Putting their lives on the line: Tiananmen, 31 years later, and Hong Kong today

Putting their lives on the line: Tiananmen, 31 years later, and Hong Kong today

by WorldTribune Staff, June 4, 2020 On the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese Communist Party imposed a new rule in Hong Kong — disrespect of the China national anthem is prohibited. As another in a long line of moves by the Xi Jinping regime to eliminate Hong Kong’s autonomy was imposed, […]

After strong U.S. response on Hong Kong, EU, Germany take heat for backing China

After strong U.S. response on Hong Kong, EU, Germany take heat for backing China

FPI / June 4, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com The European Union, under pressure from Germany, has decided not to take any action against China for its imposition of new laws that will essentially end Hong Kong’s autonomy. In stark contrast to measures announced by the U.S. and UK, EU foreign ministers released a statement on May 29 […]

Beijing’s Hong Kong squeeze

Beijing’s Hong Kong squeeze

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The crisis was brewing for months.  Storm clouds were gathering around Hong Kong’s splendid bay as China’s communist authorities have put the vice grip squeeze on democratic Hong Kong’s political rights and social freedoms.  The world has watched aimlessly until the United States and a few fellow democracies […]

Rogues states’ celebrate America’s crisis with words, action

Rogues states’ celebrate America’s crisis with words, action

by WorldTribune Staff, June 2, 2020 Via their well-funded state media, authoritarian regimes are cheering on the rioters in the United States in the hopes that the world’s top superpower will crumble. Propaganda outlets in Russia, China, Iran and even Turkey are touting the riots as the “collapse” of America, reports say. “The U.S. became […]

It took a pandemic: U.S. acts after Chinese fraud cost investors millions

It took a pandemic: U.S. acts after Chinese fraud cost investors millions

FPI / May 29, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The U.S Senate just unanimously passed legislation that would bar and remove Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges that do not comply with U.S. audit standards. The uniformity of this passage was a bit stunning and very encouraging to see that finally mandating fair play in […]

Time for states to demand transparency on foreign influences at their universities

Time for states to demand transparency on foreign influences at their universities

FPI / May 29, 2020 By Christopher W Holton, Center for Security Policy, May 29, 2020 Recent revelations of U.S. professors serving as foreign agents for China has raised serious questions about just who is paying for access to the minds of America’s youth and established a renewed focus on how foreign funding is corrupting higher education. […]

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 […]