China Advances ‘Assassin’s Mace’ Warfare Program

Joshua Philipp  |  Epoch Times High-powered microwave weapons in space would change the nature of warfare The People’s Liberation Army, the army of the Chinese Communist Party, recently announced a breakthrough on a key weapons programs that may change the nature of war. Chinese scientists claim they’ve had unexpected success in developing a high-powered microwave (HPM) […]

China’s Crackdown on ‘Vote-Buying’ Likely The Result of Factional Warfare: Analysts

Lee Lai and Gao Shan  |  Radio Free Asia A decision by China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) to expel 45 members for vote-buying and bribery is more closely linked to factional infighting than a genuine attempt to weed out corruption in the rubber-stamp parliament, analysts said on Wednesday. The NPC on Tuesday disqualified 45 legislators from […]

A ‘Historic Mistake’: Another Case of China’s Social Media Warfare

China Change This article was first published in China Change, on March 23, 2016 Social media is by nature subversive in a country like China, where totalitarian rule depends on monopolizing the narrative and suppressing free speech. The Chinese Communist Party is well aware, and worried: state propaganda calls social media an “opposing sphere of opinion,” […]