Asia & Pacific

Asia & Pacific 10/12/21, 16:11

Amid the worrisome threats of invasion that Taiwan has received in recent days from the Chinese communist regime, Russia defined the large island with an independent government as part of the Chinese mainland, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "As you know, Russia, like the vast majority of countries in ...

Politics 10/12/21, 05:52

As the island celebrates its National Day, Taiwan's president, Tsai Ing-wen, has vowed not to give in to China's rising military threats. "We ... will not act rashly, but there should be absolutely no illusions that the Taiwanese people will bow to pressure," Tsai said during her speech on Sunday, Oct. ...

Asia & Pacific 10/12/21, 01:37

A Kazakhstan mother died after jumping off a building without a “rope free-flying” adequately tied. Yevgenia Leontyeva, 33, is pictured on a rooftop in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, as she prepares to participate in the extreme sport. On Sunday, Oct. 10, after preparing for the jump, the woman was given permission to go before ...

Asia & Pacific 10/11/21, 17:49

Taiwan's president gave a speech this Sunday, Oct. 10, during National Day celebrations reaffirming the island's determination to continue its independence from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) dictatorship that has continued to escalate its rhetoric about unifying the island. While Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's president, said she hoped tensions with the Chinese ...

U.S. 10/09/21, 03:28

Global Times, the mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist Party, sent out another hostile warning to the U.S. this week. This time it reacted to the news about U.S. secret military training in Taiwan. "See whether the PLA [People's Liberation Army] will launch a targeted air strike to eliminate those U.S. invaders!" ...

U.S. 10/08/21, 22:17

After President Joe Biden stated that he had agreed with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping that they "will abide by the Taiwan agreement," Senator Marco Rubio asked Biden in a letter to clarify what exactly he was referring to.  The doubts come in the face of growing CCP threats ...

U.S. 10/07/21, 05:25

As Beijing rapidly increased its military presence in the Taiwan air defense zone this month, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled news agency headed up hostile talks with countries that might want to interfere. "Do not continue to play with fire," Chinese state media Global Times wrote on Monday, Oct. 4. Again, ...

U.S. 10/06/21, 17:31

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening, Oct. 5, said that President Xi Jinping of China has agreed with him on the "Taiwan agreement." "I've spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree ... we'll abide by the Taiwan agreement," the president said, according to Reuters. "We made it clear that I don't ...

Asia & Pacific 10/06/21, 16:08

At a press conference last Oct. 5, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu implied that Japan would take a more aggressive role against the Chinese Communist Party threat in the region. Instead of just monitoring the situation, they would actively pursue options in the face of a possible Chinese invasion of ...

Asia & Pacific 10/03/21, 00:00

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) flew 38 fighter planes into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Friday, Oct 1, a national holiday in China—when the CCP commemorates its aggressive conquest of the mainland in the late 1940s. The incursion came in two waves. The group of jets consisted of 18 ...

Asia & Pacific 09/28/21, 22:17

More than 100 Lao people, working on a mainland Chinese-funded high speed railway between the two countries, claim they received no wages for months on Sept. 16. Multiple Lao-China Railway Project employees complained about receiving no payment despite having already worked on Beijing's "One Belt, One Road" initiative in two villages, ...

Asia & Pacific 09/24/21, 16:32

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's influential sister Kim Yo-jong called the proposal to end the war with South Korea, which has pitted the two countries against each other from 1950 to 1953, an "interesting and admirable idea."  "I think the declaration of termination of war is an interesting proposal and a ...

Asia & Pacific 09/23/21, 19:05

The corporate management division of Toshiba Corporation Japan in Dalian, China, announced that on Sept. 30, it would close the factory. Toshiba Dalian factory will lay off more than 1000 employees. In addition, Samsung’s shipyard in Ningbo will close, causing thousands of employees to protest, demanding reasonable compensation. According to many ...

Asia & Pacific 09/23/21, 04:34

A new strain of the coronavirus, which originated in Japan, has been found at a Kentucky nursing home, infecting 45 residents and healthcare workers, many of whom were already vaccinated.Former Harvard Medical School professor William Haseltine wrote in Forbes Monday that the new variant is called R.1, originated in Japan, ...

Middle East 09/18/21, 22:51

During a meeting at Donald Trump's White House, the former president took aim at his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, with comments suggesting Kushner was more loyal to Israel than the U.S., according to the new book "Peril" written by investigative journalists. "You know, More loyal to Israel than The United States," Trump ...

Australia & Oceania 09/16/21, 16:40

The United States, Britain, and Australia are forming a trilateral security pact to counter China, which will involve assistance in developing nuclear-powered submarines in Australia. The effort, dubbed AUUKUS, was introduced by U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. They framed it as ...