Former President Donald Trump’s China tariffs will stay in place for now. And the U.S. trade representative says there could be even more ahead, if her upcoming talks with Beijing don’t go well. Within just two months, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration seized 1.8 million fentanyl-laced pills—most of them made in China. Beijing breaks its…
China Sends Record 56 Warplanes Near Taiwan, Continuing 4 Days of Incursions
Beijing sent 56 fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defense zone on Oct. 4 in its largest show of strength on record towards the self-ruled island that it claims as its own. The move also marked the fourth day of sustained military harassment against Taiwan that has seen nearly 150 warplanes fly into the zone. The…
The Fable of the Trans-Pacific Trade Pact
October 3, 2021
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Commentary The story of trade in our world is an ongoing fable of successes and failures, even as the setups to facilitate it are usually invariably designed to bring happily prosperous outcomes. Like all fables, there are lessons to be learned. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) began as an expansion of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership…
A New Way to Defend Taiwan
Commentary Would the United States win the battle to save Taiwan from China? Not according to a series of Pentagon simulations and war games. In an effort to figure out what would happen should U.S. forces come to the defense of Taiwan, the Pentagon has determined that the U.S. might be defeated and certainly would…
US Condemns ‘Provocative’ Chinese Military Flights Near Taiwan
The United States on Oct. 3 urged the Chinese communist regime to stop its “provocative” military activities near Taiwan, after Beijing sent nearly 100 aircraft into the island’s air defense zone over a three-day period. On Friday, Saturday, and again on Sunday, Chinese military planes flew into the zone, prompting Taiwan to scramble its fighter…
China Increases Aggression Toward Liberal Island, Sends 39 Aircraft Into Taiwan Defense Zone
October 3, 2021
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TAIPEI—A total of 39 Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense zone on Saturday, the defense ministry in Taipei said, setting a new high in the communist regime’s aggressive provocations aimed at the people living in Taiwan, which provides a stark contrast to Beijing’s totalitarian rule. Taiwan, a democratically governed island to which the…
China Increases Aggression Toward Liberal Island, Sends 39 Aircraft Into Taiwan Defence Zone
October 3, 2021
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TAIPEI—A total of 39 Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defence zone on Saturday, the defence ministry in Taipei said, setting a new high in the communist regime’s aggressive provocations aimed at the people living in Taiwan, which provides a stark contrast to Beijing’s totalitarian rule. Taiwan, a democratically governed island to which the…
China Sends Another 20 Fighter Jets Into Taiwan Airspace After Previous Huge Incursion
China sent another 20 fighter jets into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Oct. 2, just one day after the communist regime deployed 38 fighter jets over the island nation in the largest display of force to date. In a government statement issued on Oct. 2, the Taiwanese military said the aircraft involved included 14…
Taiwan Questions China’s Suitability for Pacific Trade Pact, Fears ‘Obstruction’
October 2, 2021
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TAIPEI—China’s restrictive practices present fundamental problems for its application to join a major pan-Pacific free trade pact, and if it joins before Taiwan there is a risk it could block their application, the island’s economy minister said. Taiwan and China both applied last month to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP),…
25 Fighter Jets Enter Into Taiwan’s Defense Zone in 1 Day
The Chinese communist regime flew 25 fighter jets into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Oct. 1, a national holiday in China when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) commemorates its hostile takeover of the mainland in the late-1940s. In a statement issued on Friday, the Taiwanese military said the fighters involved included 18 J-16…
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