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2023: Admiral Yamamoto as the Heir to Established Japanese Naval Strategy

Posted on 03/10/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

A 2023 article in the ”Kaikankō Senryaku Kenkyū” (海幹校戦略研究), [“Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Command and Staff College Review,”] Isoroku Yamamoto as the Heir to Traditional Japanese Naval Strategy discusses recent critiques of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto — that he pursued a … Continue reading →

Posted in History 历史, Japan, Military 军事 | Tagged Admiral Yamamoto, ロンドン海軍軍縮会議, history, Japan, London Naval Treaty, naval, Navy, Pearl Harbor, strategy, WWII, 山本五十六, 帝国海軍, 日本 | 2 Comments

2010: A Russian Perspective on the Strategy and Tactics of PRC Intelligence Agencies

Posted on 05/15/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

DeepL and ChatGPT3.5 translated from Glazunov’s The Chinese Threat. The Chinese translation I checked my self; the Russian is beyond my fading one year of Russian — I did check it all over to make sure that it made sense, … Continue reading →

Posted in Intelligence, Russia, Science, Technology and Academic 科技学术 | Tagged China, double agent, espionage, King Wen, military, Ministry of State Security, MSS, philosopher, PRC, spying, strategy, Sun Tzu, Sun Zi, tactics, The Art of War, 六韜, 孫子, 中国 | 6 Comments

2023: How China Should Respond to US High Tech Blockade

Posted on 01/19/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Professor Lu Feng’s article attracted many, mostly favorable comments and over 400,000 views in the first days after it was posted on January 17, 2023. Some of the comments are translated after the article. Both the US and China have … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy 经济, National Security 安全, Politics 政治, Science, Technology and Academic 科技学术 | Tagged chips, demand, domestic production, IC, lithography, sanctions, semiconductors, SMIC, strategy, technology | 2 Comments

Yu Ruxin: Through the Storm – The PLA in the Cultural Revolution (Excerpt) II

Posted on 02/23/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Following when the first excerpt Through the Storm – The PLA in the Cultural Revolution (Excerpt) I left off, here is the second one. Chinese assistance was important for North Vietnam’s air defenses. Many U.S. aircraft were shot down by Chinese … Continue reading →

Posted in Military 军事 | Tagged Chairman Mao, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Cultural Revolution, defense, 解放军, general, ideology, Lin Biao, Mao Zedong, military, PLA, politics, PRC, propaganda, strategy, tactics, war, 共产党, 文革, 林彪, 毛泽东, 中国 | Leave a comment

2020: Xiao Gongqin: Dealing with the New Pattern in the U.S. – China Game — U.S.-China Relations III

Posted on 05/28/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This is the third and final part of Xiao Gongqin’s article on U.S. – China relations. The first two parts are: Here Professor Xiao Gongjin continues his critique of Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s policy. Xiao argues not for … Continue reading →

Posted in Bilateral Relations, Economy 经济, Foreign Relations 外交, Ideology 思想, National Security 安全, Politics 政治 | Tagged anti-Chinese, chauvinism, China, Cold War, Communist Party, conservative, 章百家, Democrat, deng xiaoping, economy, extremist, 韬光养晦, foreign policy, foreign relations, future, game, Gramophonic, history, Ideology 思想, Japan, missionary, National Security 安全, nationalism, negotiations, Neoauthoritarianism, populist, PRC, red empire, Religion, right-wing, rightist, sino-american, song, South China Sea, strategic, strategic culture, strategy, suspicion, taoguangyanghui, US, US-China, USA, war, war hawk, Wolf warrior, Xiao Gongqin, Zhang Baijia, 党史, 历史 | 2 Comments

2020: Xiao Gongqin: How the U.S. Chooses its Enemies — U.S.-China Relations II

Posted on 05/25/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

See the first installment of this series, Xiao Gongqin on U.S.-China Relations I: Avoid a Vicious Cycle where you will also see a short biography of Professor Xiao Gongqin. This article provides a fall 2020 perspective on U.S. – China relations. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bilateral Relations, Foreign Relations 外交, Ideology 思想, National Security 安全, Politics 政治 | Tagged America, anti-Chinese, chauvinism, China, Cold War, Communist Party, conservative, Democrat, deng xiaoping, extremist, foreign policy, foreign relations, Hull Note, idealism, India, Japan, limited war, missionary, nationalism, negotiations, oil, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, populist, PRC, Religion, Republican, right-wing, rightist, sino-american, South China Sea, strategic culture, strategy, suspicion, Taiwan, Trump, U.S. State Department, US, US-China, USA, war, war hawk, West Point, Wolf warrior, Xiao Gongqin | 3 Comments

