Tag: Global Expansion

Chinese Regime Vows to ‘Normalize’ Taiwan Patrols as Military Drills Conclude

China’s military announced that it completed a number of undefined tasks around Taiwan on Aug. 10, signaling that it would be scaling down ongoing joint exercises in the region. However, the Eastern Theater Command, which oversees China’s military in the region nearest Taiwan, also said it would be normalizing its harassing sorties of fighter jets…


Chinese Regime Says Will ‘Normalize’ Taiwan Patrols as Military Drills Conclude

China’s military announced that it completed a number of undefined tasks around Taiwan on Aug. 10, signaling that it would be scaling down ongoing joint exercises in the region. However, the Eastern Theater Command, which oversees China’s military in the region nearest Taiwan, also said it would be normalizing its harassing sorties of fighter jets…


China ‘Will Not Renounce the Use of Force’ Against Taiwan: CCP White Paper

China withdrew a promise to not send troops or communist administrators to Taiwan if it took control of the island, according to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) white paper released on Aug. 10. The move appears to signal a decision by CCP leader Xi Jinping to grant Taiwan less autonomy than previously promised should the…


‘It’s Happening’: Solomons PM Attempts to Delay Election Amid Beijing Influence

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has moved to delay elections citing the build-up to the Pacific Games in November 2023 as a reason. The move comes after South Pacific expert Cleo Paskal warned in March that Sogavare—who has cultivated deep ties with Beijing—could be emboldened to tighten control over the Pacific nation, a key…


Vanuatu takes Pro-China Stance Calling Taiwan an ‘Inalienable Part of China’

The government of Pacific nation Vanuatu has thrown its support behind the One China policy following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The overt declaration comes amid ongoing concerns of Beijing’s strong influence in the South Pacific and the threat of conflict around the Taiwan Strait. On Aug. 5, Silas Bule, the acting…


Vanuatu Takes Pro-Beijing Stance Calling Taiwan an ‘Inalienable Part of China’

The government of Pacific nation Vanuatu has thrown its support behind the One China policy following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The overt declaration comes amid ongoing concerns of Beijing’s strong influence in the South Pacific and the threat of conflict around the Taiwan Strait. On Aug. 5, Silas Bule, the acting…


Australia Has Failed to Recognise China’s ‘Fundamentally Different Vision for the World’: Shadow Defence Minister

Australia’s shadow defence minister has called on the West to “see China with clear eyes” as he warned Australia’s “greatest vulnerability” is its failure to recognise the communist regime’s “fundamentally different vision for the world.”  Andrew Hastie on Sunday said that Australia is in an “immensely difficult” position where it can neither forsake its closest…


Taiwan Lawmaker Warns Beijing Could ‘Invade’ as Chinese Missiles Land in Nearby Japan’s Waters

Five ballistic missiles launched by China landed in the waters of Japan’s exclusive economic zone Aug. 4, prompting an international outcry against the communist regime. The missiles were launched as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) retaliatory military exercises against Taiwan, which have cut off several international air and sea paths to the island…


G7 Calls on China to Stop ‘Threatening Actions’ around Taiwan

G7 ministers issued a statement on Aug. 3 in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military and diplomatic posturing over Taiwan, calling on the regime to cease its aggressive behavior in the region. “We are concerned by recent and announced threatening actions by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), particularly live-fire exercises and economic…


China Has ‘Positioned Itself to Take Further Steps’ Targeting Taiwan Amid Pelosi Visit, White House Warns

The White House and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are in a war of words over the meaning of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s arrival in Taiwan on Tuesday. White House officials maintain that Pelosi’s arrival is in line with nearly five decades of precedent governing Sino–American relations. CCP authorities have lambasted the United States, however,…