Analyst: U.S. raid in Venezuela provided signal intelligence gold to China via Cuba

Analyst: U.S. raid in Venezuela provided signal intelligence gold to China via Cuba

FPI / January 16, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. military operation in Venezuela provided China’s spies a rare opportunity to accumulate valuable intelligence on American weapons and war fighting, a former U.S. Air Force space network warfare and signals intelligence (SIGINT) analyst said. Due to longtime SIGINT posts in Cuba and newer facilities in South America […]

Denmark’s own intelligence warned in December of ‘Dragon-Bear’ threat to Greenland

Denmark’s own intelligence warned in December of ‘Dragon-Bear’ threat to Greenland

by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2026 Real World News President Donald Trump has stated that the United States needs Greenland for national security purposes and that that China and Russia have designs on the world’s largest island. While officials in Denmark and Greenland were quick to dismiss and downplay the scenario, a December assessment by […]

China specialist calls out AP for ‘fake’ news on CCP trade ‘surge’ claims

China specialist calls out AP for ‘fake’ news on CCP trade ‘surge’ claims

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2026 Real World News It’s long been known that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) manipulates trade data to its benefit. For example, China is known to count goods produced by foreign firms in China as exports even if they never leave the country. The question is, why do media […]

Maduro ‘gleefully’ reaffirmed strategic China ties hours before capture

Maduro ‘gleefully’ reaffirmed strategic China ties hours before capture

FPI / January 7, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct China’s official Xinhua news agency slammed the Jan. 3 U.S. attack that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro as “naked hegemonic behavior.” But in an indication of how seriously the U.S. operation impacted Beijing, the Chinese government-controlled social media site Weibo included numerous posts saying that […]

Two poorly-maintained golf courses owned by CCP official flank key Air Force base

Two poorly-maintained golf courses owned by CCP official flank key Air Force base

by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2026 Real World News Nothing keeps golfers away like a poorly-maintained course. In the case of two such courses near a key U.S. Air Force Base, maybe that was the point? A Chinese intelligence official owns two golf courses which flank Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport, Louisiana. The base […]

South Korea’s Lee giddy after selfie ‘of a lifetime’ with Xi Jinping in China

South Korea’s Lee giddy after selfie ‘of a lifetime’ with Xi Jinping in China

by WorldTribune Staff, January 6, 2026 Real World News When you’re meeting with the head communist in charge, why not mark the occasion by snapping a selfie? That’s exactly what leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung did in the presence of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday. Lee was happy to […]

China ‘deeply shaken’ by Maduro’s capture; Sanctioned oil tankers bolt in ‘dark mode’

China ‘deeply shaken’ by Maduro’s capture; Sanctioned oil tankers bolt in ‘dark mode’

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2026 Real World News The communist regime in Beijing has strongly condemned the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro, calling the operation a violation of sovereignty and international law. What has shaken China’s regime to its core, is watching decades of strategic and economic investment in […]

In its 2025 China military report, Department of War highlights space advances

In its 2025 China military report, Department of War highlights space advances

FPI / January 2, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 24, 2025, the United States Department of War issued its annual report to Congress on “China Military Power Report” (CMPR), that since 2000 has constituted the most credible description of China’s growing military produced by any government, especially that of China. The 2025 report, […]

With surprise exercise surrounding Taiwan, China telegraphs coercion to Japan, USA

With surprise exercise surrounding Taiwan, China telegraphs coercion to Japan, USA

FPI / January 1, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) held two days of surprise large scale joint-force coercive military exercises surrounding Taiwan on Dec. 29, 2025 and Dec. 30, even though the PLA Eastern Theater Command on Dec. 28 had stated the exercises would […]

GREATEST HITS, 9: Xi Jinping furious at prospect of losing control of Panama Canal ports

GREATEST HITS, 9: Xi Jinping furious at prospect of losing control of Panama Canal ports

Top stories of 2025 No. 9, December 29, 2025 [ In 2025, the hits kept coming. Happy 2026 to our loyal readers! — The Editors] by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2025 Real World News The heartburn President-elect Donald Trump inflicted on China’s Xi Jinping with his Christmas greeting is not getting any better: Merry Christmas […]