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Will Vatican kowtow to Beijing on church freedoms?

By World Tribune on February 20, 2018 China, Columnists, Hong Kong, John Metzler, Rest of The Best, Taiwan, Top Stories

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — Imagine an agency of the United States government directly choosing and appointing the Catholic Bishops of Washington D.C., St. Louis, Denver and Boston. In other American dioceses there’s close coordination between the fictional “American Religious Affairs Council” and the Vatican on choosing a particular prelate. […]

Who’s who: Vote tally on UN resolution slamming U.S. on Jerusalem

By World Tribune on December 21, 2017 Afghanistan, Africa / Europe, Algeria, Americas, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Exclusives, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Grace Vuoto, Great Britain, Haiti, Hamas, Hizbullah, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mexico, Mideast, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, NATO, NE Asia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Terrorism, Thailand, Top Stories, Top Story, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, U.S. Politics, Ukraine, United Nations, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Washington, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Special to WorldTribune , December 21, 2017 Yes: 128 No: 9 Abstain: 35 Y AFGHANISTAN Y DOMINICA Y LITHUANIA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Y ALBANIA A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Y LUXEMBOURG Y SAUDI ARABIA Y ALGERIA Y ECUADOR Y MADAGASCAR Y SENEGAL Y ANDORRA Y EGYPT A MALAWI Y SERBIA Y ANGOLA EL SALVADOR Y MALAYSIA […]

Times have changed: A multilateral NATO-type alliance now makes more sense in Asia

By World Tribune on December 6, 2017 Australia, China, EU, Exclusives, India, Japan, NATO, New Zealand, North Korea, Rest of The Best, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Top Stories, Turkey, U.S. Military, Washington

Special to WorldTribune , December 6, 2017 By Miles Maochun Yu, Hoover Institution Last week marks the 63rd anniversary of the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China. The historic mutual defense treaty, signed on Dec. 2, 1954 in Washington, provided an ironclad guarantee to […]

Economic powerhouse Taiwan has made ‘going green’ a national priority

By World Tribune on September 18, 2017 China, Columnists, John Metzler, North Carolina, Rest of The Best, Taiwan, Top Stories, U.S. Economy

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — Taiwan’s socio/economic success story is world renowned. Yet an unfortunate byproduct of Taiwan’s rapid industrial development from the 1960’s through 1980’s involved considerable amounts of air and water pollution. Taiwan’s next challenge strives to create a cleaner environment by widespread policies of going green. In […]

Oil for N. Korea: China much angrier at THAAD than Pyongyang’s nukes

By World Tribune on September 15, 2017 China, Columnists, Donald Kirk, Exclusives, Japan, NE Asia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Top Stories, Top Story, U.S. Military, Washington

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk President Moon Jae-In has to be a master of the art of compromise. He was all for the latest watered-down UN sanctions that cut down but don’t cut off the flow of oil from China and Russia to North Korea. The U.S. would far prefer to see all the […]

Iraqi forces recapture ’70 percent’ of Tal Afar from ISIS militants

By World Tribune on August 26, 2017 Exclusives, Iraq, Syria, Taiwan, Top Stories

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari says government forces have recaptured 70 percent of Tal Afar, a stronghold of Islami State (ISIS) militants in northwestern Iraq. “God willing, the remaining part will be liberated soon,” Jaafari said at a news conference in Baghdad on Aug. 26. Gen. […]

As China fails North Korea test, Trump approves major arms sales to Taiwan

By World Tribune on July 5, 2017 China, Exclusives, Geostrategy-Direct, NE Asia, North Korea, Taiwan, Top Story, U.S. Intelligence, U.S. Military, Washington

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration on June 29 notified Congress that it had approved a major arms sales package for Taiwan to beef up the island democracy’s self defense against an aggressive Chinese military threat. According to Heather Nauert, the spokesperson for the State Department, the package is worth $1.42 billion and […]

Why outsourcing the N. Korean crisis to China failed under W. Bush and will fail today as well

By World Tribune on April 19, 2017 China, Exclusives, Guest Columnists, NE Asia, North Korea, Parris Chang, Recent Hits, Taiwan, Top Stories, Top Story, U.S. Economy, U.S. Intelligence, U.S. Military, Washington

Special to WorldTribune.com By Parris H. Chang By many press accounts, how to cope with Pyongyang’s nuclear threat was the most urgent issue for discussion at the U.S.-China summit in Palm Beach, Florida on April 6-7. President Donald Trump has rejected his predecessor’s “strategic patience” concept and called for tighter sanctions against North Korea and […]

America first? Setting the stage for Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit with Donald Trump

By World Tribune on March 15, 2017 China, Exclusives, Geostrategy-Direct, Japan, NE Asia, North Korea, South Korea, Stateside, Taiwan, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence, U.S. Military, Washington

Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs People’s Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping will make an official visit to Washington, DC, perhaps as soon as April 2017, and it is being planned as a “muscular” demonstration of Beijing’s status, overshadowing all other Asian influences. The PRC team believes […]

Report: Obama blocked critical arms sale to Taiwan on same day as Trump phone call

By World Tribune on March 14, 2017 Americas, Exclusives, NE Asia, Stateside, Taiwan, Top Stories, Top Story, Washington, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2017 The Obama administration blocked a $1 billion arms sale to Taiwan that was deemed important for the nation’s security on the same day then President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with Taiwan’s president, a report said. Avril D. Haines, the Obama White House deputy national security adviser, blocked the […]