FPI / Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher China has used disinformation to conceal its role in promoting conflict with Iran in the wake of the spike in Persian Gulf and even global military tensions following the Jan. 3 American drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. Two days later, on […]
FPI / January 11, 2020 The United States congratulates Dr. Tsai Ing-wen on her re-election in Taiwan’s presidential election. We also congratulate Taiwan for once again demonstrating the strength of its robust democratic system, which — coupled with a free market economy and a vibrant civil society — makes it a model for the Indo-Pacific […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2020 Citing the country’s free speech rights, a library in Norway is refusing to give in to communist China’s demands to remove a book that is censored in China, a report said. The coaches and managers of a Chinese Olympics ski team that was training in Norway requested that the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk From the viewpoint of a foreigner, one common denominator marks South Korea’s seismic shifts from left to right, liberal to conservative, socialist to capitalist. That is the level of authoritarianism, the threat of dictatorial rule, the demands for complete loyalty if not subservience to one particular viewpoint or another. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 27, 2019 China’s practice of sending its vessels near the Japan-controlled Senkaku islands continued in the days prior to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to China this week and could raise tensions ahead of Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping’s state visit to Japan next year, analysts say. Japan’s Coast Guard […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, December 26, 2019 China, Iran, and Russia will hold joint naval drills, amid tensions between Teheran and Washington. The military exercises will take place in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman from December 27 to 30, officials in Beijing and Teheran announced. China will send […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 23, 2019 The Chinese people are yearning for freedom from the Chinese Communist Party which controls all aspects of their lives, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. “The Chinese Communist Party, [which] controls China, is an authoritarian regime and a combination of Marxist-Leninist ideology and Han Chinese nationalism,” Pompeo said […]
CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2019 by WorldTribune Staff, September 22, 2019 The Senate Finance Committee has announced it will investigate the Obama administration’s approval in 2015 of the sale to China of a former U.S. firm which develops dual-use technologies with military applications. Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), a […]
CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2019 by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2019 While what is being called his inappropriate behavior toward women and young girls is dominating the headlines, Joe Biden also faces major corruption issues involving China, Ukraine and his son Hunter, analysts say. Peter Schweizer, Government Accountability Institute president […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2019 Earlier this year, Democrats introduced the so-called “For the People Act” which critics say proposed government censorship of political speech which is protected by the First Amendment. On Dec. 19, Democrats themselves got a taste of what government censorship of political speech looks like when China’s censors cut the […]