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Miles Yu is the director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. His Red Horizon column appears every other Tuesday in The Washington Times. He can be reached at mmilesyu@gmail.com.

Columns by Miles Yu

"Silent Contest," the work of the Chinese army's Political Commissars community, depicts a sub-rosa struggle between the U.S. and China — a battle to control the hearts and minds of the Chinese people.

Inside China: A parade of paranoia about U.S. ‘engagement’ in China

Comprehensive "engagement" has been a cornerstone of U.S. policy toward China since the Nixon administration. But the bedrock of Beijing's U.S. policy is paranoia over what Chinese leaders believe is a "peaceful evolution" conspiracy designed to overthrow the communist dictatorship via the ideological and spiritual infiltration of China's society.

November 7, 2013

Inside China: Pacific challenges

The People's Liberation Army's (PLA) navy has begun a massive exercise in the western Pacific that is widely seen as a response to the recently completed U.S.-Japan-South Korean joint naval drills led by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington near the Korean Peninsula.

October 24, 2013
Chinese soldiers march outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing where the se¿ inner circle of Chinese political power, was paraded in front of assembled media Thursday, the day after 18th Communist Party Congress ended. (Associated Press)

Inside China: Taiwan invasion exercise

More than 20,000 Chinese soldiers, sailors and airmen carried out a boisterous joint-operation exercise this month, with Taiwan as the apparent simulated target of a Normandy-style invasion.

October 17, 2013
Xi Jinping

Inside China: Military entertainers

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) operates a large "entertainment corps" known for its extraordinary privilege, unique access to power elites and wasteful extravagance. Now President Xi Jinping is vowing to tighten controls on military entertainers.

September 5, 2013
Bo Xilai

Inside China: Beijing’s hot Bo-tato

The show trial in China of recently purged communist leader Bo Xilai has become an unexpected national sensation. Mr. Bo has cleverly — and some say with carefully delivered court eloquence — turned the tables on his accusers and indirectly on the Communist Party judicial system. And the incumbent Communist Party supreme leadership appears to be furious.

August 29, 2013
**FILE** Indians cheer during the launch of the Indian Navy’s anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kiltan on the Ganges river in Kolkata, India, on March 26, 2013. The Indian-built corvette is named after the Kiltan island in India’s Lakshwadeep archipelago. (Associated Press)

Inside China: China ridicules Indian navy

The successful launch of India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant, and the tragic accident of an Indian navy Kilo-class submarine that killed 18 sailors created fodder for Chinese state media to use in ridiculing its neighbor.

August 22, 2013

Inside China: Military delays commercial flights

In a rare moment of candor, the official China Daily newspaper disclosed that China's notorious commercial airline delays are caused mainly by a near monopoly on airspace by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force.

August 15, 2013

Inside China: PLA on Taiwan’s weapons

A People's Liberation Army major general said recently that Taiwan should abandon the U.S. as its main weapons supplier and buy arms from Beijing instead.

August 1, 2013
Ma Ying-jeou

Inside China: China’s‘ Xi courts Taiwan’s Ma

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou of the ruling Kuomintang Party received a rare congratulation message from Chinese President Xi Jinping. Analysts say the message contained some surprises.

July 25, 2013

Inside China: Chinese navy courts Seychelles

The Chinese naval vessel the Harbin, a Type 052 heavy destroyer, arrived mid-June at the Republic of Seychelles with a special mission: Display friendliness and take part in the Seychelles National Day parade.

July 11, 2013

Inside China: Hong Kong protests

About 430,000 Hong Kong residents braved heavy rain Sunday to demand the direct election of local leaders. Demonstrators filled the main streets in defiance of the Chinese communist government.

July 4, 2013
Park

Inside China: Park Geun-hye fever sweeps China

For weeks, China has been anticipating the first state visit by South Korea's first female president, Park Geun-hye. She began her tour Thursday, and China's state-controlled media have been fanning "Park fever" to highlight the "strategic importance" of her visit.

June 27, 2013
A Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft pushes China's amphibious capability "to a new height."

Inside China: China touts euro landing craft

Chinese state-owned media recently showcased the importance of its newly delivered Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft. The world's largest hovercraft was built and sold to China by Ukraine.

June 20, 2013
** FILE ** In this Feb. 22, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Inside China: Carrier’s engineers worked to death

At least 15 Chinese were worked to death in response to leaders' orders to finish refurbishing the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier. A senior military engineer revealed the deaths in noting that the work was finished far ahead of schedule.

June 13, 2013
Lt. Gen. Qi Jianguo, deputy chief of staff for the Chinese army, delivered an about-face to an international conference claiming China recognizes that the Ryukyu island chain belongs to Japan after all. (Associated Press)

Inside China: General says Japan owns Okinawa

After weeks of challenging Japan's sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, through official Chinese state-run media, Beijing recently voiced a sudden change of heart.

June 6, 2013