In this edition, we take a look at how the Chinese military is preparing for the future land combat environment. Unlike China’s relatively cogent thinking on future warfare in the air, maritime, cyber and space …
Articles by: "Charlie Lyons Jones"
When Joe Biden made his first speech as president-elect of the United States, he declared that a revived America would ‘lead not by the example of our power, but by the power of our example’. …
In this edition, we take a look at how the Chinese military is thinking about and preparing for the future warfighting environment. How China plans to fight The RAND Corporation put out a fascinating study …
For the first time since 1973, the Australian media has no foreign correspondents in China—a consequence of the Chinese government’s decision to drown out all critical voices, foreign or domestic. Allowing the deterioration of media …
Welcome to the third edition of ‘China military watch’. This month, we take a look at China’s burgeoning missile and space capabilities. Ballistic missiles on Chinese merchant vessels? On 15 September, China successfully launched the …
Welcome to the second instalment of ‘China military watch’, a new monthly feature discussing recent trends in Chinese military affairs. This week, Charlie Lyons Jones and Malcolm Davis look at the People’s Liberation Army’s perception …
Welcome to ‘China military watch’, a new monthly feature in The Strategist from ASPI’s defence analysts examining developments in Chinese military affairs. ‘Mighty Dragon’ enters mass production China has announced the beginning of mass production …
China’s longstanding campaign to isolate Taiwan has intensified since Xi Jinping took power in 2012. However, as Beijing has been upping the ante against Taipei, the United States has worked hard to create more space …
The novel coronavirus first appeared in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread throughout the nation in January, and then across the world. Now, there are over 1.2 million confirmed cases across more than 183 …
Voters in Taiwan have demonstrated that conciliation with Beijing is no longer a useful electoral strategy. Future presidential candidates, from both sides of Taiwan’s political divide, will have to prove that they can stand up …
When Xu Yanjun travelled to Belgium in April 2018, he wasn’t there as a tourist but as an officer of China’s Ministry of State Security. Xu had been lured to Belgium by US authorities who …
Seoul and Tokyo aren’t getting on well. What started as quarrels over whether Japan has shown appropriate contrition for its wartime occupation of Korea has mushroomed into a fierce trade dispute and a suspension of …