FPI / November 9, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct The Department of Defense needs to better prepare U.S. forces for a war involving China, the departing commander of the Pentagon’s Strategic Command (STRATCOM) said. “This Ukraine crisis that we’re in right now, this is just the warmup,” Adm. Charles Richard said. “The big one is coming. And it […]
FPI / November 2, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct On a moonlit night, after 1,019 days in captivity in China, two blindfolded Canadians were freed and departed the country from Tianjin Binhai International Airport. At the same time, at Vancouver International Airport in Canada, Chinese Communist royalty in the person of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 1, 2022 In 1990, Taiwan cut mandatory service for its military draftees from three to two years. It was reduced to one year in 2008. In 2017, the self-governing island went to an all-volunteer force and conscripts were only required to serve four months. In just three years time, Taiwan’s active-duty […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2022 “Shocking” new evidence leaves “no doubt” that the Biden family was targeted by Chinese intelligence operatives, former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said. The evidence Whitaker was referring to, obtained by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, includes more than 200 pages of bank […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler In the grand political choreography that defines China, the recently concluded 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing presented a spectacular show but with a very predictable conclusion. Set in Beijing’s huge Great Hall of the People, the trappings, the ritual and the rites of the People’s Republic […]
FPI / October 26, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct In a dramatic scene which unfolded on live TV during the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Party Congress on Oct. 22, former Chinese President Hu Jintao was escorted out of the proceedings in a humiliating display that showcased internal tensions within the ruling communist regime in Beijing. The drama came […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, October 25, 2022 There is a curious lack of curiosity when it comes to the close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of some U.S. and UK “leaders.” In the United States, “the thought of closely-planted Chinese spies holding sway over elected officials has percolated for years, although none of […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2022 From the point of view of foreign media consumers, the highlight of Xi Jinping’s staged coronation to an unprecedented third term at the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was the awkward and dramatic forced removal from the proceedings of former leader Hu Jintao. As […]
FPI / October 21, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct In the 1999 book “Unrestricted Warfare”, Chinese air force colonels Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui wrote that the communist regime should recognize no limits in what it should do to win a war. With that in mind, it would not be unthinkable that China’s first attack on Taiwan would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The UN General Assembly just concluded its election for fourteen new members in the Human Rights Council. Delegates have chosen a conclave of candidates who sit in somber judgement of global freedoms and virtues, though ironically, many of these new members selected are actually among the very abusers […]
