by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2025 Real World News Four years after President Donald Trump carried him to the second highest position in the country, has Mike Pence thrown in with the Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) crowd? Having no role in the incoming Trump administration, Pence jetted to Taiwan on Thursday to address the UBS […]
FPI / January 17, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct A September 2023 Congressional Research Service report said as much as 90% of leading-edge semiconductor chip production is concentrated in Taiwan. President-elect Donald Trump not only wants to change that, but wants the United States to become the world leader in advanced microchip production, an industry now dominated by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 10, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Instead of “liberating Taiwan” in the name of national territorial integrity, why has the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not attempted to retake its lost territories that were seized by Russia, Taiwan’s president asked. In a new interview, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te pointed out that CCP […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 19, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Seeing an independent Taiwan as the greatest threat to its power, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is planning a brutal takeover of the island democracy by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and vows to sentence dissenters to death, including foreign institutions, organizations, and individuals who […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 25, 2024 PARIS — France went into full Olympic countdown this week as the long-awaited Summer Games will begin in Paris with a spectacular evening parade of 85 boats and barges along the iconic River Seine. The uniquely creative Opening Ceremony on July 26, with over 10,000 […]
FPI / July 24, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct As the Biden administration draws near its close, so too does Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping’s window of opportunity for annexing Taiwan, analysts say. “Paramount leader Xi is eager to absorb Taiwan into the motherland while he remains healthy and in command of the Party-state-military apparatus,” China […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 28, 2024 After months of hesitation, political infighting and rancorous debate, the U.S. Congress passed a massive Ukraine funding bill with a bi-partisan majority. The deal was done and a dangerously divided Republican majority smiled nervously. The Democrats and the Biden Administration cheered, many holding little blue […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2024 For the 2024 World Economic Forum (WEF) summit, Davos, Switzerland is “once again covered in Ukrainian flags in the name of freedom and democracy,” Human Events editor Jack Posobiec noted. “But here’s one word you won’t hear spoken once at Davos: Taiwan.” Of course most in attendance would be […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2024 Lai Ching-te, the least preferred candidate of communist China, was victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday. Lai, who was vice president with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), claimed 40% of the vote in a three-way race, beating out second-place finisher Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang (KMT), or […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 31, 2023 Looking into the snow globe, it’s that time of year to predict and prognosticate what awaits this tired world in the New Year. There’s a certain trepidation in the air as we view the current and emerging crises, especially during a highly contested election year […]
