My world, my ‘conditions’: Ruler-for-life Xi straightens out Trudeau, G20 actors

My world, my ‘conditions’: Ruler-for-life Xi straightens out Trudeau, G20 actors

by WorldTribune Staff, November 16, 2022 Fresh from forcibly securing an unprecedented third five-year term as China’s top leader, Xi Jinping returned to the international stage at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia after a self-imposed Covid travel drought. Xi promptly made clear to the president of the United States and other leaders that he expected […]

Analysis: ‘Selected’ superpower chiefs sit down; ‘Talks’ made no mention of China virus

Analysis: ‘Selected’ superpower chiefs sit down; ‘Talks’ made no mention of China virus

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, November 14, 2022 The White House said in a statement on Monday that Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping “spoke candidly” on a “range of issues” including Taiwan, Russia’s nuclear threats, climate change, and competitive trade in a meeting ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. What issue that […]

Xi Jinping humiliates predecessor at CCP ‘congress’ in signal to the world at large

Xi Jinping humiliates predecessor at CCP ‘congress’ in signal to the world at large

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 […]

Xi hails Hong Kong victory at mainly closed CCP ‘congress’; Public protests suppressed

Xi hails Hong Kong victory at mainly closed CCP ‘congress’; Public protests suppressed

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2022 In a major address, Xi Jinping on Sunday hailed his brutal crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and pledged he would never renounce the use of force to take control of Taiwan. In a 100-minute address, significantly  shorter than his more than 3-hour speech at the previous Chinese Communist […]

Xi’s 3rd term would put China on war footing; Analyst urges ‘changed mindset’ in Japan, U.S.

Xi’s 3rd term would put China on war footing; Analyst urges ‘changed mindset’ in Japan, U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, October 14, 2022 The capabilities of the China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have advanced to the point that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership “believe China can conduct a short, sharp war (or maybe even a long, sharp war) near its borders and succeed,” an analyst noted. At the 20th Chinese Communist […]

Coup rumors recall the bloody, perpetual Chinese Communist Party instability

Coup rumors recall the bloody, perpetual Chinese Communist Party instability

FPI / September 28, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher It was a weekend in which globalists should take pause before they nominate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to succeed the United States as the preferred preeminent source of moral example and power-political leadership. A spate of rumors, driven to some intensity on the Internet by […]

Meanwhile in Uzbekistan: Xi clarifies that China-Russia, in that order, now rules world

Meanwhile in Uzbekistan: Xi clarifies that China-Russia, in that order, now rules world

by WorldTribune Staff, September 16, 2022 Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday insisted the foreign policy “tandem” of Russia and China is a force for good on the global stage. “We jointly speak out for the formation of a fair, democratic and multipolar world order, based on international law and the central role of the […]

Taiwan chip giant warns on supply chain impact of China’s invasion

Taiwan chip giant warns on supply chain impact of China’s invasion

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2022 The modern world would have trouble functioning without the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), one of the main suppliers of the world’s most advanced microchips. TSMC chips are present in everything from smartphones to cars to missiles. During the ongoing global supply chain crisis, TSMC’s factories in Taiwan are […]

Xi warns Biden in long phone call; Japan sends high level delegation to Taiwan

Xi warns Biden in long phone call; Japan sends high level delegation to Taiwan

by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2022 Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping on Thursday warned Joe Biden not to “play with fire” by defying the communist regime in Beijing on the Taiwan issue. In what officials say was a two-hour and 17 minute phone call, Xi told Biden that “China firmly opposes separatist moves toward ‘Taiwan […]

Biden frowns on Taiwan trip by Pelosi; China threatens ‘military’ response

Biden frowns on Taiwan trip by Pelosi; China threatens ‘military’ response

by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2022 Joe Biden said unspecified U.S. military brass are advising against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan in a significant show of weakness by a U.S. leader to communist China which is now widely regarded as the top threat to U.S. national security. Pelosi is scheduled to visit the island […]