Politics South China Sea Thread

[Hiryu2.0]

How Much Risk Should the United States Run in the South China Sea?

Abstract. How strenuously, and at what risk, should the United States resist China's efforts to dominate the South China Sea? An identification of three options along a continuum—from increased resistance to China's assertive policies on one end to a partial South China Sea retrenchment on the...

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[pigmode]

US won’t let China take Taiwan chip-makers ‘intact’

Ex-National Security Advisor: US won't allow China to take Taiwan chip-making plants 'intact', raising concerns over US contingency planning.

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[Hiryu2.0]

The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

Download the Report CSIS developed a wargame for a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan and ran it 24 times. In most scenarios, the United States/Taiwan/Japan defeated a conventional amphibious invasion by China and maintained an autonomous Taiwan. However, this defense came at high cost...

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UK and Japan sign landmark defense pact in bid to counter China - Breaking Defense

The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) means London and Tokyo are in a position to “plan and deliver larger scale, more complex military exercises and deployments,” focused on the Indo-Pacific, according to the UK government

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[NoOne]

Philippines Agrees to Increased US Military Presence

Another move on the chessboard.

 

[primer]

The U.S. military has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern U.S. for the past few days, and military and defense leaders have discussed shooting it out of the sky, according to two U.S. officials and a senior defense official. “The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told NBC News. “We continue to track and monitor it closely.” “Once the balloon was detected, the U.S. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information,” Ryder said.

Blinken postpones visit and a reporter managed to get the answer after several cross questions that the "civilian" balloon can maneuver and controlled by china.

 

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Philippine Coast Guard says Chinese ship aimed laser at one of its vessels | CNN

The Philippine Coast Guard has accused a China Coast Guard ship of pointing a "military grade" laser at some of its crew, temporarily blinding them, aboard a vessel in contested waters of the South China last week.

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[surfpunk]

Philippine Coast Guard says Chinese ship aimed laser at one of its vessels | CNN

The Philippine Coast Guard has accused a China Coast Guard ship of pointing a "military grade" laser at some of its crew, temporarily blinding them, aboard a vessel in contested waters of the South China last week.

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Exclusive: Dutch responds to US China policy with a plan to curb semiconductor tech exports

The Netherlands' government on Wednesday said it plans new restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology to protect national security, joining the United State's effort to curb chip exports to China.

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[Hiryu2.0]

How Beijing Boxed America Out of the South China Sea

Beijing incrementally built up military outposts, with little pushback from the U.S., and has emerged as a power in the strategic waters through which trillions of dollars in trade passes

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Tech Is Moving Away From China. Who Could Benefit.

Potential beneficiaries of a move to expand tech production stretch from Mexico to Poland, Malaysia and Vietnam.

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[Picanha]

China's 'socialist market economy' 30 years on – DW – 03/27/2023

Three decades after China enshrined the goal of a "socialist market economy" in its constitution, the era of "reform and opening up" appears to have ended, say experts.

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"His goal is to have an economy that still has a strong private sector but one that's far more controlled," he told DW. "I think that's a bridge too far. He can't have both of those things at the same time."


Collier said Xi appears to have recognized the need for China to transform its investment-driven economic model to a consumer-driven model.


But his political decisions, which include doubling down on the state sector, will hurt Beijing's ability to restructure its economy, he underlined.


"Xi is not interested in defunding the state sector in order to give consumers a larger share of the economy," he pointed out.

"The crackdown on the platform economy is an indication of that. It's a very successful sector and there may have been some market-dominance issues. But instead of addressing them in a regulatory matter, what China did is a wholesale cutback of the industry because it's viewed as a threat to the Party."

 

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China says US warship 'illegally intruded' in South China Sea - Insider Paper

China condemned on Monday the “illegal” intrusion of a US warship into waters it claims in the South China Sea, after the US Navy said its guided-missile destroyer the USS Milius had sailed through the area. “Missile destroyer USS Milius illegally intruded into the waters adjacent to the Meiji...

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US combat ship to make rare port call in Vietnam amid South China Sea tensions

The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan will stop at Central Vietnam's port city of Danang on Sunday in a rare visit for a U.S. warship to the southeast Asian nation.

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[Hiryu2.0]

South Korea, Vietnam agree to boost security cooperation

South Korea and Vietnam agreed on Friday to boost security cooperation, citing North Korea's nuclear threat, and committed to increasing bilateral trade and investment despite a slump this year and Vietnam's planned tax hikes on large firms.

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