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ANALYSIS: Atlas, 96 drones guided by AI — China reinvents swarm warfare
In March 2026, the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) presented the Atlas system before military observers: a single human operator simultaneously
TESTIMONY: Beijing's 15-point FDI plan — seduction or genuine opening?
On June 23, 2026, Beijing published a 15-point plan aimed at "stabilizing foreign investment" in China. The timing is anything but incidental.
OPEN LETTER: Chinese consumption collapses — the economy that can no longer lie to itself
I am writing to you with numbers Beijing would have preferred never to publish. May 2026: Chinese retail sales contracted by 0.6%
FACT-CHECK: The Fujian in the Taiwan Strait — what really happened on June 23–24?
On June 23 and 24, 2026, the Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian transited the Taiwan Strait. This fact is confirmed by the government
ESSAY: ASEAN uses the Hormuz crisis to accelerate the South China Sea Code of Conduct
History holds crises that, instead of paralyzing, catalyze. The Strait of Hormuz crisis of March to June 2026 belongs in that category
COMMENTARY: The United States gives the Philippines underwater eyes to face China
On June 22, 2026, at the Subic Bay naval base in Zambales province, the United States transferred to the Philippines 4 Ocean
EDITORIAL: Scarborough Shoal — China tests the West while it looks the other way
On June 23, 2026, a rare naval confrontation erupted between China and the Philippines near Scarborough Shoal, known in Filipino as Bajo
OPEN LETTER: Anthropic Cut Off, China Advances — AI Is Now a Cold War Weapon
I am writing to you from June 2026, the month when it became impossible to talk about artificial intelligence without talking about
EDITORIAL: Taiwan — when Chinese coast guards invent a "jurisdiction" that does not exist
On June 7, 2026, Chinese vessels launched what they called a "maritime law enforcement operation" in the waters east of Taiwan. That