FPI / November 1, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China and the United States are in a race to develop microwave weapons to defeat swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). They can also be designed to attack enemy electronics from missiles or be launched into space to be used as anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons. Usually an […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2021 In what analysts said was a predictable next step following the collapse of Afghanistan, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the military wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on Tuesday launched joint live-fire assault drills in multiple locations near Taiwan. The propaganda outlet Global Times reported: “The PLA […]
FPI / August 4, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct From the beginning of the Biden administration in January 2021, the communist government in Beijing has sensed weakness and has continued to capitalize on that vulnerability, analysts say. Last week, at a second showdown with Team Biden this time in Tianjin, China demanded that the U.S. reverse hard-line policies […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 18, 2021 “When 28 Chinese warplanes streaked through the skies around Taiwan on [June 15] – the largest such incursion this year – they followed a pattern that has generated alarm among U.S. and Taiwanese military planners,” Bloomberg News reported June 16. “Some of the People’s Liberation Army planes, including bombers, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 30, 2021 Communist China is rapidly building up its arsenal of nuclear weapons and is on pace to double its stockpile of nuclear warheads by 2030, the director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said on Thursday. China’s nuclear expansion “is on track to exceed our previous projection,” DIA Director […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 3, 2021 The day Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping decides the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) can win a war to conquer Taiwan, “that is when his war will begin,” a China analyst noted. “To ensure that Xi never gains that confidence it is now necessary for the United States to shed […]
FPI / October 21, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese statecraft, especially under the era of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) dictatorship, has featured a pattern of fighting “wars of decision,” or intentional offensive conflicts that China can win, timed to reshape a new regional or global political environment favorable to the CCP. The most […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 18, 2020 The communist government in China has threatened to detain Americans in China in retaliation for the U.S. Department of Justice’s prosecution of Chinese scientists visiting the U.S. who were charged with concealing their active duty People’s Liberation Army (PLA) status. “The Chinese officials have issued the warnings to U.S. […]
FPI / October 15, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher While the actual date of the amphibious exercises has not been revealed, Chinese state media on the weekend of Oct. 10 offered much coverage of the exercises for television and print propaganda. Citing Taiwanese press reports on Oct. 11, the Hong Kong News website reported the […]
FPI / October 1, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The U.S. continues to be guns drawn against foreign technological threats and has taken impressive action lately against several Chinese companies. After trying to balance defending U.S. interests with just enough tact to not be incendiary, it appears the Trump administration has opted for direct, unbridled […]
