Tag: China
Stevenson’s army, November 28
– Ukraine aid slows arms to Taiwan.
– NATO uneasy with US hard-on-China push
– Ukraine fighting wears out its artillery.
And here’s news abut Taiwan’s elections this wekeend:
Taiwan’s ruling tough-on-China party gets clobbered
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen stepped down as leader of the ruling Democratic Progress Party after it lost big to the opposition Kuomintang party, or KMT, in Saturday’s local elections. As expected, the KMT, which has long favored closer ties with Beijing but denies being pro-China, swept the polls across most big cities. The DPP had tried to turn the election into a referendum on protecting Taiwan’s democracy from Chinese encroachment, but it didn’t work: Voters responded better to the KMT’s pitch about prioritizing local issues such as COVID and the economy. Meanwhile, the upstart Taiwan People’s Party — seen as a rising alternative to the DPP and KMT — turned heads by capturing Hsinchu, known as the self-ruled island’s Silicon Valley because it is home to many semiconductor companies. The result ups the ante ahead of the 2024 presidential election, when voters will likely be more worried about China’s growing threat. A KMT victory would be welcomed by Beijing, but success in local elections doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll do well in 2024. After all, in early 2020, the DPP recovered from a similar local election defeat to reelect Tsai in a landslide.
Charlie added later:
Reuters says US may send missile with 100-mile range to Ukraine.
Dan Drezner has praise for Biden foreign policy.
He doesn’t like Biden’s trade policy, but the Politico weekly trade newsletter notes how carefully the administration is consulting with stakeholders over new rules.
Two GOP Members have bill to drive “wokeness” from the Pentagon. Their plan.
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Stevenson’s army, November 19
Just so we don’t forget what it was like:
– The always valuable NatSec Daily discusses China policy under a Speaker McCarthy and why President Zelensky opposes a “truce” in the fighting.
– WSJ says Xi has added many science & tech experts to the government.
– NYT wonders about Russian missile inventories.
– WaPo has good article on Kherson resistance.
– WSJ foresees big problems over new farm bill because of GOP victory.
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Stevenson’s army, November 16
Both my internet service and I have been out of commission the last few days, so I’ve missed lots of Stevenson’s army and other things. I’ll try to keep up now:
– Polish deaths blamed on errant Ukrainian air defense missile.
-New Congress will have almost 100 military veterans.
– Congressional commission on China urges trade policies. It’s new annual report is here.
– GAO hits US military aircraft readiness.
-Chicago prof says Russia sanctions are doing long term damage.
– Russia lost UN GA vote on Ukraine.
– Lawfare argues for repealing 2002 AUMF.
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Stevenson’s army, November 10
Votes are still being counted. WSJ assesses the pollsters — as does New York magazine.
Ukraine skeptical about Kherson withdrawal.
Daily Beast says Russian navy in trouble.
Germany blocks Chinese investments.
Stimson assesses Chinese MOOTW
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Stevenson’s army, November 8
HuffPost lists the states which are regularly slow to count ballots. Don’t expect results in close races tonight.
PM Trudeau says China interferes in Canadian elections.
I urge you every now and then to go on fas.org and look for recent CRS reports. Here’s a new one on emerging military technologies.
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Stevenson’s army, November 3
– Lots of out-of-state money flowing in.
– Defense firms back election deniers.
-15% swing to GOP by white suburban women.
– In review of book mentioned by brownbag guest, George Packer notes political violence in US 1917-21.
– Politico suggests Biden shouldn’t have shunned Chinese ambassador.
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