Art of War 21

The Road to Destruction: How China's International Commercial Aspirations are Devastating the World Dr. William Sawvel | Sep 26, 2023 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/road-destruction-how-chinas-international-commercial-world-sawvel --- Shared via LinkedIn

Exclusive: How $1M From China-linked Groups Oiled New York Politics Excerpt:  "  Newsweek 's granular analysis covered only New York, which is home to 130 of the more than  600 united front-linked groups  it had identified across the United States in a previous investigation.  Newsweek  found evidence that donations by similar groups had been made in many other parts of the country." https://www.newsweek.com/china-communist-party-new-york-political-influence-campaign-donations-1828730

National Defense University 2021 - THE PLA BEYOND BORDERS - Chinese Military Operations in Regional and Global Context. Publication link below. Key excerpts follows: This volume seeks to combine these themes into a broad survey of Chinese military operations within and beyond Asia. China’s increasing pattern of military activities abroad raises a number of questions: 1.     What goals are the Chinese Communist Party, the PLA, and different bureaucracies within the PLA pursuing in these operations? 2.     What explanations best account for different types of operations and activities? 3.     In the context of the PLA’s recent restructuring, how are new or realigned organizations, such as the theater commands, the Strategic Support Force (SSF), and the Joint Logistic Support Force, intended to support overseas operations? 4.     How will China sustain expeditionary forces for long periods without an extensive networ...

China’s military uses civilian cargo ship for transport in ‘Taiwan invasion drill’ 24Aug21 Article Key Points: • China recently simulated a ‘Taiwan invasion drill’ utilizing civilian maritime vessels for transporting military personnel, supplies and equipment. China used a 16,000-tonne vessel in one instance. This is the first time China used a civilian ship over 10,000 tonnes. • China has the world’s largest active-duty military force of 2 million personnel.  • “China’s Ministry of Transport” has a “maritime rescue centre on Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea“. • China decreased the size of their army, while increasing the size of the Marine Corps like amphibious units e.g. “73rd Group Army based in Xiamen, Fujian – the eastern province that faces Taiwan across a narrow strait.”  • Article stated: “[During an invasion] the PLA would need to take control of all the major cities in Taiwan soon after landing,” Lu said. “So civilian cargo ships could become a cover...

https://jamestown.org/program/russian-railway-system-in-trouble-threatening-china-trade-and-russian-economy/

https://jamestown.org/program/fair-weather-friends-the-impact-of-the-coronavirus-on-the-strategic-partnership-between-russia-and-china/?mc_cid=177a7fe5d2&mc_eid=c53f6a8ef5

https://jamestown.org/program/beijings-appointment-of-xia-baolong-signals-a-harder-line-on-hong-kong/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51628693

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/02/25/canada-should-consider-following-us-in-making-chinas-state-media-register-as-foreign-missions-says-mp-on-canada-china-committee.html

https://ipolitics.ca/2020/02/26/global-affairs-warned-trudeau-govt-about-chinese-development-bank-canada-has-joined/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-global-affairs-canada-commons-committee-1.5476075

https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/countering-chinas-influence-campaigns-at-european-universities/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/us/politics/trump-punishing-china-journalists.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russia-and-chinas-coronavirus-response-is-endangering-lives/2020/02/26/cfc8441e-58d9-11ea-ab68-101ecfec2532_story.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-27/chinese-borrowers-buck-trend-as-global-bond-deals-grind-to-halt

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/26/the-sleeping-giant-how-chinese-posters-pushed-products-and-propaganda

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/484686-to-deter-war-with-china-us-must-commit-to-defend-taiwan

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/business/china-coronavirus-propaganda.html

https://www.ft.com/content/378988a4-594f-11ea-abe5-8e03987b7b20

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/27/gui-minhais-daughter-says-china-buried-his-sentence-amid-coronavirus-outbreak