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US Warship “Expelled” From South China Sea By PLA Forces
US Warship “Expelled” From South China Sea By PLA Forces The superpower clash between China and the U.S. continued on Friday as a U.S. Navy ship sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the heavily disrupted South China Sea, only to get an stern rebuke (and what some would call, an appropriate response) from Beijing. […]
China To Hold Military Drills In Gulf Of Tonkin As Warning To Nearby US Carrier Group
China To Hold Military Drills In Gulf Of Tonkin As Warning To Nearby US Carrier Group China has announced plans to hold military exercises in the South China Sea this week, a mere days after the Pentagon confirmed a US aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt had entered the disputed waters in a “freedom of the […]
Is War With China Becoming Inevitable?
Is War With China Becoming Inevitable? Tensions are rising between the U.S. and China, as the list of ideological, political and economic clashes continues to lengthen. And there is a transparent new reality: China seems in no mood to back down. “The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border,” Secretary of State […]
2 Aircraft Carriers Lead ‘Show Of Strength’ In South China Sea As Navarro Slams Beijing For “Spreading The Virus”
2 Aircraft Carriers Lead ‘Show Of Strength’ In South China Sea As Navarro Slams Beijing For “Spreading The Virus” On the eve of Independence Day, the White House is once again stoking tensions with Beijing, as President Trump continues to embrace aggressive rhetoric toward China as a key campaign issue that (he hopes) will help […]
Chinese Warns US To Halt Military Operations In South China Sea
Chinese Warns US To Halt Military Operations In South China Sea The Chinese military is closely monitoring a US Navy guided-missile destroyer transiting the South China Sea on Tuesday (April 28). Global Times✔@globaltimesnews When US destroyer Barry trespassed into China’s territorial waters off the Xisha Islands on Tue, the PLA Southern Theater Command coordinated with […]
China Demands US Stop “Flexing Muscles” After Its New Carrier Sails Across Taiwan Strait
China Demands US Stop “Flexing Muscles” After Its New Carrier Sails Across Taiwan Strait China has gone on the diplomatic and military offensive Monday as China’s Defense Minister told his US counterpart that Washington must stop “flexing its muscles” in the South China Sea. At the same time Beijing has deployed its new domestically produced aircraft carrier to the […]
Marines “Remind China Of America’s Military Edge” During 11-Day Exercise In The Pacific
Marines “Remind China Of America’s Military Edge” During 11-Day Exercise In The Pacific The US is escalating the intensity of its military drills in the waters around mainland China. According to the South China Morning Post, US marines recently held airfield and island-seizure drills in the East and South China seas in order to remind Beijing […]
US Slams China’s Escalating Oil & Gas ‘Interference’ In Vietnam Recognized Waters
US Slams China’s Escalating Oil & Gas ‘Interference’ In Vietnam Recognized Waters Late this week, the US State Department accused China of escalating its coercive actions against Vietnam in the South China Sea. A spokesman said the US is “deeply concerned” China is continuing its interference with Vietnam’s longstanding oil and gas activities in the Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claim. “This calls into […]
“Warning Shot Across The Bow:” US Warns China On Aggressive Acts By Maritime Militia
“Warning Shot Across The Bow:” US Warns China On Aggressive Acts By Maritime Militia Earlier this month, we reported that 275 Chinese fishing militia and Coast Guard vessels surrounded the island of Thitu in the South China Sea, which is currently being occupied by the Philippines. The US recently delivered a stern message to Beijing about its aggression in […]
US Admiral Warns About ‘Hazardous’ Military Buildup In South China Sea
US Admiral Warns About ‘Hazardous’ Military Buildup In South China Sea Though it rarely makes headlines in the US, the simmering rivalry between American and Chinese military forces has prompted some to declare the South China Sea – where Beijing has been building out its military and naval infrastructure in defiance of international court rulings […]
Mike Pompeo’s War Warning to China
Mike Pompeo’s War Warning to China Could America sustain such a commitment? More important, why should we? Has the White House thought through the implications of what the Pompeo threat may bring? As President Trump flew home from his Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo peeled off and flew to Manila. And there […]
Some Confucian Calm, Please!
SOME CONFUCIAN CALM, PLEASE! The United States and China look like two punch-drunk prizefighters squaring off for a major championship fight. They have no good reason to fight and every reason to cooperate now that both their stock markets have been in turmoil. Six hundred point market swings down and then up look like symptoms […]
