Harsh punishment not likely for Bo Xilai and ‘red aristocracy’ members targeted by anti-graft campaign
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com While the official Chinese media have claimed that…
U.S. report zeroes in on Gen. Sisi’s ‘radical’ political agenda
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — Egypt’s new military ruler envisions his country as an…
Gibraltar rocks again: Spain threatens anti-UK alliance with Argentina
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Exactly 300 years after the Treaty of Utrecht…
Dictators’ Club: Xi Jinping blocks predecessors on choice of his successor
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com While General Secretary and President Xi Jinping has…
India in race with China to launch first indigenous aircraft carrier
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com An Indian Navy source has confirmed that the…
Kim Jong-Un’s powerful aunt disappears from public view
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un’s powerful aunt has…
Reacting to Hayden interview, Huawei tells U.S. to ‘just shut up’
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei issued a statement…
Major election victory may give Abe mandate to make Japan’s defense forces ‘normal’
Special to WorldTribune.com East-Asia-Intel.com The sweeping parliamentary victory last weekend has made Shinzo Abe one…
Fall of ‘Islamic model’ in Egypt has Erdogan fearing coup in Turkey
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com ANKARA — Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, alarmed by…
Policy battles over U.S. pressure paralyze Israel’s security community
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com TEL AVIV — The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has…
Xi Jinping spares top party leaders whose scale of corruption qualified them for execution
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com It’s a case of plus ça change with…
Sleeper agents planted during Cold War are sentenced in Germany
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com In a case reminiscent of the Cold War…
Summit documents reveal N. Korea’s fears of being absorbed by China
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korean leaders have been living in fear…
More Maoist than thou: Xi Jinping is in, Bo Xilai is out, but the CCP is still thoroughly corrupt
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com China’s supreme leader Xi Jinping marked his 60th…
Pentagon buys M-17 Russian military helicopters for Afghan Army
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com On June 16, the U.S. Army and…