Asia’s gathering war clouds on three fronts: Hong Kong, Taiwan Strait, Korean Peninsula

Asia’s gathering war clouds on three fronts: Hong Kong, Taiwan Strait, Korean Peninsula

FPI / May 28, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher Domestic and international pressures resulting from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) requirement to affirm its internal dictatorship, subordinate Asian countries and supplant the global authority of the United States, are creating conditions for kinetic conflict. War could break out on one or three fronts: Hong Kong, […]

Pompeo: China’s new security law has terminated Hong Kong’s autonomy

Pompeo: China’s new security law has terminated Hong Kong’s autonomy

by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2020 The U.S. State Department has certified to Congress that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China. “This decision gives me no pleasure. But sound policy-making requires a recognition of reality,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Wednesday. “It is now clear that China is […]

Report samples China’s nationwide infiltration of universities

Report samples China’s nationwide infiltration of universities

by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2020 Communist China’s growing influence on U.S. college and university campuses has raised major alarm bells in recent years. Now, colleges are being pressured to shut down their Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes which have been accused by U.S. public officials of stealing research and restricting campus speech that is critical of […]

Britain’s monumental shift on China’s Huawei and 5G is timely for post-Brexit U.S. trade ties

Britain’s monumental shift on China’s Huawei and 5G is timely for post-Brexit U.S. trade ties

FPI / May 26, 2020 Commentary by Lee Cohen In a welcome shift of policy that affects the “Special Relationship” between the U.S. and its greatest ally, the UK, Britain announced over the weekend that “Boris Johnson has instructed officials to draw up plans that would see China’s involvement in the UK’s infrastructure scaled down […]

President Trump could sanction Xi Jinping over ending Hong Kong’s autonomy

President Trump could sanction Xi Jinping over ending Hong Kong’s autonomy

by WorldTribune Staff, May 26, 2020 The Trump administration is expected to slap new sanctions on Chinese officials over the communist government’s move to end Hong Kong’s autonomy. The list of officials to be sanctioned could include Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping, John Gizzi reported for Newsmax on May 24, citing Trump administration sources. On […]

Gen. Spalding: ‘Hong Kongers understand freedom’s worth; Do we?’

Gen. Spalding: ‘Hong Kongers understand freedom’s worth; Do we?’

by WorldTribune Staff, May 25, 2020 As Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators flood the streets to protest communist China’s new security law for the city, the usual chants of “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times,” could be heard. But, a new chant also emerged: “Heaven Eradicate the Chinese Communist Party.” Amid the coronavirus crisis, pro-democracy […]

‘Death knell’: Xi Jinping lowers boom on Hong Kong in wake of coronavirus crisis

‘Death knell’: Xi Jinping lowers boom on Hong Kong in wake of coronavirus crisis

by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2020 Police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators who gathered on Sunday to protest China’s new security law which bans what the communist regime terms “treason, secession, sedition [and] subversion” in Hong Kong. As the demonstrators and police were facing off, Chinese Foreign […]

Taxpayer-funded PBS stations air documentary produced by China propaganda firm

Taxpayer-funded PBS stations air documentary produced by China propaganda firm

by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 PBS affiliates which receive millions of dollars in funding from U.S. taxpayers have aired a pro-communist China documentary produced in conjunction with a Chinese propaganda outlet, a report said. The documentary, titled, “Voices from the Frontline: China’s War on Poverty,” was produced in conjunction with CGTN, a Chinese-government controlled […]

Trump administration applies heat on WHO, boosts support for Taiwan

Trump administration applies heat on WHO, boosts support for Taiwan

by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to permanently cut off funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) and revoke U.S. membership if the UN organization doesn’t make changes meant to curb what he called its pro-China bias. In a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump said […]

‘We are forced’: Hong Kong lawmakers see physical fights as last resort

‘We are forced’: Hong Kong lawmakers see physical fights as last resort

by WorldTribune Staff, May 19, 2020 The civil war between freedom-minded Hong Kong residents and Communist China was stymied by the outbreak of coronavirus. Now tensions have again erupted. Several pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong were dragged out of the city’s legislative chamber Monday during a dispute concerning a bill which would criminalize disrespect of […]