by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2025 Real World News Why does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regard the conquest of Taiwan as essential to its quest for global dominance? That the regime sees the island nation and democracy as an existential threat is poorly understood outside of the mainland and China-focused think tanks, an analyst […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 6, 2025 “There’s no reason to sugarcoat it. The threat China poses is real, and it could be imminent,” U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, adding that “any attempt by communist China to conquer Taiwan would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world.” Speaking […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 19, 2025 Real World News If China does act on Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping’s goal of annexing Taiwan, what would the United States do to prevent it? Or would it do anything? “A while back an Asia security expert advising the U.S. military and maybe in line for a Trump […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2025 Real World News A Taiwanese-led study that drew from a database which included millions of Americans has found that those who took Covid mRNA injections were 30 percent more likely to develop thyroid disease a year later as opposed to those who did not take the jab, a report […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2025 Real World News A prompt end to the war in Ukraine will allow the U.S. to shift its focus to the all-important Indo-Pacific, an analysis said. “The importance of Northeast Asia cannot be overstated,” Dane Chamorro and Col. Grant Newsham wrote for Forbes on April 10. “The collective GDP […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 7, 2025 China’s growing naval power is regularly and systematically harassing the waters around Taiwan in what appears to be rehearsal exercises for a future invasion of the self-ruled democratic island. Units of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) as well as swarms of military aircraft regularly […]
FPI / February 26, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While Washington focuses on the accelerating revolution in government unleashed by the second Trump Administration, China is running amok in Asia. In just the week of Feb. 16 to 22, China used threatening military actions to terrorize America’s allies and partners Taiwan, the Philippines, Australia and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 20, 2025 A series of widening wars, growing humanitarian crises and simmering foreign conflicts are among the list of foreign policy/security woes confronting President Donald Trump. From day one of his administration the president must assess and prioritize U.S. policy interests in key regions both on the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2025 Real World News Four years after President Donald Trump carried him to the second highest position in the country, has Mike Pence thrown in with the Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) crowd? Having no role in the incoming Trump administration, Pence jetted to Taiwan on Thursday to address the UBS […]
FPI / January 17, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct A September 2023 Congressional Research Service report said as much as 90% of leading-edge semiconductor chip production is concentrated in Taiwan. President-elect Donald Trump not only wants to change that, but wants the United States to become the world leader in advanced microchip production, an industry now dominated by […]
