Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Is China drawing yet another provocative red line, this time in the narrow but strategic Taiwan Strait? The Beijing regime recently claimed that the Taiwan Strait, the defensive body of water buffering the island democracy from Mainland China, is actually sovereign Chinese territory. Recently the People’s Republic of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 20, 2022 Each time it is allowed to get away with “minor aggressions,” the communist leadership in Beijing becomes more confident that China can invade and take over Taiwan, an analyst said. “For Taiwan, the United States, and its allies it is crucial to step up countermeasures to the Chinese Communist […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2022 Friday marked 32 years since communist Chinese troops converged on Tiananmen Square and slaughtered or wounded thousands of students who were rallying for democracy. Since communist authorities ban any public commemoration of the event on the Chinese mainland and are cracking down on anything regarded as dissent in Hong […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 23, 2022 Joe Biden on Monday said the United States would respond militarily to defend Taiwan if China tries to take the island nation by force. Another gaffe or a deliberate effort to reinforce global perceptions of U.S. resolve following Team Biden’s disastrous exit from Afghanistan? During a news conference in […]
FPI / April 28, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct.com Russia’s war with Ukraine, which is into its third devastating month, has yielded lessons China could apply to any future war against the nation of Taiwan — and that the Taiwanese can exploit for their defense and survival, an analyst said. “For China, the most important lesson of Russia’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2022 On Feb. 11, Team Biden released its Indo-Pacific Strategy. Less than two weeks later it had been overtaken by events, an analyst noted. “Russian dictator Vladimir Putin made this strategy obsolete by demonstrating the failure of American and European deterrence with his invasion of Ukraine,” Rick Fisher, a Geostrategy-Direct.com […]
Special to WorldTribune, March 10, 2022 by Gemki Fujii – Cambridge Forecast Group of Japan Although he is no longer Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe continues to be his nation’s most recognizable, influential and outspoken statesman, especially in recent months leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amid rising concerns China would follow suit in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 24, 2022 Communist China could invade Taiwan after seeing Russian forces move into Ukraine, former President Donald Trump warned. Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are an example of “twin sisters,” Trump said during an interview on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show on Feb. 22. […]
FPI / January 26, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct Over the course of just two days, China sent 52 military aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense zone. On Jan. 23, 39 Chinese military aircraft flew close to the southern end of Taiwan, including 34 J-10 and J-16 fighter jets. Other aircraft included an H-6 bomber and Y-8 and Y-9 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2021 The NFL sees a sea of green in Red China. For a boatload of communist cash, the NFL is more than willing to sell Taiwan down the river. The NFL endorsed the Chinese Communist Party’s claims to sovereignty over Taiwan this week by displaying a map announcing the pro […]