Category: Special Topics

South Korea Mulls Lifting Short-Term Visa Ban on Chinese Travelers

February 10, 2023
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South Korea is considering lifting its short-term visa restrictions for Chinese visitors ahead of the scheduled deadline due to the declining COVID-19 cases in China, according to a government official. However, there have been reports that the death toll is on the rise in China. The visa restrictions on short-term Chinese visitors were initially imposed…

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Indonesia and Australia Boost Regional Security Ties

February 10, 2023
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Indonesia and Australia are set to boost regional security ties after the countries announced that they would upgrade their existing defence partnership agreement to a cooperation agreement that will be binding under international law. In a joint media release on Feb. 10, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles and his Indonesia counterpart,…

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FBI Has Recovered ‘Extremely Limited’ Chinese Spy Balloon Debris, Says Most Parts Still Underwater

February 9, 2023
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Most of the debris from the Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. military last week is still lying in the ocean. The FBI has so far recovered very limited physical evidence from the Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, and senior FBI officials said that…

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China’s Entropic War Operations in South Asia Seeks to Undermine India: Experts

February 9, 2023
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China’s entropic war in South Asian nations like Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives is at an advanced stage, according to strategists. These unrestricted war operations are to ensure China’s hegemony in its backyard where it wants to push its agendas and counter adversaries like India, an important US ally in the Indo-Pacific, they say. The…

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DOD Under Fire for Response to Chinese Spy Balloon

February 9, 2023
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U.S. Defense officials are under fire for their decision to allow a Chinese spy balloon to traverse the continental United States. Lawmakers told members of the defense community that they would be held accountable should Congress find fault with the Department of Defense’s (DOD) decision-making during a Senate Appropriations Defense hearing on the issue of…

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Pentagon Under Fire for Response to Chinese Spy Balloon

February 9, 2023
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U.S. Defense officials are under fire for their decision to allow a Chinese spy balloon to traverse the continental United States. Lawmakers told members of the defense community that they would be held accountable should Congress find fault with the Department of Defense’s (DOD) decision-making during a Senate Appropriations Defense hearing on the issue of…

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Rep. McCaul to Visit Taiwan in ‘War of Oppression Versus Democracy’

February 8, 2023
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A leading Congressional Republican is planning a tour of Asia that will likely include a stop in Taiwan. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said that he intends to visit the democratic island later in the year to assist it in the struggle against communist China’s repressive overtures. “I have…

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Rogers Vows to Expel All Chinese Goods from Defense Supply Chains

February 8, 2023
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The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is vowing to expel all Chinese goods and materials from the United States’s defense supply chains. Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said that he would lead the effort to expunge China-sourced goods during a Feb. 8 hearing of the committee on the subject of defense-industrial base security. “The…

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Blinken: Chinese Spy Balloon Part of Global Campaign That Has Violated Nations Across 5 Continents

February 8, 2023
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The United States is sharing information about China’s spy balloon program with dozens of nations after discovering a worldwide surveillance campaign led by the communist regime. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the announcement of the intelligence sharing during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jen Stoltenberg at the Department of State in Washington…

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Chinese Spy Balloon Went Over Other US Nuclear Weapons Sites, Top Lawmaker Says

February 8, 2023
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A top House lawmaker said the Chinese spy balloon transited over key U.S. missile and nuclear weapon sites before it was shot down off the coast of the Carolinas last weekend. “If you take the path that this balloon did, and you put up an X every place where you have a missile defense site,…

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