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Military Risks

Political purges and economic chaos stalk China

September 26, 2023September 25, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Even the aura of competency surrounding the ruling Communist Party has been shattered

Categories Geopolitical Threats Tags China, Communist Party of China, Economic Crisis, Military Risks, News, President Xi Jinping, United States Leave a comment

Russia’s war in Ukraine is a stark warning to China

August 21, 2023August 18, 2023 by Peter Rutland

Beijing is all too aware that overstepping in Taiwan would further unite nations in a trade conflict

Categories Taiwan Tension Tags China, Military Risks, News, President Xi Jinping, Russia's Invasion, Taiwan, The Conversation, Ukraine War, United States Leave a comment

China bytes back after Biden confirms tech funding ban 

August 11, 2023August 10, 2023 by China Factor Staff
The photo shows Joe Biden in a blue suit standing in front of a US flag. He has issued a veiled warning to China.

Limits on American investment in the world’s second-largest economy trigger Beijing backlash

Categories Between The Lines Tags China, Graffiti Row, Military Risks, News, Philippines, Propaganda, South China Sea Row, Tech Investment Ban Leave a comment

China’s close encounters of the dangerous kind 

June 8, 2023June 7, 2023 by Patsy Widakuswara

Washington cites incidents in the air and on the sea as examples of Beijing’s increasing ‘aggressiveness’

Categories Geopolitical Tension Tags Beijing, China Defense Ministry, Military Risks, News, Voice of America, Washington Leave a comment

‘Repressive’ China sails into dangerous waters

June 24, 2022June 20, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Fake facts and fabricated data will put the world’s second-largest economy at risk amid ‘Covid-zero’ turmoil

Categories Political Gamble Tags Beijing, China, Communist Party of China, Economic Fallout, Military Risks, News, President Xi Jinping, United States Leave a comment

Gaffe or guile and President Biden’s Taiwan stance

June 13, 2022May 26, 2022 by Meredith Oyen

His remarks have increased China’s doubts over whether the US is continuing its policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’

Categories China Controversy Tags Beijing, ChinaFactor, Military Risks, News, Taiwan Invasion, The Conversation, The Long Read, United States, Washington Aid 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

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

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’s military furnace fails to put Taiwan in a sweat

October 8, 2021October 7, 2021 by Wen-Ti Sung

The island’s citizens ‘are alert but not alarmed’ by the show of strength from the PLA

Categories Analysis Tags Beijing, China, Communist Party of China, Military Risks, News, President Xi Jinping, Show of Force, Taiwan Leave a comment
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