Reading Ye Fu’s “Requiem for a Landlord”

Posted on 12/16/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

After reading Ye Fu’s essay Requiem for a Landlord , he wrote the story of his own grandfather, a murdered scapegoat of Mao’s 1951 land reforms that killed millions of landowners, big and small as well as other troublesome people … Continue reading →

Posted in History 历史, Ideology 思想, Politics 政治 | Tagged chaos, China, Communist Party, 绅士, 革命, 黑五类, gentry, Governance, government, hatred, Hunan, killing, land reform, landlord, leadership, Mao Zedong, massacre, murder, peasant movement, persecution, political, politics, PRC, repent, repentence, rich peasant, rural, strategy, stress, tactics, trauma, 共产党, 农民, 土地改革, 宣传, 富农, 屠杀, 手段, 政治, 毛泽东, 中国, 湖南 | 3 Comments

2020: PRC Scholar Yin Jiwu: Comparing US and PRC Concepts of National Security

Posted on 07/14/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The PRC’s holistic national security concept encompassing the foreign and the domestic as well as ideological challenges whether they come from within China or from ‘outside the borders of Mainland China (jingwai)’ a term of art that encompasses both foreign … Continue reading →

Posted in Bilateral Relations, Foreign Relations 外交, Ideology 思想, National Security 安全, Politics 政治 | Tagged China, coexistence, culture, foreign relations, ideological, ideology, national, national interest, politics, PRC, rights, Security, security culture, strategy, threat, U.S., USA, values, Wilsonian, Yin Jiwu, 共产党, 国家, 安全, 尹继武, 政治, 人民大学 | 9 Comments

2015: Li Jiang 李江: Why should China’s foreign affairs strategy change gear?*

Posted on 10/03/2017 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This translation is by a friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous. The article appeared on both the Financial Times Chinese language website in July 2015 as well as on the PRC liberal intellectual discussion website Aisixiang. 中国外交战略为何转变？ FT中文网撰稿人李江：在当前的条件下，中国外交战略显得强硬可能是试图通过外交为棘手的内政问题寻找出路，加强意识形态控制，利用反腐整顿吏治均是表现。 … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Relations 外交, National Security 安全, Politics 政治 | Tagged affairs, China, Chinese, foreign, Li Jiang, model, policy, strategy, tactics, 李江 | Leave a comment

Zhang Feng’s South China Sea Policy Suggestions

Posted on 12/18/2016 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

In the Chinese edition of the Financial Times, suggestions for Chinese policy from Zhang Feng 张锋 who is a researcher in the international relations department of the Australian National University. Zhang’s discussion, written for a Chinese audience, examines how … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy 经济, Foreign Relations 外交, National Security 安全 | Tagged China, foreign relations, Indonesia, Maritime, Navy, South China Sea, strategic balance, strategy, 南海, 南中海, 外交 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: strategy

2023: Admiral Yamamoto as the Heir to Established Japanese Naval Strategy

2010: A Russian Perspective on the Strategy and Tactics of PRC Intelligence Agencies

2023: How China Should Respond to US High Tech Blockade

Yu Ruxin: Through the Storm – The PLA in the Cultural Revolution (Excerpt) II

2020: Xiao Gongqin: Dealing with the New Pattern in the U.S. – China Game — U.S.-China Relations III

2020: Xiao Gongqin: How the U.S. Chooses its Enemies — U.S.-China Relations II

Reading Ye Fu’s “Requiem for a Landlord”

2020: PRC Scholar Yin Jiwu: Comparing US and PRC Concepts of National Security

2015: Li Jiang 李江: Why should China’s foreign affairs strategy change gear?*

Zhang Feng’s South China Sea Policy Suggestions

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