Category Archives: China

“China is pushing Russia out of Kazakhstan’s uranium sector — Russia is gradually losing its influence in Central Asia.”

Posted on December 18, 2024 by TTG

A Chinese state company has bought Rosatom’s shares in a Kazakh uranium mining operation, and plans to acquire others. As the world’s largest uranium producer, Kazakhstan accounts for 43% of global supply. Traditionally, Russia controlled the transport routes for Kazakh … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Asia, China, Russia, TTG | 11 Comments

Testing the waters?

Posted on November 26, 2024 by TTG

As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before. Right now a Caravan coming from Mexico, composed of thousands of people, seems to be unstoppable in its … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, China, Mexico, The economy, TTG | 79 Comments

The Marine Littoral Regiment

Posted on October 18, 2024 by TTG

Background On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) announced a major force design initiative planned to occur over the next 10 years referred to as “Force Design 2030.” As part of this initiative, the Marine Corps intends to … Continue reading →

Posted in China, The Military Art, TTG | 35 Comments

“China has the US drone industry by the components (balls)”

Posted on October 15, 2024 by TTG

The United States has long been at the forefront of technological innovation, but one key sector where the U.S. lags significantly behind is in the drone industry. Currently, China’s DJI dominates the consumer and professional drone market, owning as much … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Technology, The economy, TTG | 42 Comments

Tom67 on Mongolia

Posted on September 1, 2024 by TTG

This a comment of Tom67 in reply to elkern  in a recent post “Putin’s alternative pipeline flops quietly.” I find Tom67’s comment worth a separate post.  I am married to a Mongolian, speak Mongolian run an outdoors company in Mongolia … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Asia, China, Russia, TTG | 37 Comments

“Putin’s alternative pipeline flops quietly”

Posted on August 26, 2024 by TTG

The strategically important Russian pipeline project “Power of Siberia 2” is on hold for the time being. The project, which is intended to bring gas from the western Russian Yamal gas field to China, is of strategic importance for Russia … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Russia, Technology, TTG | 73 Comments

The Democratic Party’s convention is to happen this week, or it has already happened, or something has happened

Posted on August 19, 2024 by willmann

By Robert Willmann An eerie similarity is emerging between what has happened to the Democratic Party in this year’s presidential election season and what occurred in 2022 when Xi Jinping became the president of China for a third term, which … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Current Affairs, government, Justice, Politics, Television | Tagged , , | 70 Comments

“China’s Chang’e-6 probe lifts off with samples from moon’s far side in historic first”

Posted on June 5, 2024 by TTG

Hong Kong CNN  — China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe departed from the far side of the moon on Tuesday, moving a step closer to completing an ambitious mission that underlines the country’s rise as a space superpower. In a symbolic moment before takeoff, … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Space, TTG | 8 Comments

“BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”

Posted on April 17, 2024 by TTG

BYD is expected to launch its next-gen Blade EV battery later this year. The battery will promote more range at an even lower cost. Will the new battery be BYD’s X-factor in its “liberation battle” over gas-powered vehicles? FinDreams, BYD’s … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Energy, TTG | 18 Comments

The Register on the leak of Chinese infosec vendor’s hacking activities

Posted on February 22, 2024 by TTG

A cache of stolen document posted to GitHub appears to reveal how a Chinese infosec vendor named I-Soon offers rent-a-hacker services for Beijing. The trove appeared on GitHub last week and contains hundreds of documents documenting I-Soon’s activities. Analysis of … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Cyber, TTG | 26 Comments