Despite full access to Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen and her executives (including Chen Lifan, a board member and a senior vice president), CNET continues to report with astounding accusations and insinuations. At the heart of the issue is American and Australian press accusing Huawei of potentially assisting the Chinese government of hacking into American and Australian … [Read more...] about CNET’s “Espionage anxiety over Huawei”
Analysis
On the recent Diaoyu Islands Dispute
There's been another round of commotion related to the dispute over the Diaoyu Islands (in Japanese it's called Senkaku) between China and Japan. It all started with a Tokyo mayor trying to 'buy' the island from some supposed private citizen who 'owns' it. We know these islands' administrative control was simply given to the Japanese by the U.S., and in the Chinese … [Read more...] about On the recent Diaoyu Islands Dispute
The Myth of Chinese Non-Intervention
Unlike most other myths about China that are created and perpetuated by the West, this myth - the notion that China does not ever interfere in the internal affairs of other sovereign nation states - was created by China itself. It is perpetuated primarily by China's historical record of non-intervention. Consequently, over time this principle of non-intervention has … [Read more...] about The Myth of Chinese Non-Intervention
Riots in Assam
There has been terrible violence in India's Assam region recently and the violence has spread to other parts of India. Since this is a blog on China, not India, I am not going to dig too much into the cause or even meaning of the riots. But I do want to point out the relatively "favorable" coverage India is getting. In almost all reports I see, India is cast as the force … [Read more...] about Riots in Assam
The Myth of Chinese Mass Migration into Russia
I stumbled upon a rather entertaining Reuters article a few days ago, reporting Russia's latest move to supposedly defend against a so-called "soft invasion" from China - in which massive yellow hordes from China's over-populated Northeast will systematically migrate into and outnumber the dwindling Russian population in the Russian Far East (RFE), and eventually assume de … [Read more...] about The Myth of Chinese Mass Migration into Russia