Special to WorldTribune.com Facebook has been blocked in China since 2009. And now Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s request for an honorary Chinese name for his unborn daughter has been blocked by China’s president. At an exclusive White House soiree on Sept. 25, Zuckerberg was shot down when he asked President Xi Jinping to give him guidance […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Atheist China has had no official relations with the Vatican since 1951, but that may soon change. While the paths of Pope Francis and Chinese President Xi Jinping did not cross when both men recently visited the United States, both the Vatican and Chinese officials have signaled a warming of relations. Francis […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Xi Jinping’s Chinese Communist Party regime did not care for a tweet by Democrat front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton, seeking her party’s 2016 presidential nomination, tweeted on Sept. 27: “Xi hosting a meeting on women’s rights at the UN while persecuting feminists? Shameless.” An editorial in the Global Times responded by comparing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Chinese dissident and top civil rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng said he was brutally tortured during three years confined in prison and could barely walk upon his release in August 2014. “Every time we emerge from the prison alive, it is a defeat for our opponents,” Gao, who was imprisoned for subversion, said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China is bolstering its anti-submarine warfare capability by building a third airstrip on man-made islands and extending its reach in the South China Sea, according to Chinese and Western experts. A third airstrip in the Spratly archipelago would allow Beijing to extend the reach to more than 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com North Korea’s Atomic Energy Institute (AEI) confirmed on Sept. 15 that Pyongyang has restarted the nuclear reactor that is its main source of weapons-grade plutonium. The confirmation by the AEI came after the leader of Pyongyang’s national space agency hinted at a possible satellite rocket launch next month. Analysts said the two […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China showcased its increasing military might on Sept. 3 in a parade marking the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II. The extravagant event included Beijing’s newest fighter jets, missiles, drones and helicopters in a carefully choreographed show of national strength and Communist Party unity at a time of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has turned down China’s invitation to a military parade next week marking the end of World War II. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Aug. 24 the decision was made because of Abe’s parliamentary schedule, but many observers believe it had more to do with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, EastAsiaIntel.com Just before China’s Army Day on Aug. 1, President and Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman Xi Jinping elevated ten senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers to full generals. This was Xi’s most significant military move since the formal arrest of Gen. Guo Boxiong, the former Politburo member and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China on June 11 sentenced former head of domestic security Zhou Yongkang to life in prison after he was found guilty of bribery, leaking state secrets and abuse of power. The secret trial in the northern cit of Tianjin concluded one of the nation’s most visible scandals of the past 70 years. […]