Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Asia Times China’s takeover of the South China Sea is nearly complete and Beijing is now stepping up its sophisticated information warfare campaign in preparation for an expected unfavorable ruling from an international tribunal affecting its island claims. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is expected to rule […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China’s plans to build up a disputed island near the Philippines could lead to a regional conflict, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told Congress on Thursday. Carter was asked about the strategic significance of China’s plan to add military facilities to a disputed island known as Scarborough Shoal […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon Chinese military hackers are conducting cyber attacks on the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency networks on a daily basis and will soon shift to hacking into networks of missile defense contractors, the admiral in charge of the agency told Congress on Thursday. Vice Adm. James D. Syring, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China is continuing to conduct cyber espionage operations against the United States, and Beijing’s commitment to a U.S.-China cyber agreement is questionable, the director of national intelligence told Congress on Tuesday. “China continues cyber espionage against the United States,” James Clapper, the director, testified during an annual […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China is developing a nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile as part of a military buildup of both its regional and long-range nuclear forces, according to a forthcoming congressional commission report. … The military buildup of high-tech weapons “makes clear that China seeks the capability to limit the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, Washington Times Investigators conducting the probe into the Chinese cyberattack against Office of Personnel Management computer networks say the damage is far worse than Obama administration political appointees have let on. … The cyberattack has been linked to Chinese intelligence agencies, either the civilian Ministry of State […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The Obama administration continues to play down one of the nation’s most damaging Chinese cyber espionage operations in order to maintain a dialogue with China and host a summit for its leader this fall. Weeks after the discovery that millions of personal records on federal workers was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, Washington Times The commander of the U.S. Pacific Command said recently if China continues aggressive activities in the South China Sea he may cancel participation by the People’s Liberation Army in large-scale naval exercises known as Rimpac, for Rim of the Pacific. Adm. Harry Harris, the newly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China has unveiled a new twin-fuselage drone that analysts say will give the People’s Liberation Army long-range surveillance and strike capabilities. The Shen Diao, or Divine Eagle, remotely piloted aircraft is being developed by China’s Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and appears from Chinese Internet photos made public recently […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China’s military made substantial strides in building modern armed forces but remains fundamentally weak due to problems with combat capabilities, Party controls, and corruption, according to a congressional study made public Wednesday. Chinese military gains over the past several decades are “impressive overall, and the [People’s Liberation […]