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If you have 20 minutes to spare (and don't mind listening to Chinese and reading subtitles) this video by Dep Nat Sec Advisor Matt Pottinger* is brilliant: Brought to my attention by CDRSalamander: http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2020/05/lies-written-in-ink-can-never-disguise.html Did I...

I am now more persuaded than not that COVID-19 is part of Communist China's "long game." I was finally kicked over to the side of "Chinese malice" from my previous position of "China's lying, but the origin was an unfortunate event" after reading a post from CDRSalamander this morning about how...

CDR Salamander with a short, but excellent, post on the constraints of geography: https://blog.usni.org/posts/2020/02/12/slocs-matter-2 What China faces is similar to what Russia faces. Not excusing the blights that are those countries/governments; just presenting one aspect as to how "Red...

In this post on China (and the international community's assessment), The Economist, and U.S. foreign policy* CDRSalamander hits not just a home run, but a Grand Slam: http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2019/11/welcome-to-long-game-folks.html Here's a snip (but do him and yourself a favor and...

An excellent blog post about the complexity of "things"; about the difficulty of parsing/sorting "branches & sequels" (< 10 mins for a thorough reading; to include linked article in the blog post): http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2019/07/how-things-can-get-real-stupid-real-fast.html Pause...

One can only wonder at the hypocrisy: claiming to be proponents of privacy on one hand, but supporting China's drive to becoming a 100% surveillance state on the other. A dress rehearsal for these companies' plans here in the U.S.? Or our government's, at some point down the road...

CDR Salamander discusses a whopper. Here's a tease: Not at all in my wheelhouse, so this seems very concerning. At least at first glance. More to the story...? In any event, both links (below) are jarring and I was floored. CDRSalamander (link): "If Your Economy is Based on Information, at...

Nice read (as expected). Great opening thought: While I remain a China hawk, I also believe in the "China will grow old before it grows rich" line of thinking, and keep all my ideas soaked in an understanding that in modern history no nation has seen the challenge of trying to modernize in the...