Suga emerges as favorite to succeed Japan’s pro-Trump Prime Minister Abe

Suga emerges as favorite to succeed Japan’s pro-Trump Prime Minister Abe

FPI / September 10, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is expected to succeed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has nurtured security alliances in Asia to counter China while boosting Japan’s military under the post World War II pacifist constitution. Abe announced late last month that he is resigning due to health problems. […]

No love: Defector describes North Korean hell

No love: Defector describes North Korean hell

by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2020 North Koreans are not allowed to have friendships or express love. Everyone is only a “comrade.” Citizens are required to reserve their devotion for the country’s supreme leaders who are venerated not as authority figures but as gods. “What you need to know about North Korea is that it’s […]

Tibet’s exiled leaders slam Chairman Xi’s call to Sinicize Buddhism

Tibet’s exiled leaders slam Chairman Xi’s call to Sinicize Buddhism

by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2020 Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping is seeking to destroy Tibet’s unique national identity by demanding Buddhists comply with the Chinese Communist Party’s political mandates, the leaders of Tibet’s India-based government in exile said. “Tibetan Buddhism should be guided in adapting to [China’s] socialist society and should be developed in […]

Before covid, Taiwan TV offered Chinese tourists a taste of freedom

Before covid, Taiwan TV offered Chinese tourists a taste of freedom

by WorldTribune Staff, August 31, 2020 (Remarks by David R. Stilwell, State Department’s Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to the Heritage Foundation on Aug. 31.) I am very pleased to have the opportunity to talk about Taiwan, one of America’s most reliable partners in the Indo-Pacific, and indeed the world. It […]

Chinese wins seat on International Tribunal for Law on the Sea

Chinese wins seat on International Tribunal for Law on the Sea

by WorldTribune Staff, August 30, 2020 Communist China, which has a long track record of violating laws of the sea, now has a seat on a tribunal which settles international disputes on the sea. Duan Jielong was selected by the United Nations to serve a nine-year term as a judge to the International Tribunal for […]

Unthinkable? Boat people from Hong Kong arrested

Unthinkable? Boat people from Hong Kong arrested

by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2020 Chinese communist authorities arrested 12 Hong Kong residents who were attempting to sail to Taiwan to apply for political asylum, Hong Kong media reported. China’s provincial Coast Guard Bureau said in a post on its social media site that the boat was intercepted and the people on board were […]

China exercise reveals floating ramps, temporary docks for Taiwan invasion

China exercise reveals floating ramps, temporary docks for Taiwan invasion

FPI / August 26, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) invasion strategy for Taiwan relies heavily on the mobilization of large civilian transport ships that would move the bulk of the troops and supporting armor and logistic supplies, to put enough forces on the island democracy to force its surrender or […]

Covid politics: Seoul cracks down on church following mass demonstrations

Covid politics: Seoul cracks down on church following mass demonstrations

by WorldTribune Staff, August 23, 2020 A church in Seoul which has been a gathering place for conservatives and whose pastor openly criticizes leftist President Moon Jae-In was raided by police on Friday after Moon’s government accused the church of being the epicenter of a recent covid outbreak, reports say. A court issued a warrant […]

New coronavirus evidence points to Wuhan lab release

New coronavirus evidence points to Wuhan lab release

by WorldTribune Staff, August 19, 2020 The coronavirus “almost certainly escaped” from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, according to researchers with the Bioscience Resource Project. Virologist Jonathan Latham and molecular biologist Allison Wilson traced what they contend is the origin of covid to six miners who, in 2012, came down with a […]

Seoul invokes coronavirus to ban Saturday’s massive anti-government protest

Seoul invokes coronavirus to ban Saturday’s massive anti-government protest

by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2020 The City of Seoul, citing coronavirus concerns, has banned a group of conservative activist organizations from holding a large anti-government protest on Saturday, a report said. “At least 26 organizations have been planning large protests to be held in various locations in Seoul on Aug. 15 to mark the […]

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