The world is sleep walking towards Third World War as we approach hundredth anniversary of the founding of Nazi Germany.The behaviour of PRC is not very dissimilar to tactics employed by Hitler's Germany as confirmed by recent events .
Fareed's Global Briefing:CNN.Dec 15,2017:
America’s attention, at least as far as Asia is concerned, might be on North Korea. But in the South China Sea, a slow-moving crisis is continuing, a new analysis from the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies suggests, as China continues construction in disputed waters that could have significant military implications.
“While pursuing diplomatic outreach toward its Southeast Asian neighbors, Beijing continued substantial construction activities on its dual-use outposts in the Spratly and Paracel Islands,” the analysis says. “Beijing remains committed to advancing the next phase of its build-up -- construction of the infrastructure necessary for fully-functioning air and naval bases on the larger outposts.”
Believed to be included in the construction: “buried storage facilities…as well as previously-identified hangars, missile shelters, radar/communications facilities, and a high-frequency ‘elephant cage’ antenna array for signals intelligence at the southwest end of the island.”
“China has a history of spying on its diaspora, but the subversion has spread. In Australia and New Zealand Chinese money is alleged to have bought influence in politics, with party donations or payments to individual politicians. This week’s complaint from German intelligence said that China was using the LinkedIn business network to ensnare politicians and government officials, by having people posing as recruiters and think-tankers and offering free trips.”
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China has built new radar installations (for monitoring) and underground tunnels (likely for ammo and/or supply storage) on its "artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea" this past year, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing imagery from the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative.
What's more, "China also continued construction work designed to transform the three larger Spratly outposts into fully functional joint air and naval bases, and to upgrade at least three more Paracel outposts that could be used to bolster its control of the South China Sea," according to AMTI.
Pot, kettle black? China's naval chief told his Aussie counterpart that Australia's "actions on the South China Sea run counter to the general trend of peace and stability in the disputed waterway…without pointing to any specific examples," Reuters reports from Beijing.
Worth noting: "Australia has previously drawn criticism from China for running surveillance flights over the South China Sea and supporting U.S. freedom of navigation exercises there. However, Australia has not conducted a unilateral freedom of navigation voyage of its own."
Recall that in the past week, Beijing has taken a particularly sharp stance against Australia in light of Canberra's efforts to curb interference in its own domestic politics.
Fareed's Global Briefing:CNN.Dec 15,2017:
America’s attention, at least as far as Asia is concerned, might be on North Korea. But in the South China Sea, a slow-moving crisis is continuing, a new analysis from the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies suggests, as China continues construction in disputed waters that could have significant military implications.
“While pursuing diplomatic outreach toward its Southeast Asian neighbors, Beijing continued substantial construction activities on its dual-use outposts in the Spratly and Paracel Islands,” the analysis says. “Beijing remains committed to advancing the next phase of its build-up -- construction of the infrastructure necessary for fully-functioning air and naval bases on the larger outposts.”
Believed to be included in the construction: “buried storage facilities…as well as previously-identified hangars, missile shelters, radar/communications facilities, and a high-frequency ‘elephant cage’ antenna array for signals intelligence at the southwest end of the island.”
- China shows off its sharp power. China might not be seeking to conquer foreign lands.(Tibet,East Turkestan,Inner Mongolia?) But fears are growing that it is looking to “conquer foreign minds,” The Economist editorializes. Call it the application of “sharp power.”
“China has a history of spying on its diaspora, but the subversion has spread. In Australia and New Zealand Chinese money is alleged to have bought influence in politics, with party donations or payments to individual politicians. This week’s complaint from German intelligence said that China was using the LinkedIn business network to ensnare politicians and government officials, by having people posing as recruiters and think-tankers and offering free trips.”
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China has built new radar installations (for monitoring) and underground tunnels (likely for ammo and/or supply storage) on its "artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea" this past year, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing imagery from the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative.
What's more, "China also continued construction work designed to transform the three larger Spratly outposts into fully functional joint air and naval bases, and to upgrade at least three more Paracel outposts that could be used to bolster its control of the South China Sea," according to AMTI.
Pot, kettle black? China's naval chief told his Aussie counterpart that Australia's "actions on the South China Sea run counter to the general trend of peace and stability in the disputed waterway…without pointing to any specific examples," Reuters reports from Beijing.
Worth noting: "Australia has previously drawn criticism from China for running surveillance flights over the South China Sea and supporting U.S. freedom of navigation exercises there. However, Australia has not conducted a unilateral freedom of navigation voyage of its own."
Recall that in the past week, Beijing has taken a particularly sharp stance against Australia in light of Canberra's efforts to curb interference in its own domestic politics.
