by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2018 Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies, was arrested by Canadian authorities on Dec. 1 and is now facing extradition to the U.S. on suspicions that she violated U.S. sanctions against Iran. Meng’s arrest came around the same time U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese supreme leader […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A pro-North Korea activist who was once imprisoned for his role in sending a South Korean student on an unauthorized visit to the North now has what some see as the top job in the once anti-communist government in Seoul. Im Jong-Seok, 51, a prominent former student democracy activist, is […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2018 China is denying a report by a U.S. cybersecurity firm that concluded Chinese hackers likely meddled in Taiwan’s midterm elections in which pro-China candidates overwhelmed the party of pro-U.S. President Tsai Ing-wen. “Taiwan has always been a primary target of malicious cyber operations, especially from actors aligned with the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2018 Two U.S. Navy warships transited the Taiwan Strait on Nov. 28, on the eve of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale, accompanied by the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2018 Upon joining the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), members must cite an oath: “Be loyal to the party, work actively, fight for communism all one’s life, always be prepared to sacrifice everything for the party and people, and never betray the party.” Jack Ma, China’s wealthiest man, has recited the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 26, 2018 North Carolina State University announced that it will shut down its Chinese government-funded Confucius Institute by June of next year. There are more than 100 Confucius Institutes on U.S. college campuses. The institutes teach a Chinese Communist Party-approved version of Chinese culture and history which ignores concerns over human […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 25, 2018 Voters in Taiwan on Nov. 24 passed a referendum stating that marriage be restricted to one man and one woman. The vote was a setback to LGBT couples hoping the island nation would be the first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage and to allow same-sex couples to share […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A South Korean army soldier, with the surname Kim, was shot and killed by an unknown gunman at a forward deployed sentry post on Nov. 16. The bullet hit the enlisted ROK soldier in the head around 5 p.m. while he was on duty. He died on his way to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 19, 2018 Most young people in North Korea feel no loyalty toward leader Kim Jong-Un, according to a North Korea soldier who defected across the DMZ in 2017. “Inside the North, people, and especially the young generation, are indifferent to each other, politics and their leaders, and there is no sense […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 19, 2018 Venezuela has unveiled a new smart-card ID to track its citizens. The card is manufactured by Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. The ID card, known as the “carnet de la patria,” or “fatherland card,” transmits data about citizens to government computer servers, Reuters reported on Nov. 18. The report, […]
