The rise of the People’s Republic of China has caused the largest geopolitical shift since the emergence of the United States as a world power following World War II. What can the world expect from a prominent and powerful China and how will Chinese power influence the direction of world economic and political development? Less […]
Read MoreMacau, once a colony of Portugal and only handed back over to China a little over a decade ago, is the gambling capital of the world with five times the annual gambling revenue of Las Vegas. Benjamin Carlson’s Broken Tooth and New Macau for Foreign Press is a tale of gambling, organized crime, and urban resurgence that uses […]
Read MoreA recent report by a United States Senate Republican committee speculates that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) could prevent any potential reunification of North Korea and South Korea in the event that the Kim family is thrown out of power or the government of the DPRK collapses. Of course, such a scenario is not entirely implausible […]
Read MoreA People’s Republic of China Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced plans on the part of the PRC to routinely fly surveillance aircraft into the disputed areas around the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in response to Japanese claims that their airspace is being violated. The area to the north of the disputed island chain is speculated to contain billions […]
Read MoreThe PRC’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) showed off China’s latest state-of-the-art fighter jet, the J-31, in Liaoning at the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s facility there. The jet is part of the PLA’s goal of transforming China into a top regional military power. [The Times of India]
Read MoreAndrew Erickson, a professor at Providence’s Naval War College and a specialist in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, has a new book coming out entitled Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles in which he explores and explicates the Chinese PLA’s goals, particularly with regard to its navy, and how this will effect Sino-US relations in the future. […]
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