South China Sea High Tension – US / UK / China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9RXQko521I
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Germany’s Policy Choices Are Hastening The Decline Of NATO
German soldiers take a rest on a Leopard2 A6 tank during the NATO military exercise ‘Iron Wolf 2017’ at Stasenai, 80 miles west-north of Vilnius, Lithuania, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) Much has been written over the last two years about how President Trump’s approach to global security weakens the North Atlantic Treaty Organization….
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Weekly Update from Mark Armstrong – 22 February 2019
Greetings from Tyler, Has anybody seen about enough glamor shots of the bearded boy no one had ever heard of three weeks ago? Maybe they could just stick with his mug shot, though it looks like he feigned the same sleepy pout used for all the publicity shots. Have you ever seen somebody this greedy…
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US military plans new war-fighting concept in response to threat from China, Russia
It involves ‘stealth and joint penetration’ on land, in the air and at sea, causing simultaneous dilemmas for adversaries to effectively fight back US Air Force chief of staff says US$135 billion budget will be sought for ‘penetrating capability’ The F-35 stealth fighter will be the “quarterback” capable of fusing information from all sources and…
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Opinion: Xi Jinping is taking China down a dangerous path
As the world focuses on developments in China’s coastal regions, the one-party state is flexing its totalitarian muscle in the northwest of the country. We should not look the other way, says Alexander Görlach. There is a “good” and a “bad” China, I read the other day in an article. The “good” China, the author…
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Russia and China in terrifying plot ‘to form an alliance against the West’
RUSSIA will turn its back on Europe for good and join forces with China “to form an alliance against the West” according to reports in Politico. Moscow no longer cares about “European integration or moving towards Europe” instead it is open to an allegiance with the world superpower, according to one leading expert. Tensions continue…
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Many in Hong Kong Fear Greater Integration with Mainland China
A mainland Chinese couple pose for photographs at a viewing deck before the skyline of Hong Kong island across the harbour, Feb. 16, 2019. The ruling Chinese Communist Party is moving ahead with greater integration between the former colonial cities of Hong Kong and Macau and the rest of China, amid fears that ever-closer integration…
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EU needs to stand together against foreign powers like US, China: Dutch PM
Mark Rutte. (Photo: Berolina/DepositPhotos) If the European Commission and the European Union Member States make one fist together, Europe can become one of the most important players on the world stage, according to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. With countries like the United States, China and Russia increasingly pursuing their own interests, it is time…
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US Experts Call on Trump Administration to Stand up For Taiwan
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen (C) arrives at a polling station to vote during local elections in Zhongho, New Taipei City, Nov. 24, 2018 – AFP Scholars and experts at the Asia Society have called for a ‘course correction’ in U.S.-China policy, with more initiatives to help the democratic island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory….
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Japan Sets Up Crisis HQ After Incident With Chinese Ship – Reports
TOKYO (Sputnik) – The Japanese government created a crisis response headquarters on Monday after a Chinese patrol ship entered Japanese territorial waters next to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, NHK broadcaster reported. Four Chinese corvettes approached the territorial waters of Japan, while one of them crossed into the Japanese area near the disputed Senkaku Islands, according…
