getting beijing's attention & Beijing's East African Naval Signal Bases

David Feith interviews Admiral Harry Harris, USN: An arch villain in China’s narrative is Adm. Harry Harris, the commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific, who last year had the gumption to warn that Beijing is building a “Great Wall of Sand” in the South China Sea. The four-star former reconnaissance flight officer also happens to be the son of an American father and a Japanese mother, a fact oft-noted by Chinese state media as proof of malign intent. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)

Defense One - Beijing's East African Naval Bases