Beijing preparing to declare economic war on Japan’s Prime Minister Abe

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Beijing preparing to declare economic war on Japan’s Prime Minister Abe

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave the Chinese leadership a much-appreciated Christmas present when he unexpectedly paid a formal visit to the Yasukuni Shrine — where 14 Class-A WWII criminals are honored — on Dec. 26. Abe’s perceived support of quasi-militaristic goals has elicited a tidal wave of […]

Was China’s hand behind the palace coup in North Korea?

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Was China’s hand behind the palace coup in North Korea?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The demise of the man who was once the power behind the throne in North Korea inspires so many theories that all you can say for sure is that nobody knows what’s really going on in the corridors of power in Pyongyang. A couple of these theories are […]