Tag: International Relations

Australia Denies Asylum to Defecting Chinese Spy Wang Liqiang

Wang Liqiang, who publicly defected from Beijing on Australian national television, has been denied asylum. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) said Wang could not be granted refugee status despite having “well-founded” concerns about returning to China because he committed fraud before entering Australia on a tourist visa, The Daily Telegraph reported. The AAT also doubted…


US and Australia Need to Rethink Approach to Pacific Engagement: New Fijian Prime Minister

New Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has called on Australia and the United States to rethink their approaches to the strategic partnership with the Pacific country. In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Rabuka said he thought that Australia and the United States had an antiquated way of approaching diplomatic ties and engagement with Fiji….


China Fabricates COVID Data: Commentator

The huge number of infections and deaths from COVID-19 in China seem to differ from what the rest of the world is experiencing. However, the regime’s lack of transparency, coupled with the sudden opening of its borders, has pitted Beijing against the rest of world. Former Chinese CDC chief epidemiologist Zeng Guang said the infection…


Communist Influence in NYC Highlighted by China Official’s NYE Appearance

The appearance of a Chinese government official at a New Year’s Eve event in Times Square has raised questions regarding how connected the local government is to agents of China’s communist regime. The “Hong Kong Rocks!” event, organized by the Times Square Alliance and celebrated in Times Square this New Year’s Eve, gave pride of…


Communist Influence in NYC Highlighted by Chinese Official’s NYE Appearance

The appearance of a Chinese government official at a New Year’s Eve event in Times Square has raised questions regarding how connected the local government is to agents of China’s communist regime. The “Hong Kong Rocks!” event, organized by the Times Square Alliance and celebrated in Times Square this New Year’s Eve, gave pride of…


China Needs to Know the Economic Consequences If It Invades Taiwan: Former NATO Chief

The former head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) urged countries to show China the economic consequences it will face if it invades Taiwan. Western countries need to make it clear that China would face “severe economic consequences” if it moves against the independent republic of Taiwan, said former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during…


US Senators Warn President Biden Against Providing Australia With Nuclear Subs

Two U.S. Senators have raised major concerns over the trilateral AUKUS deal between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, saying that the supply of U.S. nuclear-powered submarines (SSN) to Australia could weaken America’s submarine fleet. In a letter sent to the Biden Administration on Dec. 21, 2022, Senators’ Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and James…


War With China Over Taiwan Not Inevitable: Biden Security Adviser

The White House’s national security adviser believes that communist China can still be deterred from launching an invasion of Taiwan. Jake Sullivan, who has served as national security adviser for the entirety of the Biden administration, said that tensions between the United States and China’s communist regime could still be solved peaceably, albeit with great…


Australian Government Acknowledges Reports About China Lifting Coal Ban

Australia may soon be able to export coal to China again after the federal government acknowledged the possibility of resuming coal trade relations with its largest trade partner. Following the emergence of reports that Beijing allegedly allowed some state-owned companies to import coal from Australia, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said a resumption of…


US ‘Throwing Allies Under a Bus’: Australia’s New Ambassador Kevin Rudd

Australia’s incoming ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd urged the nation to stop throwing its allies “under a bus” if it wants to counter China’s economic influence in the Asia-Pacific. Rudd, a former Labor prime minister of Australia who will take up his diplomatic posting in March, said the United States had “one arm…