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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.

Digital dogfights, AI supremacy and China-US tension

December 13, 2021December 12, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

The race for cutting-edge military technology underlines the intense rivalry between Beijing and Washington

Categories China-US Tension Tags Artificial Intelligence, Beijing, China, News, Pentagon, PLA Navy, Technological Race, United States, Washington Leave a comment

Game of drones on the India-China front line

December 10, 2021December 9, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

New Dehli beefs up surveillance strength on disputed border with new Israeli-developed UAVs

Categories India-China Relations Tags China, Drones, IAI Heron TP, India, Karakoram region, Ladakh Sector, Line of Actual Control, News, PLA Leave a comment

Beijing and Moscow push back against democracies

December 15, 2021December 8, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Growing pressure from the West has forced China and Russia to ‘circle the wagons’

Categories Power Players Tags China, Defense Ties, News, President Xi Jinping, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin Leave a comment

China-US battle looms over Equatorial Guinea

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

The great-power skirmish over the tiny African nation reflects the tension between Washington and Beijing

Categories Geopolitics Tags 'Corruption", Atlantic, China, Equatorial Guinea, Naval Base, News, United States Leave a comment

China’s C919 airliner is buffeted by turbulence

December 13, 2021December 4, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

The COMAC rival to Airbus and Boeing flies into choppy weather amid testing glitches

Categories Business Tags Airbus, Aviation, Boeing, C919, China, COMAC, Commercial Airlines, News Leave a comment

Is China’s military just like a ‘paper dragon?’

December 3, 2021December 1, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Amid the hype surrounding the People’s Liberation Army, not one soldier, sailor or airmen has been battle-tested

Categories Analysis Tags China, Communist Party of China, Military Tension, News, PLA, Taiwan War Threat, United States Leave a comment

China’s tech threat fuels fears of quantum armageddon

December 2, 2021December 1, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Beijing backed hackers could target encrypted datasets like weapon designs and unlock them at a later date

Categories Tech Risk Tags Booz Allen Hamilton, China, Encrypted Datasets, High-Tech, Military Secrets, News, Quantum Computing, United States Leave a comment

Has hype taken over China’s hypersonic missile test?

November 29, 2021November 27, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

US defense experts in the Pentagon were reportedly left scratching their heads in disbelief

Categories Defense Debate Tags China, Hypersonic Missiles, News, North Korea, Pentagon, Russia, Test Launch, United States Leave a comment

China and India caught in a winter embrace in Karakoram

November 26, 2021November 25, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Both sides rotate troops frequently in order to endure punishing winter conditions

Categories Border tensions Tags Borders, China, India, Karakoram region, Ladakh, News, PLA Leave a comment

Guanyu Zhou can put China in the fast lane

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

He will boost the country’s soft power when he moves up to Formula 1 and takes on the big beasts of auto racing

Categories Soft Power Tags China, F1 racing, News, Sport Leave a comment
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