Miles Yu
Columns by Miles Yu
Inside China: A parade of paranoia about U.S. ‘engagement’ in China
Comprehensive "engagement" has been a cornerstone of U.S. policy toward China since the Nixon administration. But the bedrock of Beijing's U.S. policy is paranoia over what Chinese leaders believe is a "peaceful evolution" conspiracy designed to overthrow the communist dictatorship via the ideological and spiritual infiltration of China's society. Published November 7, 2013
Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.
Chinese state-run media revealed for the first time this week that Beijing's nuclear submarines can attack American cities as a means to counterbalance U.S. nuclear deterrence in the Pacific. Published October 31, 2013
Inside China: Pacific challenges
The People's Liberation Army's (PLA) navy has begun a massive exercise in the western Pacific that is widely seen as a response to the recently completed U.S.-Japan-South Korean joint naval drills led by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington near the Korean Peninsula. Published October 24, 2013
Inside China: Taiwan invasion exercise
More than 20,000 Chinese soldiers, sailors and airmen carried out a boisterous joint-operation exercise this month, with Taiwan as the apparent simulated target of a Normandy-style invasion. Published October 17, 2013
Inside China: Eye in the sky over Eastern Asia, Australia
China announced last week that its army now has the capability to strike anywhere in the Western Pacific, including Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia. Published October 3, 2013
Inside China: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in Beijing
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Beijing on Sunday and signed away a big part of his country's development projects to China. Published September 26, 2013
Inside China: Internet crackdown on opinion leaders
Commentators in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) are cheering the government crackdown on online opinion leaders. Published September 19, 2013
Inside China: Military entertainers
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) operates a large "entertainment corps" known for its extraordinary privilege, unique access to power elites and wasteful extravagance. Now President Xi Jinping is vowing to tighten controls on military entertainers. Published September 5, 2013
Inside China: Beijing’s hot Bo-tato
The show trial in China of recently purged communist leader Bo Xilai has become an unexpected national sensation. Mr. Bo has cleverly — and some say with carefully delivered court eloquence — turned the tables on his accusers and indirectly on the Communist Party judicial system. And the incumbent Communist Party supreme leadership appears to be furious. Published August 29, 2013
Inside China: China ridicules Indian navy
The successful launch of India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant, and the tragic accident of an Indian navy Kilo-class submarine that killed 18 sailors created fodder for Chinese state media to use in ridiculing its neighbor. Published August 22, 2013
Inside China: Military delays commercial flights
In a rare moment of candor, the official China Daily newspaper disclosed that China's notorious commercial airline delays are caused mainly by a near monopoly on airspace by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force. Published August 15, 2013
Inside China: PLA on Taiwan’s weapons
A People's Liberation Army major general said recently that Taiwan should abandon the U.S. as its main weapons supplier and buy arms from Beijing instead. Published August 1, 2013
Inside China: China’s‘ Xi courts Taiwan’s Ma
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou of the ruling Kuomintang Party received a rare congratulation message from Chinese President Xi Jinping. Analysts say the message contained some surprises. Published July 25, 2013
Inside China: China, Pakistan reach deal on ‘economic corridor’
China and Pakistan signed an agreement July 5 that will create an "economic corridor" linking northwestern China to the Arabian Sea, according to the official government newspaper China Daily. Published July 18, 2013
Inside China: Chinese navy courts Seychelles
The Chinese naval vessel the Harbin, a Type 052 heavy destroyer, arrived mid-June at the Republic of Seychelles with a special mission: Display friendliness and take part in the Seychelles National Day parade. Published July 11, 2013
Inside China: Hong Kong protests
About 430,000 Hong Kong residents braved heavy rain Sunday to demand the direct election of local leaders. Demonstrators filled the main streets in defiance of the Chinese communist government. Published July 4, 2013
Inside China: Park Geun-hye fever sweeps China
For weeks, China has been anticipating the first state visit by South Korea's first female president, Park Geun-hye. She began her tour Thursday, and China's state-controlled media have been fanning "Park fever" to highlight the "strategic importance" of her visit. Published June 27, 2013
Inside China: China touts euro landing craft
Chinese state-owned media recently showcased the importance of its newly delivered Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft. The world's largest hovercraft was built and sold to China by Ukraine. Published June 20, 2013
Inside China: Carrier’s engineers worked to death
At least 15 Chinese were worked to death in response to leaders' orders to finish refurbishing the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier. A senior military engineer revealed the deaths in noting that the work was finished far ahead of schedule. Published June 13, 2013
Inside China: General says Japan owns Okinawa
After weeks of challenging Japan's sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, through official Chinese state-run media, Beijing recently voiced a sudden change of heart. Published June 6, 2013
