by WorldTribune Staff, April 6, 2020 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday said he will declare a state of emergency in seven prefectures but added that the declaration does not amount to a lockdown. Japan’s approach, like Sweden’s, is less radical than that imposed on the USA. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 5, 2020 Had the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) provided accurate information at an early juncture of the coronavirus outbreak “the infection would not have left China,” a UK-based think tank said. Since the CCP’s negligence caused the virus to spread, nations worldwide have required their citizens to stay at home and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 5, 2020 A Chinese doctor who was one of the first to publicly warn about the coronavirus has gone missing, sparking fears that she has been detained by Chinese authorities, reports say. The doctor, Ai Fen, had pointed out cases of the virus to colleagues at Wuhan Central Hospital, Radio Free […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2020 Major cracks are forming in Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping’s urgent global narrative which aims to paint the communist regime as reliable partners — if not world saviors — rather than the totalitarian system responsible for the Wuhan coronavirus. China is losing credibility as its propaganda offensive fails […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) has essentially become China’s accomplice in the coronavirus outbreak and should be renamed the “China Health Organization,” Japan’s deputy prime minister said. “Early on, if the WHO had not insisted to the world that China had no pneumonia epidemic, then everybody would have taken […]
FPI / April 1, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com In 1996, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Art Press published “Warfare Beyond Rules”, in which the central premise was that China should prepare to conduct “warfare beyond all boundaries and limitations to defend itself.” The book’s authors, two colonels in the PLA, stated that war may include a blend […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2020 A Chinese college student who publicly called for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to relinquish power amid its mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak has reportedly gone missing. Zhang Wenbin, a college senior and programmer from China’s northeastern Shandong Province, posted a video on Twitter on March 30 which said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a law passed by Congress which aims to strengthen Taiwan’s alliances amid increased pressure from communist China. Even amid the coronavirus outbreak, China in recent weeks has reportedly stepped up its military drills around Taiwan. China has also blocked Taiwan from participating […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2020 The island nation of Taiwan, with a highly-urbanized population of 24 million, sits about 80 miles from mainland China. Some 1.25 million Taiwanese citizens either live or work on the mainland. In 2019, Taiwan welcomed almost 3 million Chinese visitors. The coronavirus pandemic, however, has not “inflicted the same […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2020 Thousands of urns have reportedly been delivered to funeral homes in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. Photos and information circulating on Chinese social media indicate there are long lines of people picking up cremated ashes. The reports call into question the Chinese communist government’s official figures […]