When the United States of America has a weak commander-in-chief, it means our enemies can do what they want. While China has long been staging drills outside of Taiwan to intimidate the island and assert its power, they’ve been largely harmless. But now they’re being taken a step further as Chinese jets are being equipped […]
Taiwan held its presidential elections this week, elevating Lai Ching-te to power after incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen needed to step down because of term limits. The two were partners in the ruling, pro-independence party, so not much is expected to change in terms of policy. However, the election results sparked an angry response from China, […]
China is staging war games that encircle Taiwan after its new president failed to properly kowtow to China’s will in his inaugural address. On Thursday, 15 Chinese navy vessels, 16 Chinese coast guard vessels and 42 Chinese military aircraft were spotted circling about the main island outlying islands, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said, according to The […]
China is staging war games that encircle Taiwan after its new president failed to properly kowtow to China’s will in his inaugural address. On Thursday, 15 Chinese navy vessels, 16 Chinese coast guard vessels and 42 Chinese military aircraft were spotted circling about the main island outlying islands, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said, according to The […]
In January, William Lai won the election in Taiwan to become the country’s next president. As I described at the time, China was clearly not happy about this, fearing that Lai was more willing to openly push for independence than his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen. Before the election China had not-so-subtly warned that any move toward […]
China continued it saber rattling with another aerial incursion across the Taiwan Strait late this week, according to the island nation’s defense ministry. The ministry, which provides daily updates on Chinese activity in the area, said during its Friday update that the latest incident included more than a dozen Chinese planes. Taiwan said 14 “military […]
In the wake of Congress’ newest $95 billion spending package for foreign aid, the U.S. Navy has chosen to employ new methods of countering China in the Pacific, The Defense Post reported. While the spending package includes $8.1 billion for Taiwan and nations in the Pacific, the Navy plans to convert surplus oil rigs into […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s fall from grace continues. On Tuesday, Democratic Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor to thank Johnson for his assistance in the passage of a $95 billion-dollar foreign aid package of bills in the House over the weekend. The Senate passed the foreign aid package on […]
The House passed a four-bill $95 billion foreign aid package over the weekend that includes $60 billion in additional aid for Ukraine. The bill could cost House Speaker Mike Johnson his job. The aid package passed in a 311-112 vote with the unanimous support of Democrats and 101 Republicans voting in favor of the bill. […]
A $61 billion aid bill for Ukraine passed a divided House on Saturday as part of a package of aid worth about $95 billion. The vote on the Ukraine aid bill was 211-112, with 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans supporting the bill and 112 Republicans voting against it, according to the U.K. Guardian. What at […]
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