Miles Yu

Inside China: PLA commander replaced in Hong Kong

Maj. Gen. Liu Xiaojun, the high-flying commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army contingent in freewheeling Hong Kong, was abruptly relieved of command recently and reassigned to the Guangzhou Military Region in a new position believed to be mostly ceremonial.

July 17, 2014

Inside China: Anti-Japan propaganda campaign backfires

Monday marked the 77th anniversary of the beginning of all-out war between China and Japan, and Chinese leaders spared no effort to use the occasion to carry out a choreographed anti-Japan propaganda campaign.

July 10, 2014

Inside China: Mixed feelings over multinational naval exercise

For the first time in its 43-year history, the world's largest multinational naval exercise, Rim of the Pacific exercise, or RIMPAC, hosted by the U.S. Navy on a biennial basis, has invited the Chinese navy to participate. And China is taking the unique opportunity seriously but with mixed feelings.

July 3, 2014

Inside China: Mountain of watery ire

As Supreme Leader Xi Jinping prepares to start a key state visit to Seoul, two South Korean heartthrobs have triggered an eruption of anger toward China.

June 26, 2014

Inside China: Communist brain trust hunting for enemies within

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the communist government's top brain trust, has been infiltrated by hostile foreign forces.

June 19, 2014

Inside China: How not to make friends China-style

The cozy facade of Beijing-Seoul relations has unraveled in recent weeks amid territorial disputes and maritime law enforcement between the two nations.

May 29, 2014

Inside China: Anti-Chinese riots hit Taiwan

Taiwan suffered collateral damage in Vietnam's anti-China riots on May 13, when 107 Taiwanese companies were vandalized and 10 factories were shut down.

May 23, 2014

Inside China: No Friends for Beijing

China has become a global power with extensive outreach to all continents. But it has never been so isolated.

May 15, 2014

Inside China: General hits U.S. in Africa

A top Chinese defense official has accused Washington of being the mastermind behind a conspiracy to deprive Africa of peace and prosperity, and lauded anti-West dictators.

May 2, 2014

Inside China: Absence of the Sea Dragon

One of China's most publicized technological accomplishments is the Sea Dragon manned deep-sea submersible that boasts the world's greatest capability for range of depth. But when the vessel is needed the most — in the search for the missing Malaysian plane — it has been entirely a no-show.

April 24, 2014

Inside China: Marine’s comment on islands draws sharp Chinese response

A casual remark by a U.S. general during a breakfast has made China mad, really mad, and Beijing's response is far less than civil and humble.

April 17, 2014

Inside China: Space technology, trade practices of China a concern for Latin America countries

On Dec. 10, a Chinese Long March 4B rocket lifted off from Taiyuan satellite launch center in North China, carrying the $250 million, jointly developed satellite The third stage of the rocket malfunctioned and fell back to Earth.

April 3, 2014

Inside China: Does active role of Chinese in search for missing Malaysia jet have a dual purpose?

Some analysts believe the search has given the Chinese military opportunities to survey waters and airspace, and gather information that would have been restricted for the People's Liberation Army.

March 27, 2014

Inside China: Why Putin’s intervention in Ukraine is bad news for China

On March 1, two tugboats hurriedly towed a nearly completed behemoth out of Ukraine's Feodosiya shipyard on the Crimean Peninsula. It was loaded quickly onto a huge cargo ship that set sail to China.

March 13, 2014

Inside China: Long march to Africa

China is set to establish military bases in key spots of Africa, directly challenging the military presence of the U.S. and the European Union.

March 6, 2014

Inside China: With wounding of editor, press freedom under physical attack in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's once vibrant news outlets increasingly are coming under violent attacks for continuing to embrace pluralism and free speech.

February 27, 2014

Inside China: Chinese leaders use history to serve Communist Party

China is obsessed with history. Not the objective inquiry that can withstand scrutiny by divergent viewpoints with uncensored access to documents and records. It is obsessed with the history the Communist Party controls, writes and promotes to serve the nation's collective dictatorship.

February 21, 2014

Inside China: High-level official from Taiwan first to meet with Chinese officials in 65 years

This week's visit to China by a minister-level Taiwanese official — the first in the 65 years since the communists took over the mainland — has evoked a media frenzy focused on the itinerary and protocols.

February 13, 2014

Inside China: Beijing prefers the world to think WWII not WWI in terms of rising tensions

Beijing wants the world to frame its military tensions with Tokyo in the context of World War II, when China was the victim and Japan the aggressor.

January 30, 2014

Inside China: Stealth fighter revealed

Chinese military forums on the Internet were abuzz recently over the posting of the first photo of China's latest test flight of a prototype jet.

January 23, 2014