The Chinese authorities’ readiness to use the coast guard law is aimed at establishing Chinese control inside the first island chain in East Asia.
David R. Stilwell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) from June 2019 to early 2021, speaks to...
China’s one-child policy from 1970 has officially changed to allow three children. But with high inflation, will families be willing to have any children? And if...
In the context of the virus causing COVID-19, there is a need to deliberate on the Chinese military’s interest in biology as an emerging domain of...
If China is guilty of launching a biological war, it must not be allowed to go scot-free. Men, women, elderly, and children are dying inside their...
The joint training indicates progress, but much too slow. The rapid development of the People’s Liberation Army into a daunting force has outstripped the JSDF and...
The Chinese PLA’s elite cyber warfare unit has been caught carrying out cyberattacks in Japan. Now is the time to enact tough anti-espionage laws to stop...
If Japan does not develop its own defenses into a serious force able to operate with the Americans (and the QUAD), U.S. promises – and even...
In its bid to conceal the truth, China admits only 4 fatalities and 1 injury in the clash, while India noted 60 Chinese casualties and Russia’s...
The region and the world are watching as Xi Jinping and the CCP seek power to create new boundaries through military strength and rewrite history to...
Chinese Coast Guard ships have frequently intruded into waters near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, exposing the Japanese islands to dangers. There is a...
China is in an “arms race” and has deployed a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control...