by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2021 A universal pattern with political forces of the Left — accusing foes of its own sins — has been evidenced in a once anti-communist U.S. ally in Asia. The special prosecutor who sent conservative South Korean President Park Geun-Hye to prison for 22 years on charges of bribery has […]
FPI / July 7, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher American military officials have been providing warnings for many months. In a February 2021 article for the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Commander Adm. Charles Richard wrote, “China’s nuclear weapons stockpile is expected to double (if not triple or quadruple) over the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2021 Dressed in a Mao-style gray tunic, Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping marked the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on July 1 by saying in a congratulatory speech to the 95 million party members that the system of reformed communism which led to China’s economic success is […]
FPI / June 30, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct.com As the July 1 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) approached, China was moving to quell rumors of high-profile defections while at the same time staging a loyalty campaign to bolster ideological purity within top ranks of the party. Unconfirmed U.S. news reports last week said that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2021 The term “human rights lawyer” is often used to characterize the background of South Korea’s leftist President Moon Jae-In. The following “may give pause, at least,” to the use of that phrase before Moon’s name, said Dr. Tara O, president of the East Asia Research Center. Tara O noted […]
FPI / June 25, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct.com The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is trying to contain a scandal at a prestigious university following the murder of a CCP commissar who was responsible for preventing the spread of Western ideas about human rights and free speech. Authorities at Fudan University earlier this month attempted to organize support […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 24, 2021 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has eliminated one of the last vestiges of freedom in Hong Kong with the forced closure of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper. Apple Daily — which had been in operation for 26 years — printed its last edition on Thursday. Its digital content was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 18, 2021 “When 28 Chinese warplanes streaked through the skies around Taiwan on [June 15] – the largest such incursion this year – they followed a pattern that has generated alarm among U.S. and Taiwanese military planners,” Bloomberg News reported June 16. “Some of the People’s Liberation Army planes, including bombers, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2021 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities ordered police in Hong Kong to raid the offices of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper on Thursday. Several top editors were arrested and accused of violating Article 29 of the communist nation’s national security law, which bans “collusion with a foreign country or with […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 14, 2021 A potential nuclear leak was reported on Monday at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in China’s Guangdong Province, which is home to about 126 million people. A “performance issue” was reported at the plant, which is located about 84 miles from Hong Kong. U.S. officials and Department of Energy […]
