Tag: China

When North Korea launched its Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite into space last February, officials heralded the event as a birthday gift for dead leader Kim Jong Il. But the day also brought an unexpected prize for the country’s adversaries: priceless intelligence in the form of rocket parts that fell into the Yellow Sea. Entire sections of booster […]

China has long served as North Korea’s primary and most powerful ally, accounting for the vast majority of North Korea’s export market and serving as the commanding big brother who’s willing to stand toe to toe with the superpowers of the West in favor of Kim Jong-un’s reclusive state, but even China’s tolerance for Kim’s continued […]

The “crazy fat kid” as Senator John McCain calls him is at it again in North Korea.  The escalation in tensions on the Korean Peninsula comes right on the heels of the annual Foal Eagle exercise.  The exercise has been held once a year since the 1960’s and in part involves US and South Korean Special […]

China was the world’s top executioner last year, while the United States put to death fewer people than it has in more than two decades, the human rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday. More than 90 percent of the world’s executions took place in five countries – China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan. […]

Within the international intelligence community, China is a name that comes up pretty often.  With confirmed cases of Chinese espionage resulting in state secrets migrating their way East into projects like the Chinese J-20 (which bears more than a striking resemblance to the American F-22) mentions of the economic powerhouse are often coupled with strategies […]

The M70A might be one of the most overlooked and affordable pistols to hit the market in quite sometime. The Serbian made pistol is a modern adaptation of a Soviet TT pistol, a design of famed Russian firearms designer Fedor Tokarev. There are distinct differences between the Soviet TT and the Zastava M70A, the chief […]

Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command, conducted an interview for the Department of Defense’s internal news service on Thursday in which he laid out America’s intent to remain the “partner of choice” for Latin American nations in the face of an increased Russian, Chinese, and Iranian presence in the region. According to […]

While several countries have admonished the US’ missile strike against Syria’s airfield on Thursday, there has also been an overwhelming response in support of President Donald Trump’s answer against the Syrian government’s use of nerve agents that killed more than 80 people earlier this week. Here are the nations that have supported, opposed, or remained […]

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The United States and China wrapped up a two-day presidential summit here by announcing a 100-day plan to improve strained trade ties and boost cooperation between the rival nations. But they appeared to reach no clear path forward on North Korea, and the Trump administration’s unexpected military strike in Syria — […]

Controversial president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, issued an order to his nation’s military on Thursday to occupy uninhabited islands in the South China Sea in an effort to assert Philippine sovereignty. Duterte made waves in October when he announced a policy shift away from the nation’s long-time ally, the United States, and toward the […]

For the first time this year, a Chinese fighter jet has been spotted on the runway of an artificial island created by China in the South China Sea. The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), which is part of the larger think-tank, Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, reports that a Chinese J-11 fighter was […]

President Donald Trump’s first choice for secretary of defense says the US may only have one option for dealing with North Korea — a large-scale military strike. “A pre-emptive strike against launch facilities, underground nuclear sites, artillery and rocket response forces and regime leadership targets may be the only option left on the table,” Keane […]