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Dave Makichuk

Dave Makichuk has been a senior copy editor in all sections — news, sports, auto, travel and technology. Directed content and design of the Driving section at both the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun. Helped create special sections for events such as the World Series, Olympics, Spruce Meadows and NHL playoffs. Former chief copy editor with Myanmar Eleven at Nation Multimedia, Bangkok, and the military & security editor for Asia Times in Hong Kong. Now a columnist with the Western Standard in Alberta and a contributor to ChinaFactor.news and AsiaFinancial. Creator and moderator of "Moscow Rules" intelligence group on Facebook. No fake media awards to speak of, and even if I did, I would drop-kick it through the uprights. Long-time Red Wings, Tigers & Lions fan ... a proud enemy of the state, staunch Alberta separatist and defender of the oppressed.

Red warfare, defense pacts and China’s threat

January 10, 2022January 7, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

Taiwan’s forces simulate urban battle plans as F-16s scramble in war scenario amid defense cooperation deals

Categories Geopolitics Tags Beijing, ChinaFactor, Military Build-Up, News, Taipei, Taiwan Threats, United States, Urban Warefare Leave a comment

China challenges US influence in Latin America

January 7, 2022January 4, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

Beijing moves into Washington’s backyard with multi-billion-dollar economic deals and high-tech promises

Categories New Silk Roads Tags Beijing, ChinaFactor, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Latin America, News, President Joe Biden, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Enter the dragon and President Biden’s China conundrum

January 10, 2022December 30, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

In 2022, US President Joe Biden will wrestle with a chain of complex challenges from global rival China

Categories Viewpoint Tags AI, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, Joe Biden, Military Risks, News, Space, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

President Xi’s bullying tactics trigger an Asian arms race

January 7, 2022December 30, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Allies of the United States in the region are starting to confront Beijing’s saber-rattling on the high seas

Categories Analysis Tags China's Naval Might, ChinaFactor, Japan's Navy, News, Philippine Navy, South China Sea, South Korea's Navy Leave a comment

Why China’s Navy poses a big threat to the United States

December 30, 2021December 29, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Beijing could call up a fleet of 460 ships by 2030 as the battle of the sea lanes escalate

Categories China-US Tension Tags China's PLA Navy, ChinaFactor, Indo-Pacific, Japanese Study, News, Taiwan War Threat, US Navy Leave a comment

China could make it ‘Hell in the Pacific’ for the US

January 12, 2022December 23, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

The People’s Liberation Army forces have become a sophisticated weapon that could rapidly take Taiwan

Categories China-US Tension Tags China, ChinaFactor, Indo-Pacific, Military Risks, News, Taiwan Threats, United States Leave a comment

Stealth shakes up China-US high-tech battle

December 28, 2021December 20, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Beijing has weaponized technology theft to steal top-secret data to threaten US power

Categories China-US Tension Tags ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, H-20, JH-XX, News, Northrop Grumman’s B-2 Spirit, PLA, President Xi Jinping, Theft Leave a comment

China’s unholy alliance threatens Pax Americana

January 3, 2022December 17, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Could a Beijing and Moscow pact consign the United States’ world power status to history?

Categories Analysis Tags China-Russia Dominance, ChinaFactor, Military Risks, News, Space Race, Technology Gap, The Long Read, United States, White House Leave a comment

China-US space race hurtles into the outer limits

December 23, 2021December 15, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

‘Satellite killers’ and ‘spaceplanes’ illustrate the growing threats that are out of this world

Categories Final Frontier Tags Boeing Manta X-47C, China, ChinaFactor, Hypersonic Airliner, News, Russia, Spaceplanes, United States Leave a comment

Invading Taiwan would be a high-risk gamble for President Xi

December 15, 2021December 13, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Logistics challenges could sink China’s operation before the fleet left home ports

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags Beijing, China, Communist Party of China, Invasion Report, News, President Xi Jinping, Taiwan Leave a comment
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