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South China Sea

Marines have a new weapon to combat Chinese forces

February 3, 2022January 12, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

American troops have a game-changer against the People’s Liberation Army in the ‘Ship-to-Shore Connector’

Categories Analysis Tags ChinaFactor, Far-Flung Islands, News, Pacific Ocean, PLA, South China Sea, US Marines 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

Does China have a sea leg to stand on in US dispute?

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 by Claudio Bozzi

Beijing’s claim to ‘historical control’ of the South China Sea has been dismissed by an international tribunal

Categories Analysis Tags ChinaFactor, Chinese Aggression, Flash Points, News, South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, The Conversation, The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, US Navy Leave a comment

China spins a web of deceit with alternative news

August 25, 2021August 24, 2021 by Juweihu

Beijing’s disinformation campaign covers South China Sea tension, the Covid-19 crisis and human rights abuses 

Categories Beijing Backlash Tags Beijing, China’s Communist Party, Covid-19 Crisis, Democracies, Human Rights, News, South China Sea, Uighur Muslims, United States, Washington Leave a comment

Japan wakes up to the China threat to Taiwan

July 14, 2021July 13, 2021 by China Factor Staff

Tokyo’s annual defense review talks about ’stabilizing’ the situation surrounding the island democracy

Categories Geopolitics Tags China, Defense Review, Japan, News, Rising Tension, South China Sea, Taiwan, United States Leave a comment

Chairman Xi Jinping’s Party is rotten to the core

June 26, 2021June 24, 2021 by Juweihu

Human rights are trampled on while freedom of speech is muzzled as a Red mist decends on Hong Kong

Categories China-Hong Kong Tension Tags Apple Daily, Beijing Crackdown, Communist Party of China, Freedom of Speech, Hong Kong, News, South China Sea, Taiwan Leave a comment

China flies into a war of words and a Taiwan storm

June 17, 2021June 16, 2021 by Juweihu

Beijing pushes back at the United States and its NATO allies after a flurry of summits

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags Beijing, China, EU, G7, NATO, News, Rogue Province, South China Sea, Taipei, Taiwan Strait, US Leave a comment

Beijing marches to the distant drumbeats of war

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 by John Blaxland

China does not want conflict just yet despite its saber-rattling on the global stage

Categories Military Tension Tags China, Military Risks, President Xi Jinping, South China Sea, Taiwan, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

Taiwan tension with China threatens to escalate into war

April 27, 2021April 26, 2021 by Juweihu
The photo shows two PLA fighter jets taking off as the sun rises over the airfield. Chinese military aircraft have again pierced Taiwan’s air defense corridor on Friday.

United States allies warn of looming dangers to the island democracy amid growing concerns in South China Sea

Categories Diplomacy Tags Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, News, South China Sea, Taiwan Invasion, United States Leave a comment

President Xi’s regime turns Taiwan into New Cold War hotspot

April 12, 2021April 9, 2021 by China Factor Staff

Chinese fighter jets and Liaoning carrier group conduct extensive exercises to pressure the island democracy

Categories China-US Tension Tags China, Confrontation, Fighter Jets, Hotspots, News, South China Sea, Taiwan Leave a comment
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