FPI / February 6, 2020 The Trump administration has stepped up efforts to stop China’s extensive espionage operations in the United States. The administration’s efforts thus far have ensnared a growing group of Chinese government officials, business people, and academics who were caught pursuing American secrets. One main reason Chinese espionage, including extensive hacking in […]
FPI / February 5, 2020 Following a Feb. 3 high-level meeting, China’s leaders reportedly called for stricter controls on information relating to the coronavirus outbreak. During the early stages of the outbreak, China was criticized for suppressing vital information about the deadly virus which many analysts said contributed to the devastating epidemic. At the Feb. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2020 As the death toll from in China from the Wuhan coronavirus has surpassed that of the SARS outbreak of 2002 and 2003, the communist government’s response is being called into question. China’s Health Commission reported on Sunday that there were 361 deaths nationwide. During the SARS outbreak, 349 people […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2020 Officials in Taiwan are livid that the island nation is being included as part of China in the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency declaration on the coronavirus. Taiwan has reported just 10 cases of the virus, compared to more than 14,000 in China. But due to influence from the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2020 China’s communist party regime is facing perhaps its biggest crisis yet in the coronavirus outbreak, reports say. The death toll could be much higher than reported according to a report by Hong Kong-based news outlet Initium Media, which alleged the Chinese Communist government is secretly cremating victims of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Amid deepening political and economic ties between Burma and China, the Southeast Asian state is being fully integrated into Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, emerging as a transportation hub and military asset. Yet at the same time, while Beijing’s leader Xi Jinping made a high […]
FPI / January 29, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher “What the hell had the Wuhan mayor and the Party committee secretary doing?” This was the anguished plea of a citizen of the city of Wuhan, who had to circumvent considerable Chinese control over the Internet to post this plea condemning his government’s and the Chinese […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2020 The following is an analysis by Richard Fisher, a senior fellow with the International Assessment and Strategy Center and WorldTribune.com, and Geostrategy-Direct.com contributing editor: The Jan. 11 election is over and democracy, again, is victorious in Taiwan, buoyed by a younger generation whose determination to remain free could sustain […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2020 The freshly minted Phase 1 of the U.S.-China trade deal will not stop the U.S. government from pursuing criminal cases against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, officials say. Huawei is the subject of criminal cases in New York and Washington state. “The Huawei prosecution in New York, it’s a sanctions […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2020 What was the real “historic” moment in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday? Was it when partisan impeachment articles were delivered to the Senate in what conservative observers termed a bizarre ritual? Or, might it have been when President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed phase one […]
