China’s Dangerous Weakness, Part 1: Beijing’s Aggressive ‘Self-Defense’

China’s Dangerous Weakness, Part 1: Beijing’s Aggressive ‘Self-Defense’
China’s Dangerous Weakness, Part 1: Beijing’s Aggressive ‘Self-Defense’

WASHINGTON: From this city’s perspective, China looks like a rising giant, liable to dominate its smaller neighbors unless America stands firm. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will likely carry soothing words of reassurance on this very subject to Seoul and Tokyo when he travels there next week. From Beijing’s point of view, however, it is China…

Does China Have A Pacific Strategy Or Are They Bumbling Along?

Does China Have A Pacific Strategy Or Are They Bumbling Along?
Does China Have A Pacific Strategy Or Are They Bumbling Along?

WASHINGTON: Why has China, after a decade of “good neighbor” policies, engaged in high-profile high-seas standoffs with the Philippines and Japan? What is Beijing’s strategic purpose? The most dovish analysts say that China is simply trying, albeit clumsily, to reassert what it considers its rights — its historical rights to territories China once controlled before…