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China To US Navy Chief: Army Will Defend Taiwan Claims “At Any Cost”
China To US Navy Chief: Army Will Defend Taiwan Claims “At Any Cost” A rare and under-reported tense exchange occurred between US and Chinese military commanders in Beijing on Tuesday. A high level Chinese military official, General Li Zuocheng, told the head of the United States Navy, Admiral John Richardson, in a face to face meeting that Beijing would defend its claim […]
President Xi Orders Chinese Army To “Prepare For War”
President Xi Orders Chinese Army To “Prepare For War” In just a few short days, China has proved that investors who have been underestimating the geopolitical risks stemming from the simmering tensions between the US and China over the latter’s territorial claims in the South China Sea and paranoia over the fate of Taiwan – […]
Will the ‘Taiwan question’ give rise to a World War III scenario?
Will the ‘Taiwan question’ give rise to a World War III scenario? The United States and China are set to go head-to-head over disputes in relation to Taiwan and the South China Sea, with deadly consequences on the immediate horizon. You wouldn’t know it with all the media hype over the US mid-term elections, but […]
“Flashpoint For War”: U.S. And Japan Plan Military Response To Chinese Incursions Of Disputed Islands
“Flashpoint For War”: U.S. And Japan Plan Military Response To Chinese Incursions Of Disputed Islands Things are again rapidly heating up in the East China Sea amidst already heightened tensions in a region where Washington is increasingly asserting the right of navigation in international waters against broad Chinese claims and seeking to defend the territorial […]
DoD Official Urges Taiwan To Buy More Weapons In Fear Of “Cross-Strait Invasion” By China
DoD Official Urges Taiwan To Buy More Weapons In Fear Of “Cross-Strait Invasion” By China A Pentagon official said Monday that Taiwan should increase its military spending to safeguard continued peace and security both across the Taiwan Strait and within the Indo-Pacific, reported Focus Taiwan. David Helvey, U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for […]
China’s President Orders Military To “Prepare For War”
China’s President Orders Military To “Prepare For War” China’s President Xi Jinping ordered the military region responsible for monitoring the South China Sea and Taiwan to “assess the situation it is facing and boost its capabilities so it can handle any emergency” as tensions continue to mount over the future of the South China Sea […]
Top Communist Party Official Threatens Military Intervention Over Pence’s Support For Taiwan
Top Communist Party Official Threatens Military Intervention Over Pence’s Support For Taiwan With the on-again-off-again trade war detente back in “off again” mode as China is once again refusing to bow to the US’s demands for concessions, and with military tensions simmering in the background as the US seriously considers withdrawing from the INF, the […]
Taiwan To Simulate Chinese Invasion In Live-Fire Military Drill Starting Next Week
Taiwan To Simulate Chinese Invasion In Live-Fire Military Drill Starting Next Week As concerns about nuclear war with North Korea wane, Taiwan is reminding the world that its own relations with Beijing have been progressively deteriorating; to do that the small island nation will simulate a response to an “invading force”, along with using civilian […]
Emperor Xi Delivers Stark Warning To Trump: Hands Off Taiwan
Emperor Xi Delivers Stark Warning To Trump: Hands Off Taiwan President Donald Trump may have kicked the hornet’s nest by signing on Friday the “Taiwanese Travel Act”, encouraging official visits to Taiwan by officials at all levels with an emphasis on “national security officials.” The signing angered the newly crowned Chinese President Emperor Xi Jinping, […]
‘Descent Into Hell’: China Warns of Potential War With US Over Taiwan
‘Descent Into Hell’: China Warns of Potential War With US Over Taiwan (ANTIMEDIA) — It’s no secret that for Beijing, the most sensitive issue within Sino-American relations is that of Taiwan, the semi-autonomous island territory that China considers to be a breakaway province. Now, a political move made by the U.S. on Taiwan has Beijing warning of the possibility of military […]
Furious China “Outraged” By U.S. Sale Of $1.4BN In Weapons To Taiwan
Furious China “Outraged” By U.S. Sale Of $1.4BN In Weapons To Taiwan One day after the US announced it would sell $1.42 billion in weapons to China’s offshore nemesis Taiwan, Beijing lashed out at the United States, saying it was “outraged” and demanded the US revoke immediately its “wrong decision”, saying it contradicted a “consensus” […]
Taiwan Joins Global War On Cash: Plans To Ban Purchases Of Houses, Cars, & Jewelry
Taiwan Joins Global War On Cash: Plans To Ban Purchases Of Houses, Cars, & Jewelry The cancerous virus of freedom-destroying worldwide cash-bans – in the name of fighting terrorism – has reached Taiwan this week. With the aim of ‘preventing money-laundering’, Taiwan may ban cash purchases of properties and luxury goods, Taipei-based Economic Daily News reports, citing unidentified official at […]
Unprecedented Moves Towards War With China Would “Upend Supply Routes, Trigger Global Recession”
Unprecedented Moves Towards War With China Would “Upend Supply Routes, Trigger Global Recession” Economic tensions are tipping over into military ones. Warships have sailed, and the rhetoric of Trump’s officials has shifted dramatically from the previous era. The larger threat to the petrodollar and the continuance of U.S. hegemony has been put face-to-face with a […]
Missiles Just the Latest Chapter in the South China Sea Saga
Missiles Just the Latest Chapter in the South China Sea Saga With the recent placement of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) on Woody Island, a subset of the Paracel Islands, China has taken a major step toward militarization of the South China Sea. The action was taken during the recent US-ASEAN “Sunnylands” Summit, where economics, […]
Global Easing Bonanza Continues As Norway, Taiwan Cut Rates To Spur Struggling Economies
Global Easing Bonanza Continues As Norway, Taiwan Cut Rates To Spur Struggling Economies On several occasions this year we’ve profiled Norway where the central bank, much like the Riksbank in neighboring Sweden, is walking a fine line between keeping rates low to support the economy (not to mention remain competitive in the global currency wars) […]
