Business / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 15 August
China cheats itself
China is famously hungry for resources and knowledge of all kinds – but military high technology whets the country’s billion-man appetite more than anything else.
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Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Friday 13 November
The space invasion
A top-secret military base in the mountains where Chinese technicians are building laser beams designed to render western satellites ineffective.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 18 October
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
The Chinese government might not have let its own people watch the huge military parade that it staged in Beijing on 1 October (except on state-gilded TV).
The Monocle Daily, episode 147
Iran’s tense relationship with the UN nuclear agency, why the US military used fake Chinese parts, and a look at rebranding countries and regions.
Affairs / Politics
Dark horse in the east
It’s a vital military outpost, dogged by organised crime. However, with huge Chinese, Korean and Japanese markets on its shores, Vladivostok could become Russia’s Far Eastern giant.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Saturday 9 October
China’s submarine technology creeps up on the West
China’s latest submarine was unveiled with little fanfare at a shipyard in Wuhan last month.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 28 September
Party animals
Beijing will play host to an emphatic demonstration of China’s growing military power on Thursday when a panoply of new military hardware is unveiled at this year’s National Day parade, marking the 60th anniversary of the…
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 14 March
A higher plane
Taiwan remains 90 miles off the Chinese coast, but politically the island might just have shifted in the mainland’s direction.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Friday 15 January
Searching questions
“You can make money without doing evil,” proclaims Google’s corporate mission statement. Except in China, it might have added.
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 24 November
Why everyone wants to be China’s best friend
When China was penniless and politically unfashionable just a few decades ago, it found friends and allies – besides a few Leftist pariahs and revolutionary oddballs – very hard to come by.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Sunday 9 January
The EU’s urge to be friends with Beijing
With half the Christmas presents opened in Europe last month having started life on Chinese production lines, it seems only fair that the European Union should want to sell more of its own goods to the moneyed Chinese and…
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 6 June
Keeping China in check
Global security in the 20th century was largely an Atlantic question; in the 21st century it may well be a Pacific one. The rise of China is understandably making Asian defence ministers nervous, but at last weekend’s…
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Tuesday 17 January
China’s Gulf ties are a hedge against Iran
It’s not rare to see China in the Middle East – Chinese tourists, traders, and goods are everywhere. But for Premier Wen Jiabao to make a state visit takes a special occasion.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Wednesday 10 November
China versus USA in the satellite wars
It looked as though China stepped up the game to challenge the US, or at least US space-supremacy, at the end of last month when it launched another satellite in its second-generation Compass Navigation Satellite System …
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 26 December
Forecast 2011: Pariah states and aspiring nuclear powers
In Iran, North Korea and Burma we have all the makings of a combustible 2011.
Business / Fashion
Monocolumn
Thursday 10 May
Another historic British brand sold
As soon as rag-trade magnate Howard Tillman announced he was selling the British fashion brand Aquascutum last month, Chinese names have been pondering an investment in a slice of sartorial history.
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Wednesday 3 February
Italy and South Korea in dogfight
The Singapore Air Show, which runs until Sunday, is Asia’s biggest and most prestigious aerospace event.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 28 September
Vietnam’s fresh military motives
Senior Vietnamese politicians are on a low-key road trip around Europe, picking up new friends and cementing partnerships with some unlikely countries.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 24 August
Weekend agenda, 25/26 August
This weekend’s highlights include Private White VC’s pop-up store in London’s Covent Garden, art festival in St Moritz and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti’s latest album Mature Themes.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 29 August
Not so lethal weapons
Starved of modern equipment, and with a small ageing fleet barely capable of defending the country’s huge airspace, Indonesia’s decision to buy 10 new Sukhoi fighter jets – the last three of which are due to touch down from…