by WorldTribune Staff, October 14, 2022 The capabilities of the China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have advanced to the point that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership “believe China can conduct a short, sharp war (or maybe even a long, sharp war) near its borders and succeed,” an analyst noted. At the 20th Chinese Communist […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 30, 2022 In order to deter what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) says is its “new normal” of incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the United States, Taiwan, and Japan should “consider a partial wartime mobilization,” an analyst said. For Taiwan, the CCP’s “new normal” represents “a continuous and […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, September 14, 2022 Communist leaders in Beijing were reportedly celebrating the election victory on Sept. 11 of Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, who has adamantly opposed the U.S. troop presence on the Japanese island. The plan to move the strategic U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from a crowded neighborhood to a […]
FPI / September 9, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher In moves that project a growing concern with China’s military buildup and aggression, Japan on Aug. 31 announced that its 2023 defense budget 5.59 trillion yen ($40.4 billion) could rise to 6.5 trillion yen ($46.2 billion) as it could request 100 more programs whose cost was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The following by WorldTribune.com columnist Don Kirk, originally appeared in The Hill. The visit to Asia by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi exposed one reality that many people did not realize: The United States cannot count on its ally, the Republic of Korea, for support if war breaks out in the Taiwan Straits. The United States, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2022 Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping on Thursday warned Joe Biden not to “play with fire” by defying the communist regime in Beijing on the Taiwan issue. In what officials say was a two-hour and 17 minute phone call, Xi told Biden that “China firmly opposes separatist moves toward ‘Taiwan […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The following by WorldTribune.com columnist Don Kirk, originally appeared in The Hill. The assassination of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, deprived the Asia-Pacific region of a statesman whose greatest legacy is that of a staunch foe of China and North Korea. Americans may remember him as pro-American, an […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2022 The shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe two days before a national election dealt a blow to his powerful anti-China political posture in Japan, but a new MAGA-like populist party has emerged. Even after he left office in 2020, Abe was a major obstacle to China’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2022 Updated Japan’s former prime minister and most popular living statesman Shinzo Abe, 67, has been shot, a government spokesman said Friday, as local media reported he showed no vital signs. He was pronounced dead at 5 p.m. local time on July 8. “Former prime minister Abe was shot at […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The South Pacific is again a battleground. China is not nearly at the stage of taking over any of the 15 islands stretching across the region of Oceania, but it’s definitely disturbing the foes of Chinese expansionism. This week, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, is touching down on eight […]
