many as 66[...]
May 26th, 2022 - 3:10 am § in China, Foreign Affairs
War game: China vs. Taiwan (video)
Knowledgeable teams, including two members of Congress, use wargaming methods to deduce what might happen if China attacked Taiwan. They conclude that China would preemptively strike U.S. bases in Japan and Guam, eventually attack Hawaii and possibly San Diego, and the conflict would quickly escalat[...]
Stupid China left citizens in Ukraine
The U.S. warned Americans to get out of Ukraine. China didn’t warn its citizens to leave, so now about 6,000 Chinese are stuck there. “Unlike nationals from many other countries, they did not receive instructions to leave the country before the invasion began, as Chinese officials pushed[...]
What game theory predicts about China and “The Quad”
“The Quad” is a term for quadrilateral (i.e., four-nation) cooperation among the U.S., Japan, India, and Australian — who are joined by other European and Asian democracies — in opposition to China’s aggression and territorial ambitions. This article explains what game [...]
November 26th, 2021 - 9:26 pm § in China, Foreign Affairs
What crushing Hong Kong cost China
A generation of young Taiwanese, and any remaining hope of mutual reconciliation. “As authorities in Hong Kong arrested pro-democracy supporters, including opposition politicians and newspaper editors, a growing number of people in Taiwan have reflected upon the island’s future relatio[...]
November 7th, 2021 - 1:20 am § in Misc.
How China plans to seize Taiwan
by “Gray Zone” warfare “Any moves China might make could spin out of control into war between America and China” Read article here Related story: China’s nuclear buildup is unnerving Congress and defense officials. Read story here Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]