TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has condemned China’s military drills in the Taiwan Strait, saying Tuesday that China did not demonstrate the “responsible” behavior of a major Asian nation. China’s three-day, large-scale drills that ended Monday were retaliation for Tsai’s meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California last week on her tour of…
Taiwan’s President Tsai Says China Not Being ‘Responsible’ With Drills
April 12, 2023
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Trudeau Announces New Military Aid, Bilateral Agreements During Ukraine PM’s Visit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new round of military and economic support for Ukraine on April 11, coinciding with a visit from Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to Canada. At a joint press conference in Toronto, Trudeau also announced several new bilateral agreements and a plan for Canada to ship $59 million in weapons to…
CCP Military Exercises Around Taiwan ‘All About Signaling’: Expert
April 11, 2023
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China’s communist regime is concluding three days of provocative military exercises around Taiwan, but experts are divided on whether the incident is mere posturing or a more serious attempt to prepare for war. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military wing declared that the exercises demonstrated the regime is “ready to fight” after rehearsing a simulating…
US Military Would Need Conscription to Fight China: Expert
The U.S. military could not achieve victory in a war with China using its current, all-volunteer force, according to one expert. The United States will thus need to radically transform its force structure to better contend with the emerging threat environment, up to and including by reinstating conscription, said Jonathan Askonas, an assistant professor of…
China Ends Taiwan Drills After Practicing Blockades, Precision Strikes
TAIPEI—China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan on Monday saying they had tested integrated military capabilities under actual combat conditions, having practiced precision strikes, and blockading the self-ruled island. Taiwan responded to Beijing’s announcement by saying it would “never relax” its efforts to strengthen combat readiness and would closely monitor China’s missile forces…
US State Department Says ‘Sufficient Resources’ in Place as China Simulates Striking Taiwan
April 10, 2023
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The U.S. State Department has said that “sufficient resources and capabilities” were in place to ensure peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait as Beijing staged war games around Taiwan for a third day. “We are comfortable and confident that we have in place sufficient resources and capabilities in the region to ensure peace and…
South Africa Helping to Forge China-Russia-Iran Pariah Regime Axis, Say Analysts, Opposition Parties
April 6, 2023
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Iranian warships docked in Cape Town harbor on April 1 in contravention of United States sanctions. A week earlier, the dock hosted an ammunition-loaded Russian frigate. In February, China, Russia, and South Africa conducted war games in the Indian Ocean. And now a delegation of senior African National Congress (ANC) officials are in…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Aims for Western Warplane Coalition; Russians Pressure Bakhmut
KYIV—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a trip to Warsaw on Wednesday that Poland would help form a coalition of Western powers to supply warplanes to Kyiv, adding that Ukrainian troops were still fighting for Bakhmut in the east but could withdraw if they risked being cut off. Neighboring Poland is a close ally of…
China ‘Encouraging Proliferation’ of Nukes in Iran, North Korea: Report
April 5, 2023
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China’s communist regime is destabilizing global security and encouraging nuclear proliferation among nations, according to a new report. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal, said Richard Weitz, a senior fellow at conservative think tank Hudson Institute. “China’s nuclear buildup, as noted by many,…
Flight Data Recorders Found After Deadly Black Hawk Crash
April 5, 2023
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky.—Investigators recovered “black boxes” from two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters that crashed last week in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers aboard, the military announced Tuesday. A U.S. Army aviation safety team from Fort Rucker, Alabama, found the flight data recorders, which are commonly referred to as black boxes in civilian aircraft, from…
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