China
China’s 70th Anniversary
This month is the 70th anniversary of Mao Tse-Tung’s establishment of a communist dictatorship in China. Xi JinPing may have taken his place, and China may be thriving in the material sense, through its manufacturing and exporting base, but things have really not changed at all. When World War II ended, and before the Korean […]
Iran, China and US
Iran breaches nuclear enrichment deal, going to 4.5%, well above the 3.45% allowed, as of Monday. https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2019/07/08/reports-iran-enriching-uranium-to-45-breaking-deal-limit/ TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday began enriching uranium to 4.5%, just breaking the limit set by its nuclear deal with world powers, while it is still seeking a way for Europe to help it bypass U.S. sanctions amid heightened […]
Another Dispute Over a Small, But Occupied, Island
Gee whiz, people, I thought we had this all settled. It appears that Rodrigo Duterte, the current President of the Philippines, is trying to make nice with China to avoid being overwhelmed by China’s aggressive land-grab program in the South China Sea and its connected waters. Pag-asa’s location is about halfway between Palang and the […]
A Few Thoughts From Chairman Mao
Someone dropped a vague reference elsewhere about Chairman Mao’s observations about guns. I never read anything he ever said. Never had any reason to, but since everything is now preserved online somewhere, even in some obscure place that hasn’t been hit by the Self-Appointed PC crowds, I took the time to look up a few […]
Navy’s torpedo-armed Poseidon spy planes track China’s nuclear submarines
VX-20 Test Aircraft T-3 Heh. Spy plane? Not so much. Maritime Patrol with enhanced Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) capability is more like it. This is how the aircraft was designed, with the ASW mission in the forefront. From some rocky beginnings to a Fleet Ready, mission capable aircraft was a long road, but the goal was […]
There Are No Coincidences
For a long time after the end of the war in Vietnam, the Communist Vietnamese government had a law in place that any US citizen who entered Vietnam would immediately be arrested. In 1999, things changed when the British government returned ownership of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong to the mainland Chinese government. There […]
The US is sending an unmistakable message to China
-Four B-52 bomber flights through the East and South China Seas this month -US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress heavy long-range bombers, powerful weapons of war, have made multiple flights through the East and South China Seas this month. -These flights are part of US Indo-Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission, which aims to strengthen America’s […]
Chinese company reportedly hacked Clinton’s server
Reportedly, a Chinese state-owned company hacked into then SecState Hillary Clinton’s personal e-mail server, allowing them to receive a copy of her every message in real time. This allegation came from two separate sources, according to The Daily Caller. The code was embedded on her server in upstate New York, and sent a “courtesy copy” […]
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