by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2022 Whatever happened to the idea of a professional, apolitical and above all patriotic intelligence corps? First, we had an Oct. 19, 2020 letter signed by 51 former U.S. intelligence chiefs and other officials that dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop story as “Russian disinformation,” resulting in a story being buried […]
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 […]
FPI / July 28, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher On July 21, caving to Chinese threats, pressure and concerns from the Pentagon, President Joe Biden publicly discouraged the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, from visiting Taiwan. In doing so, Biden risks encouraging greater Chinese blackmail against the U.S.-Taiwan relationship that could […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2022 Joe Biden said unspecified U.S. military brass are advising against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan in a significant show of weakness by a U.S. leader to communist China which is now widely regarded as the top threat to U.S. national security. Pelosi is scheduled to visit the island […]
FPI / July 14, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct.com A computer hacker who had obtained a database from a police network in Shanghai which contained records on 1 billion Chinese citizens attempted to sell the database for 10 bitcoin, or about $200,000. The hacker, identified only by the handle “ChinaDan,” appeared on a hacker forum called BreachForums seeking […]
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 11, 2022 Amid daily revelations about damning evidence on his son Hunter Biden’s laptop, two major warnings regarding China’s ongoing efforts to infiltrate American politics and steal U.S. technology were issued by U.S. intelligence officials last week. FBI Director Christopher Wray and his British MI5 counterpart conducted a rare joint public […]
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 […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2022 There is Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol, and then there are actual insurrections. In Sri Lanka, protesters stormed the residences of the country’s prime minister and president as the nation’s economy collapsed. Both officials resigned. In the Netherlands, farmers are rebelling against what they say is a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2022 Information released by the governments of Germany, Hungary, and Taiwan show unprecedented decreases in birth rates since rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines. The state of North Dakota, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland saw similar declines. Germany saw a 13% drop in the first quarter of 2022 compared with Q1 […]
