Tag: East Asia

Chinese ship ‘severs undersea cables around Taiwan’

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“Taiwan has accused a Chinese-owned ship of severing a critical data cable off its northern coast on Friday.
Officials in Taipei discovered that four cores of an international submarine cable, which transmits data to America’s AT&T, were left ruptured early on Jan 3.

Tracking data revealed the Shunxing39 cargo vessel had dropped its anchor around the rupture site near the port of Keelung, according to Taiwan’s coast guard.”

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“Another Chinese vessel, the Yi Peng 3, was accused of similar tactics in the Baltic in November.

Investigators believe the Chinese-registered bulk carrier deliberately severed two key cables by dragging its anchor along the seabed for more than 100 miles in a “sabotage” orchestrated by Russia.

Repeated incidents have caused concern among Western nations that Russia, with the help of China, is engaging in what the White House described as “hybrid warfare”, an accusation that the Kremlin denies.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-ship-severs-undersea-cables-202527317.html

For the first time in 8 years, a US Navy ship makes a port call in Cambodia, a top Chinese ally

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“The U.S. and others suggest China’s navy is establishing a permanent base at Ream, which would give it easier access to the Malacca Strait, a critical shipping route between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Controversy over the Chinese activity at Ream initially arose in 2019 when The Wall Street Journal reported that an early draft of an agreement seen by U.S. officials would allow China 30-year use of the base, where it would be able to post military personnel, store weapons and berth warships.

Cambodia’s government has denied such an agreement or any intention to grant China special privileges at the base, though Beijing has funded its expansion.

In September, Cambodia’s Defense Ministry said that China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked there for months. China is set to hand over two newly built Type 56 corvettes — smaller vessels typically used for coastal patrols — next year at the earliest, after Cambodia requested China’s support.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-time-8-years-us-074249979.html

A conversation with Commander of US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Paparo

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The U.S. needs to manufacture more ammunition for the military. Stocks are too low!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USX6yuv6J_Q

Is Xi’s China the new Soviets?

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Chinese economic growth has slowed despite not yet being a rich country.

Instead of allowing free market actors to flourish, the Communist Party is clamping down so that private actors won’t be a threat to their control. This will damage their attempt to return to high economic growth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GayROZqY15U

Halloween Is a Middle Finger to Communists

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“police in China recently cracked down on costumed revelers because of the supposed threat they pose to the Communist government.

Indeed, law enforcement in Shanghai last weekend set their sights on celebrants who had the audacity to dress up, for example, as a poop emoji and as Kim Kardashian, the latter of whom can be seen on video waving goodbye to the group behind her as she was forced into a police van.”

https://reason.com/2024/10/31/halloween-is-a-middle-finger-to-communists/

China’s warplanes have all but erased the dividing line in the Taiwan Strait, creating a dangerous new normal

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China’s military has flown into Taiwan’s ADIZ almost every day since 2020.

Crossings of the median line have soared, effectively erasing it altogether.

The incursions, as well as large-scale military drills, wear down Taiwan’s military.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-warplanes-erased-dividing-line-165641392.html