China’s Strategy

Workers at the joint-venture Dongfeng Honda in Wuhan, in China’s Hubei province, eat lunch while sitting 1.5 meters away from each other. Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images By Dennis NormileMar. 29, 2020 , 1:00 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. Life is almost back to…

Two days ago, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a ₹1.7-lakh crore package of social security measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in the period of the 21-day lockdown. In respect of food security, the package falls far short of what is needed. I argue that we need to…

CNN published a piece today which highlights the Chinese propaganda effort to blame the coronavirus on the U.S. The headline (“Blame game escalates between US and China over coronavirus disinformation”) is a bit vague but the story itself is pretty straightforward:US officials have been closely monitoring China’s disinformation efforts and…

Walls have been the norm for settlements since the earliest Neolithic days.  Farmers have things, such as food and valuable implements.  Other people want those things and are sometimes inclined to take them.  Walls provide security so that people can live with some degree of peace.  Throughout history, everywhere towns…

In the effort to contain Coronavirus, Italy has chosen a policy of lockdown (here’s an interesting report by Flavio Felice for the City Journal). Some people have commented that the Italian strain is considerably milder than the Chinese one. Comparisons are seen as fit, because Italy is roughly the same…

Key point: This weapons system is both highly mobile and deadly. Launched from trucks, they can quickly attack and then redeploy. One of the ubiquitous buzzwords in national security circles the last few years is “Anti-Access/Area Denial,” or A2/AD. This term-of-art refers to the capability of long-range missile systems fielded by China…

Written by C. Raja Mohan | Updated: March 17, 2020 10:41:15 am Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) leaders on chalking out a plan to combat the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus, in New Delhi. (Twitter/narendramodi)It would have been surprising if China…

The American media has been facing "understandable intimidation" from the autocratic Chinese government, according to Hudson Institute Director of Chinese Strategy Michael Pillsbury."Life, Liberty & Levin" host Mark Levin told Pillsbury that he found it shocking to see some in the press apprently reverse themselves on the rightfulness of describing coronavirus as "the…

Published on Mar 13, 2020Reaction from Hudson Institute's Chinese strategy director Dr. Michael Pillsbury.FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting…

 | March 13, 2020 05:54 PM The State Department chastised China’s ambassador after a Chinese Embassy official claimed the U.S. military planted the coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell summoned Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai after China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian twisted comments made by a…