The US Must Ditch Its Incoherent Policy on Taiwan
China’s extreme military response to Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan sends an unequivocal message to the US that it can no longer sustain its policy of “strategic ambiguity.”
China’s extreme military response to Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan sends an unequivocal message to the US that it can no longer sustain its policy of “strategic ambiguity.”
The model that so many nations seem to be imitating is that of the Communist Chinese Government. Strict control of freedom of movement and transportation, the elimination of “non-essential” businesses, the ever-present surveillance state, the censorship of freedom of expression – all hallmarks of authoritarian totalitarian control.
British universities have accepted £240 million from Chinese institutions, many with links to the military, including £60 million from institutions sanctioned by the US government for supplying the Chinese military with fighter jets, communications technology and missiles.
Nike CEO John Donahoe responded to a question on why Nike hasn’t been more vocal on human rights issues in China by stating that they participate “in sport all over the world, including China.
The US Defense Department’s current outdated and slow approach to technological innovation could eventually lead China to overtake the US in areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and space.
The Chinese company didn’t steal this technology. It was given to them — by the U.S. Department of Energy.
“China has no right to interfere” with Taiwan, Joseph Wu, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister told the Associaed Press. Taiwan is the last bastion of the Republic of China, the nationalist government that ruled the mainland under Chiang Kai-shek prior to its defeat in 1949 in the Chinese Civil War.
Ertharin Cousin, one of five individuals selected by President Biden to lead the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, has also repeatedly praised the Chinese Communist Party’s agricultural policies, with her quotes frequently appearing on regime-run media.
Ukraine is a member of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global program to trap poor countries in predatory loans to China that they cannot afford.
What sets China apart in its pursuit of “intelligentized warfare” is not its focus on AI and drone swarming… but the cognitive aspects of intelligentized warfare.