{"id":8557,"date":"2021-08-12T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2023-08-06T15:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:49:33","slug":"responding-to-chinas-unending-grey-zone-prodding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/responding-to-chinas-unending-grey-zone-prodding\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to China\u2019s unending grey-zone prodding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/peter-layton\/\">PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The best way to counter China\u2019s grey-zone activities may be a measured forward-planning approach that proceeds step-by-step.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>China remains hard at work using its innovative grey-zone tactics to further its ceaseless quest for strategic advantage over its neighbours. In March it sent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-56474847\">some 220 fishing vessels<\/a>&nbsp;to anchor in neat rows and crowd out Whitsun Reef, a territory claimed by the Philippines. In June, the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force conducted a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2021\/06\/01\/china-sends-16-military-aircraft-over-disputed-south-china-sea-shoals-near-malaysia\/\">radio-silent formation flight<\/a>&nbsp;of 16 strategic air transport aircraft across the South China Sea to within around 60 nautical miles north of the East Malaysian coast, sparking an intercept by two Royal Malaysian Air Force Hawk aircraft. More worryingly, in June 2020, as part of its salami-slicing grey-zone tactics on the India\u2013China border, the PLA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-53061476\">killed some 20 Indian soldiers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/airpower.airforce.gov.au\/publications\/chinas-enduring-grey-zone-challenge\">a new publication<\/a>&nbsp;from Canberra\u2019s Air and Space Power Centre, I examine Chinese grey-zone activities and possible responses in some detail. In general, grey-zone activities involve purposefully pursuing political objectives through carefully designed operations; moving cautiously towards objectives rather than seeking decisive results quickly; acting to remain below key escalatory thresholds so as to avoid war; and using all instruments of national power, particularly non-military and non-kinetic tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/rusi.org\/explore-our-research\/publications\/commentary\/responding-chinas-unending-grey-zone-prodding\">Responding to China\u2019s unending grey-zone prodding<\/a>&#8221; article published at RUSI, written by Griffith Asia Institute Visiting Fellow, Dr Peter Layton.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETER LAYTON\u00a0| The best way to counter China\u2019s grey-zone activities may be a measured forward-planning approach that proceeds step-by-step. China remains hard at work using its innovative grey-zone tactics to further its ceaseless quest for strategic advantage over its neighbours. In March it sent&nbsp;some 220 fishing vessels&nbsp;to anchor in neat rows and crowd out Whitsun<a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/responding-to-chinas-unending-grey-zone-prodding\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Responding to China\u2019s unending grey-zone prodding&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[245,1057],"tags":[284,728,1082],"class_list":["post-8557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china-and-north-east-asia","category-security","tag-china","tag-grey-zone-tactics","tag-peter-layton"],"acf":[],"modified_by":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Responding to China\u2019s unending grey-zone prodding | Griffith Asia Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PETER LAYTON\u00a0| The best way to counter China\u2019s grey-zone activities may be a measured forward-planning approach that proceeds step-by-step. 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