Say Hello to China’s ICBMs

Say Hello to China’s ICBMs

China’s alleged deployment of a DF-41 strategic ballistic missile brigade to Heilongjiang province, bordering Russia, triggered a fascinating spectacle; how to spin – or not to spin – what necessarily represents a milestone in Russia-China’s strategic partnership. The Global Times stressed Hong Kong and Taiwan media interpreted pictures of the DF-41 were taken in Heilongjiang,…

China is Building a Navy to Displace, Not Defeat the US in Asia

China is Building a Navy to Displace, Not Defeat the US in Asia

In many ways, China’s socioeconomic and military influence in Asia has already balanced a long-lopsided equation of geopolitical power in the region. The social and economic stability brought by the rise of China along with the rest of Asia has helped eliminate many of the “dark alleys” the US and its European allies have often…

Trump, Kissinger and Ma playing on a Crowded Chessboard

Trump, Kissinger and Ma playing on a Crowded Chessboard

Incoming US Secretary of State “T Rex” Tillerson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that China should be denied access to islands in the South China Sea. Militarization of the islands, he said, was “akin to Russia taking Crimea” from Ukraine. Incoming Pentagon head James “Mad Dog” Mattis told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the…

Only ‘Large-Scale War’ would Allow US to Block Beijing from South China Sea Islands, State Media Warns

Only ‘Large-Scale War’ would Allow US to Block Beijing from South China Sea Islands, State Media Warns

Chinese state media has warned that the US would have to launch a “large-scale war” to prevent Beijing from accessing islands it has built in the South China Sea. It comes after secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson said such access should be restricted. “Unless Washington plans to wage a large-scale war in the South…