A clip giving a glimpse of China's staggering military advances over 25 yrs, which continue at a gallop. Every nation has a right to do this. The problem is China's increasing aggressiveness toward its neighbors, destabilizing a region key to the world's economic future.

This is an exciting opportunity for Canada-based journalists with an interest in #Asia! 📰 the APF Canada Media Fellowship program is now accepting applications until September 23, 2024. 🇨🇦 Grants of up to 10 K. Spread the word and apply! asiapacific.ca//grants/media-… #cdnpoli

At times we need to step back in time & space to see a problem more clearly. This graphic shows more & more PLA Navy & Coast Guard presence in the S China Sea in the first 7 yrs of Xi’s rule. An updated version would show more bright red near PHL. In sum: PRC maritime colonialism

It looks increasingly like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is operating more openly as a financial tool of CCP geopolitical policy, almost like a PRC sovereign wealth fund: 18 August China’s ties with Vietnam are a diplomatic priority, Xi Jinping tells To Lam on

Rising strategic tension b/t nation-states is not just a PRC vs a U.S. thing. It's about how power will be used to reshape the internat'l order and rules that govern interstate relations. Many nations have benefited from the existing system in blue. China stands for the red.

Breaking up is hard to do. Even more complex is figuring out how to define a new, more guarded and realistic relationship. Why not get expert advice? theconversation.com/how-canada-fin…

As #JakeSullivan heads to #China, check out my big read on his “cloak and dagger” #backchannel with Chinese foreign minister #WangYi. 🇺🇸🇨🇳 #USChina 👇 on.ft.com/3ACqLFH

1/ Recommended reading for insight by @dimi into how the channel between Jake Sullivan and Wang Yi is used to manage US-China relationship. This is the most consequential channel below presidential level for managing the relationship. Here's a bit of extra context (short 🧵).

Chinese authorities can now search smartphones based only on suspicion of spying. And at least 17 Japanese nationals have been detained in China since 2014 asia.nikkei.com/Business/Compa…

Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan were detained on their way to a meeting at the EU Delegation in Beijing on 13 April 2023. Their trials are taking place in Suzhou this week. (1/4)

After six years and 220 Chaguan columns, it’s time to leave Beijing. It has been an adventure and a privilege. My next beat will include a dose of China, happily: I’ll be writing a new weekly geopolitics column in The Economist. Column number 5 for me economist.com/china/2024/08/…

NEW: Chinese authorities have launched a campaign to change the term that people use to refer to Mongolian culture, in a move aimed at eroding Mongolian identity and sense of homeland. My latest, with brilliant colleagues Daria Impiombato and Nathan Attrill: aspistrategist.org.au/northern-front…

#China should stop trying to interfere with Pacific regional unity. It should respect the #PacificIslandsForum's need to balance the different positions of its members abc.net.au/news/2024-08-3…

This should be a wake up call for all countries: Beijing will increasingly insist that its interests are more important and should prevail over the interests of other states. 👇

This afternoon, the Chinese Coast Guard vessel deliberately rammed and collided with the BRP Teresa Magbanua three times, despite no provocation from the Philippine Coast Guard.

The multiple statuses of Pacific island states and territories: a useful map by Cécile Marin

An article about the Chinese embassy protesting to both my employer and Global Affairs Canada about my trip to Taiwan in August. Their protests won't affect my plans, but am talking about them because they deserve to be exposed. Full article in thread. theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

Wonderful to see that David Lin has finally been freed from #arbitrarydetention in #China! ntd.com/lawmaker-warns…

Then they came for the economists… Key indoctrination message: Officials should be “fearful in their hearts, careful with their words, and restrained in their actions.” #China #censorship #repression #rulebyfear wsj.com/world/china/to…

I half agree with this. Yes, democracies must prioritize freeing wrongfully detained citizens. But it's too reductionist to say that doing so incentivizes more hostage-taking. Thuggish states use asymmetric tactics to hurt open societies and will continue to take hostages