https://www.scmp.com/rss/514827/feed Bates Gill is executive director of the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis. His most recent book, Daring to Struggle: China’s Global Ambitions under Xi Jinping, was published by Oxford University Press in 2022. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The surveillance balloon incident raises serious concerns about China’s military intentions towards the United States. But it raises equally troubling issues about the competence of China’s military intelligence services and their apparent lack of coordination with other elements of the Chinese party-state. In that light, it is intriguing that an unusual and important new “faction” has emerged at the top of China’s political system: military-industrial technocrats. As research by the Asia... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212374/rise-chinas-military-industrial-leaders-will-heat-race-against-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212374/rise-chinas-military-industrial-leaders-will-heat-race-against-us?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Mar 2023 17:00:12 +0000 This article was written and scheduled to publish before Antony Blinken suspended his planned visit to China over the discovery of a Chinese surveillance balloon floating above Montana. However, at the time of publication, a State Department official told reporters that “the secretary indicated that he would plan to travel to the PRC at the earliest opportunity when conditions allow”. The visit to China by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken – the first by a top US diplomat in five years –... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3208814/how-blinkens-visit-can-bring-some-stability-volatile-us-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3208814/how-blinkens-visit-can-bring-some-stability-volatile-us-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:00:10 +0000