U.S., others could boycott Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics over China’s Muslim concentration camps

U.S., others could boycott Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics over China’s Muslim concentration camps

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2020 The United States and other Western nations are reportedly considering a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games over host China’s ongoing human rights atrocities. Florida Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are among those calling for either a boycott or another host for the Games amid the […]

Iran unraveling? Seven ships on fire after explosion at nuke site

Iran unraveling? Seven ships on fire after explosion at nuke site

by WorldTribune Staff, July 17, 2020 In the latest in a string of mysterious disasters to strike Iran in recent weeks, seven ships at the southern Iranian port of Bushehr reportedly caught fire on July 15. The blaze was contained and no casualties were reported, the head of the local crisis management organization told Irna […]

Retired Chinese general makes the case for invasion as U.S. arms sales boost Taiwan

Retired Chinese general makes the case for invasion as U.S. arms sales boost Taiwan

FPI / July 17, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher On July 9, on the popular WeChat social media platform, retired People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Major Gen. Wang Haiyun, former Chinese Defense Attache to Russia, published a detailed justification for China to invade the democratic island of Taiwan. Though it did not garner much attention amid […]

Defector tries to reach countrymen with real news; Seoul teams with Pyongyang to stop him

Defector tries to reach countrymen with real news; Seoul teams with Pyongyang to stop him

by WorldTribune Staff, July 17, 2020 A defector from North Korea who founded a group which has for years been sending food assistance and leaflets containing information into the North is not surprised by the threats he and his fellow defectors regularly receive from the Kim Jong-Un regime. What does surprise Park Sang-Hak, however, is […]

China state media refers to new U.S. policy on S. China Sea as ‘mentally retarded’

China state media refers to new U.S. policy on S. China Sea as ‘mentally retarded’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 16, 2020 The new policy position of the United States, which rejects China’s claim to most of the South China Sea and the resources within, is being slammed by communist China’s propaganda outlets. In reports on Wednesday, Chinese state media wondered if the U.S. government is “mentally retarded and slow in […]

Allies belatedly join U.S. in opposing China’s Huawei 5G security threat

Allies belatedly join U.S. in opposing China’s Huawei 5G security threat

FPI / July 16, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes After being essentially the only power standing up to the Chinese threat of Huawei 5G expansion, America is finally getting some much overdo solidarity from its allies. The Trump administration has repeatedly sounded the alarm that Huawei is not to be trusted and is effectively an […]

Ultimatum: Trump administration rejects China’s claims to South China Sea

Ultimatum: Trump administration rejects China’s claims to South China Sea

FPI / July 15, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com The administration of President Donald Trump has issued a multi-agency rejection of the Chinese government’s expansive claims to most of the South China Sea, saying they are illegal under international law. “We are making clear: Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely […]

Widespread slavery reported in UK, but police fear being branded ‘racist’

Widespread slavery reported in UK, but police fear being branded ‘racist’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 15, 2020 Criminal networks have enslaved some 100,000 people in Great Britain, but police are too frightened to intervene out of fear of being labeled “racists,” anti-slavery groups say. In a report published on Sunday titled “It Still Happens Here”, the Center for Social Justice think tank and the anti-slavery charity […]

Trump victory: UK backs U.S., bans China’s Huawei 5G

Trump victory: UK backs U.S., bans China’s Huawei 5G

FPI / July 14, 2020 Analysis by Paul Crespo In another victory for President Donald Trump in his stand-off with communist China, Great Britain announced that it is banning China’s telecom giant – Huawei – from the UK’s high speed 5G network. This significant reversal is certain to please both the U.S. and conservative rebels […]

CCP already having chilling effect on religious freedom in Hong Kong

CCP already having chilling effect on religious freedom in Hong Kong

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2020 The oppressive restrictions placed on religious people on mainland China are already being felt in Hong Kong in the wake of the Chinese Communist Party’s new national security law which essentially ended Hong Kong’s autonomy. “The new law ends the region’s autonomy and the hope that the demands of […]