# Renmin University of China

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-19**: SCMP analysis published — South China Morning Post publishes analysis arguing China will need a more persuasive security offer to win over middle powers, weeks before Xi Jinping's planned White House visit.
- **2026-08-10**: Colby's Manila rebuke — Speaking in Manila, Colby presses regional partners to increase defence spending and align with American priorities, saying Washington seeks 'partners, not protectorates' and describing middle-power alliances excluding America as superficial.
- **2026-07**: Colby dismisses middle-power strategy — Elbridge Colby says on social media and in a New York Times interview that there is 'a great deal of hubbub' about middle-power alliances, calling the strategy a 'faulty understanding' and warning allies against wasting time, money and political capital.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### China Needs a 2.0 Security Offer to Win Middle Powers' Space Alliances
2026-08-20 01:05:21 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

For space and defence professionals, Washington's pressure on allies to raise defence spending and align with US priorities collides with Beijing's still-unproven security value proposition. Colby's warning that US defence industrial access is a privilege raises the stakes for middle powers weighing launch, satellite, and space-defence partnerships. Beijing's multipolar pitch may open doors, but it lacks the credible security architecture middle powers need before shifting space dependencies.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/china-2-0-security-offer-middle-powers-space

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