957: Xi concentrates civilian mobilization in the military. @cburton001, @GordonGChang
Image: Chinese troops gathered on a T-34/85 or a Type 58 medium tank leaving North Korea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea) in 1958, 5 years after the Korean War ended with an armistice (a ceasefire) in 1953. The banner in the background of the picture bears a slogan (in Chinese) which declares "The Friendship and Unity of the North Korean and Chinese Peoples Are Always Steadfast and Strong!" Charles Burton: @cburton001, blogs at RealityChek; and senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad; and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re: Canada is most vulnerable to PRC influence, espionage, sabotage. Charles Burton: @cburton001, blogs at RealityChek; and senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad; and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re: Xi concentrates civilian mobilization in the military. Giving the military too much power doesn't always bode well, incl for Xi now. Worrisome. Is little-bitty Hong Kong a threat to Xi? Yes, could threaten his Western relations. Xinjiang, Tibet. China is becoming a military state. Geostrategic goals to the Belt and Road Initiative. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3115988/chinas-military-takes-charge-war-powers-new-defence-law How has extended deterrence changed since the end of the Cold War and how should those changes impact US space policies and investments? Biggest anti-satellite threats the US and its allies face. Should we rely on Arms Control understandings and the commercial space sector, which is deploying massive numbers of low-Earth orbit systems that our military could use, to deter military adventurism against us or our allies? Must the US secure immediate space dominance or superiority to deter military or commercial harm being inflicted to it and its allies? Or is insisting on immediately achieving this a mistake? To what extent should the US and its allies cooperate with China and Russia on space activities?