I'd argue that the PLA has the necessary components now to take the fight to CONUS and win decisively, even if that may not be apparent to other observers at present, but anything post-2027 would make that very clear.
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Nice summary about the RAND report and its withdrawal: to be brief, the report was forced to withdraw because China hawks don't want to be reminded of the fact that the US no longer has the industrial prowess to confront China.
Female Chinese diaspora "journalist", nuff said.
Female Chinese diaspora "journalist", nuff said.
A bit absurd, if not laughably embarrassing that this is even news to Bethany.
British NSA Jonathan Powell spent much of his career at the Foreign Office, so he got extensive experience working alongside and negotiating against intelligence officers operating under official covers, assuming he wasn't one himself. For guys like him, it's a part of the job description.
Think tanks like the Grandview Institution and Bethany's very own employer ASPI tend to be stacked with all sorts of former(-ish) intelligence professionals and assets, and in no small part exist so such characters may engage with their foreign colleagues of both the friendly and adversarial varieties.
Therefore, Bethany almost knows than few characters herself!
So homegirl there is either terrible at feigning outrage, or perhaps deeply bitter about a past run-in with the MSS or one of its sister agencies . . .
I’m just surprised that she has found new employment so quickly in this job market.
The propaganda funding got restored. Goes to show how quickly you could shut the whole thing down (all the China bad propaganda on social and actual media) just by inflicting a devastating or terminal financial blow.