Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he talks about China’s methods of dealing with Islamic terrorism. In the Western media the topic of terrorism is always linked to the Middle East, rarely is the word “Terror” associated with China. A recent news report by the… Read More »China’s War on Terror
To celebrate the release of Three in Thirteen by Roger Dunsford and Geoff Coughlin, we want to find out how much you know about the de Havilland Mosquito, the plane often referred to as the most versatile warplane ever built.
Today, private or state-owned corporations and agencies from China are active in every corner of the globe, from Afghanistan in the east to Zimbabwe in Africa stretching to Colombia and Brazil in South America. The security of Chinese citizens abroad is increasingly a national security issue for China. This was best demonstrated by the evacuation… Read More »China’s Secretive Private Military Contractors
Today is International Women’s Day and here at Casemate we’re celebrating by reminding ourselves of some of the most fascinating women in history who you might not have heard of. There are snipers, spies, distillers, sports pioneers and even somebody committed of treason! Lyudmila Pavlichenko “The Deadly Woman Sniper” Lyudmila Pavlichenko was the most successful woman… Read More »5 Women Who Shaped History
Geoff Coughlin, the author of Three in Thirteen, talks you through his exciting new book about a Mosquito night fighter ace.
Roger Dunsford, the author of Three in Thirteen, explains how it wasn’t just the brave pilots who saved us during the Battle of Britain, but the scientists and engineers who worked out how to combat night raids using radar technology. On the dark murky night of Sunday the 19th of March 1944, a 25 Squadron Mosquito… Read More »How Onboard Radar Technology Beat the Germans
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he talks about why China continue to tolerate North Korea’s aggression. On 11th February 2017, just as Donald Trump was entertaining Prime-Minister Abe of Japan with a round of golf, North Korea launched another ballistic missile as a means of… Read More »Why Won’t China Stop North Korea?
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he talks about the startlingly far-right views of modern Japanese leaders. On 15th January, two New York University students posted a 10-minute homemade video on Weibo, China’s top blogger website highlighting the controversial reading material that they had… Read More »Nanking Massacre Denial – How the Far Right in Japan Kept Power
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he explains why Abe Shinzo’s visit to Pearl Harbour is more than a remembrance event. Abe Shinzo, the current Japanese Prime Minister’s visit to Pearl Harbour is much heralded as a giant step towards reconciliation between two… Read More »Abe Shinzo visits Pearl Harbour to pay his respects, but what about Japanese atrocities in China?
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