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Russia might invade Ukraine. What will China do?
As the second Ukraine crisis unfolds will Beijing “lean to one side”?
Editor’s note for Tuesday, November 30, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Is Airbnb violating U.S. sanctions with listings in Xinjiang?; the U.S. is reportedly looking to improve its airfields in Guam and Australia with an eye on China.
Why China is genuinely worried about AUKUS
The three-nation AUKUS security pact, which includes an American and British commitment to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, is the latest step in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific strategy to counter China. It has sowed a genuine sense of fear in Beijing of things to come.
Biden-Xi meeting aftermath: A prisoner swap, and a search for ‘strategic stability’
Three major outcomes of the Biden-Xi meeting are becoming clearer: A journalist visa thaw, nuclear-arms talks of some type, and an apparent prisoner swap involving China lifting an exit ban on one American, while seven Chinese citizens were deported from the U.S.
China to finance counter-terrorism base for Tajikistan
According to new reports, China is going to build a military base in Tajikistan, and take control of another one. There is no official confirmation yet, but the move shows how much Beijing is worrying about instability from Afghanistan.
China denies report of hypersonic missile test
The Chinese Foreign Ministry denied a Financial Times report that China had tested a nuclear-capable, hypersonic missile in August. Hypersonic weapons technology, which is under development in the U.S., Russia, and China, could have major implications for strategic positions.
U.S. troops in Taiwan: Biden administration reveals small training group present ‘for at least a year’
A contingent of about two dozen U.S. troops have been conducting training in Taiwan in secret for over a year, the Biden administration revealed publicly for the first time via a Wall Street Journal report.
Explaining China’s surge in warplane activity in the Taiwanese ‘air defense zone’
Some are alarmed by the number of Chinese military planes that flew near Taiwan over the weekend. But Taiwan’s ADIZ (air defense identification zone) is not the same as its sovereign airspace: there have been no PLA jets over Taiwanese land, a fact that has been lost in some of the breathier news coverage.
Soul-searching in Taiwan after Afghan fiasco, but is it just ‘immature bedwetting’?
“We can’t rely on the U.S.,” said a senior official from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on condition of anonymity. Despite the U.S. and Taiwanese governments publicly resisting the comparison — and many analysts poo-pooing it — the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan and its dramatic aftermath has fueled fresh doubts in Taipei about American security guarantees.
‘Not the outcome China wanted’: Why a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan makes Beijing anxious
Beijing is happy to bash any failure of U.S. foreign policy, as it has in Afghanistan. But the rapid takeover of the country by the Taliban, an organization that China does not fully trust, risks heightening security concerns for Chinese interests in the region.
The Nanchang Uprising and the birth of the PLA
China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, traces its founding to a 1927 rebellion designed largely as a last-ditch effort to boost morale after a purge by the Kuomintang had killed at least 90% of the members of the Chinese Communist Party.
China beefs up military position with more Indian border units, desert missile silos, navy forces
As the Chinese Communist Party celebrated its centennial, promising a stronger China, including its military, several outside reports showed beefed-up Chinese troop positions and capabilities.
Why China is mostly unhappy with the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
After two decades, U.S. troops are finally fully leaving a country bordering China. Beijing appears to have mixed feelings about the development, taking advantage of opportunities to increase regional influence while warning about the possibility of instability.
Xi emphasizes ‘ethnic unity,’ environmental protection, rural development, and military readiness at Two Sessions
Chinese state media have highlighted four meetings led by Xi Jinping in the past week, with delegations from Inner Mongolia and Qinghai Province, representatives from the health and education fields, and security and military personnel.
Beijing considers rare earth export controls targeted at U.S. defense industry
A month after Chinese regulators issued new rules on export controls for rare earth elements, the Financial Times reports that Beijing is evaluating what impact a targeted move could have on the ability of the U.S. to make F-35 fighter jets.
Pentagon says China’s building more nuclear missiles, navy is world’s biggest
This year’s annual report from the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense on the state of China’s military is out, and it paints a picture of the People’s Liberation Army as ambitious, strategic, and growing in power.
An enormous parade, party to celebrate 70 years of the P.R.C.
For the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing held a nearly three-hour-long parade. The South China Morning Post has a chronological timeline…
Beijing threatens, with video, that it could quash Hong Kong protests
A propaganda video debuted at a reception in Hong Kong for the 92nd anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Liberation Army. It was shared widely…
China white paper on national defense: Separatists are top threat
Xinhua News Agency reports that China has issued a white paper titled “China’s National Defense in the New Era.” Its purpose: to help “the international community better…
Sinica Podcast: Taylor Fravel on the People’s Liberation Army
This week’s Sinica Podcast is now live. This week, Kaiser and Jeremy chat with Taylor Fravel, one of the world’s leading authorities on the People’s…
