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DECODING: China's Lijian anti-drone lasers — the portable weapon rewriting the rules of combat
From June 16 to 18, 2026, the Chinese capital hosted the Defence Information Equipment and Technology Exhibition, a restricted-access military trade show presenting the…
INVESTIGATION: Beijing's 155mm naval supergun — the siege weapon aimed at Taiwan from the sea
There is something anachronistic, almost cinematic, about the image of a 155-millimeter cannon mounted on the bow of a modern destroyer. The era of…
DECODING: THE DF-17 HYPERSONIC FILMED IN FLIGHT — A MESSAGE FOR WASHINGTON AND TAIPEI
On June 20, 2026, in the vast arid expanse of the Gobi Desert, Chinese military vehicles executed a carefully filmed choreography. Mobile launchers of…
REPORT: BEIJING SANCTIONS 10 US FIRMS AND BANS 46 FROM PUBLIC MARKETS — THE TRADE WAR RESUMES
On Monday, June 22, 2026, as Washington was still digesting the fallout from its 1260H list expanded to 188 Chinese companies, Beijing responded with…
ANALYSIS: ALIBABA DRAGS THE PENTAGON TO COURT — THE SINO-AMERICAN LEGAL WAR BEGINS
That Tuesday, June 23, 2026, Alibaba Group Holding filed a complaint in the federal court for the Northern District of California, in San Jose.…
DECODING: THE PENTAGON CLASSIFIES 188 CHINESE FIRMS AS MILITARY — ALIBABA IN THE CROSSHAIRS
On June 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Defense published the updated version of its so-called Section 1260H list — and the business world…
INVESTIGATION: Cyber, AI, and Quantum — Trump's Tech Dominance Doctrine Against Beijing
On June 22, 2026, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders that together chart the most precise tech dominance doctrine any American
ANALYSIS: EO 14409 — Trump Sets the 2030 Quantum Deadline Against China
On June 22, 2026, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders that redraw the map of American digital power. The first, titled
EXPLAINER: China's Tariff Wall Capped at 21% — Has Beijing Already Won the War?
For more than a year, the United States has been waging the most heavily publicized trade war against China in the modern