CCP’s non-military strategy against USA: Defeat Trump using social media

CCP’s non-military strategy against USA: Defeat Trump using social media

by WorldTribune Staff, July 6, 2020 Communist China has launched an all-out social media assault aimed at defeating President Donald Trump in the November election. The U.S. State Department this year has designated several Chinese propaganda outlets which operate in the U.S. as foreign missions. On June 22, the State Department designated the U.S. operations […]

U.S. foils rocket attack on embassy in Baghdad after explosions in Iran

U.S. foils rocket attack on embassy in Baghdad after explosions in Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2020 A Patriot missile battery intercepted a rocket targeting the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, reports say. The rocket fell inside the Green Zone, the center of the international presence in the Iraqi capital, Al Arabiya reported. The U.S. government has blamed pro-Iranian militias for a series of rocket […]

China’s official silence on casualties in India skirmish point to dangerous morale problem in PLA

China’s official silence on casualties in India skirmish point to dangerous morale problem in PLA

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2020 A week after a deadly skirmish between Chinese and Indian troops at the Galwan Valley Himalayan border region, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has yet to confirm the number of casualties the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) suffered. Chinese officials call media reports from India indicating at least 40 Chinese […]

Here’s the list of countries that supported/opposed China’s Hong Kong security bill

Here’s the list of countries that supported/opposed China’s Hong Kong security bill

by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2020 Following a vote on Tuesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the communist government in China declared victory in its enactment of a new security law which essentially ends Hong Kong’s autonomy and basic freedoms for its citizens. In the vote, 53 countries backed China’s new […]

Report: China secretly working on biological weapons with ‘countries of concern’

Report: China secretly working on biological weapons with ‘countries of concern’

FPI / July 2, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com China continues to build biotechnology infrastructure and is working with unspecified “countries of concern,” the U.S. State Department said in a June 23 report. The unclassified report stopped short of revealing details about Chinese military research and development on biological weapons. But it said the U.S. did not have […]

First arrests in Hong Kong; UK offers path to citizenship; ‘U.S. will not stand idly by’

First arrests in Hong Kong; UK offers path to citizenship; ‘U.S. will not stand idly by’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 1, 2020 Hong Kong police on Wednesday made the first arrests for violations of the new national security law imposed on the formerly autonomous city by China’s communist government. Police said the arrests were for “unauthorized assemblies.” The law went into effect on Tuesday after it was signed by Chinese supreme […]

The changing U.S.-China-Russia military balance has little to do with budgets

The changing U.S.-China-Russia military balance has little to do with budgets

FPI / July 1, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes Conventional analysis of the world’s militaries always places the U.S. at the top, and by a wide margin. The most common measure is defense spending, a metric by which the U.S. is so far and away number one it looks like it’s not even a contest. […]

Iran’s economy implodes; U.S. insists arms embargo stay in place

Iran’s economy implodes; U.S. insists arms embargo stay in place

by WorldTribune Staff, July 1, 2020 The combination of crippling U.S. sanctions and the devastating coronavirus outbreak have caused Iran’s economy to crash, reports say. U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s energy industry have taken the heaviest toll. Iran currently sells less than 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day, and possibly less than 100,000. […]

Chinese seniors told to remove Christian images or lose their stipends

Chinese seniors told to remove Christian images or lose their stipends

by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2020 Elderly Christians in China are being forced by the communist government to choose between their faith and survival, a report said. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has warned the Christians that unless they renounce their faith they will lose the government subsidies they rely on to survive, Tang Zhe […]

Alleged letter from Oxford college on removal of Rhodes statue goes viral

Alleged letter from Oxford college on removal of Rhodes statue goes viral

by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2020 What would Rhodes scholars like former President Bill Clinton think? A letter allegedly written in the name of Oriel College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, excoriating students involved in the movement to remove the college’s statue of Cecil Rhodes is circulating on social media and by […]