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Miles Yu

Miles Yu is the director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. His Red Horizon column appears every other Tuesday in The Washington Times. He can be reached at mmilesyu@gmail.com.

Columns by Miles Yu

Xi Jinping

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

Bo Xilai

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

**FILE** Indians cheer during the launch of the Indian Navy’s anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kiltan on the Ganges river in Kolkata, India, on March 26, 2013. The Indian-built corvette is named after the Kiltan island in India’s Lakshwadeep archipelago. (Associated Press)

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

Ma Ying-jeou

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: 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

Park

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

A Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft pushes China's amphibious capability "to a new height."

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

** FILE ** In this Feb. 22, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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

Lt. Gen. Qi Jianguo, deputy chief of staff for the Chinese army, delivered an about-face to an international conference claiming China recognizes that the Ryukyu island chain belongs to Japan after all. (Associated Press)

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

The People's Daily, the official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, started a column in mid-March titled "Immoral and Untrustworthy Americans," though two months later it changed the title to "The America You Don't Yet Know."

Inside China: China’s anti-American column

The People's Daily, the official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, has hosted since March 20 a column titled "Immoral and Untrustworthy Americans," dedicated to a "comprehensive understanding of the United States and the Americans." Published May 30, 2013

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force patrols the Senkaku Islands, which China calls the Diaoyu Islands, in the East China Sea. China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than 1 million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. Tokyo has issued a "stern protest." (Associated Press)

Inside China: China vs. Japan and U.S. on Okinawa

China is challenging a key American policy toward Japan: the unambiguous U.S. support of Japan's sovereign rights to the Ryukyu island chain, including the key strategic island of Okinawa. Published May 16, 2013

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a meeting in Moscow on Monday. It was the first Russian visit by a Japanese prime minister in 10 years. (Associated Press)

Inside China: Chagrined by Shinzo Abe’s Russia visit

Japan is using "value diplomacy" to create the geopolitical encirclement of China, according to China's state-run media. That point was emphasized across the communist nation's media spectrum as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began a historic seven-day visit to Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. Published May 2, 2013

Chinese soldiers unload relief supplies from a helicopter in quake-ravaged Sichuan province. Saturday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed at least 186 and injured thousands. The military is in full control of relief and rescue, with citizen-initiated efforts to help strictly banned.

Inside China: PLA center stage in quake relief

What was presumed to be an earthquake relief operation led by civilians quickly became an all-out campaign by the People's Liberation Army to show off its mobilization capability and high-tech weapons with an over-the-top propaganda theme — "The PLA Loves The People." Published April 25, 2013