Tag: China

Sometimes “don’t try this at home” hardly seems to cover it. Most of us are familiar with the story of William Tell, the legendary folk hero in Switzerland that was forced to shoot an apple off of his son’s head after failing to bow to the newly appointed Austrian Vogt, Albrecht Gessler.  Tell, according to […]

John Roberts, of Clarksville, Tennessee, a military equipment dealer was found guilty of conspiracy to steal and sell government property, two counts of violating the Arms Export Control Act and 10 counts of wire fraud. Prosecutors said that he schemed with active duty soldiers at Ft. Campbell, KY to steal sensitive military material to sell […]

On Tuesday 15th August at around 12:40pm, a fleet of supercars, organized by a Sydney-based Australian Chinese automobile club, started their parade, led by a red Bentley covered by Chinese flag pattern. Bentleys, Lamborghinis, BMW, AUDI and Maseratis were among the 10 luxury cars that joined the parade across Sydney, passing three universities including Sydney […]

The nearly two month old standoff in the remote Doklam plateau between China and India may be coming to a close, as the two nations promise to disengage and diffuse hostilities that have been building over a border dispute. In recent weeks, India and China have maintained diplomatic communication in respect of the incident at […]

In recent months, North Korea’s efforts to build and arm a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile have garnered significant attention, but it’s important to remember that Kim Jong-un isn’t the only nuclear player on the block.  Another nation the United States has found itself butting heads with increasing frequency already possesses a massive nuclear stockpile (the […]

A report filed by a panel of independent U.N. experts filed earlier this month shows that two North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country’s chemical weapons program have been intercepted within the last six months, indicating that the two nations have been cooperating in the development of weapons of mass […]

The U.S. Navy relieved the 7th Fleet’s commanding officer in the wake of yet another collision between an American warship and a commercial vessel on Wednesday.  The most recent crash resulted in ten sailors missing, some of whom have since been confirmed dead. “Admiral Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, today relieved the commander […]

Caught between an ascendent China and an increasingly unreliable United States, Singapore’s diplomatic future is at the heart of a debate on who really calls the shots in Asia. The Lion City has historically had strong relations with both countries, an ally in Asia for Washington during the Cold War and one of China’s first […]

Last March, China quietly deployed troops to Syria. The soldiers, according to Chinese officials, trained members of the Syrian army, offering advice on medicine and logistics. Despite how little fanfare surrounded this move, it was, in fact, very significant: this is the first time China has sent troops to the Middle East for any reason […]

The United States issued a new series of sanctions aiming to hinder North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and the ballistic missile platforms needed to carry them, this time, targeting a number of Chinese and Russian entities and individuals accused of skirting U.N. and U.S. sanctions. Kim Jong-un’s North Korean regime’s ballistic missile program has […]

On Monday, the United States and South Korea are set to commence a new series of joint defense drills, called Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2017.  While these types of joint military exercises between the two nations occur with some regularity, however, Ulchi Freedom Guardian comes on the heels of a slight reduction in tensions on the […]

In a meeting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis co-hosted with their Japanese counterparts, America’s top diplomat and senior military leader reaffirmed America’s “ironclad commitment” to the mutual defense of its allies in the Pacific. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera joined the two American officials […]