Donald Trump questions utility of US recognizing One China policy, hoping to leverage issue to negotiate trade with China Donald Trump interview on Fox News Sunday December 11, 2016 United States President-Elect Donald Trump expressed a willingness to disregard the People’s Republic of China’s “One China” policy with regard to Taiwan, which calls itself the […]
Read MoreCould Trump’s nominee for Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China change the communist nation’s longstanding anti-Masonic laws? Report: Branstad to be U.S. Ambassador to China from KCCI The People’s Republic of China banned Freemasons shortly after the success of the communist revolution. Interestingly, Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the PRC is a practicing Freemason, […]
Read MoreThe battle for control of Syria’s second largest city Assad regime shows no mercy as it pushes to regain Aleppo The battle for the control of Syria’s second largest city, Aleppo, rages on between Assad’s forces, ISIS, and rebel factions within Syria. Much of the city of Aleppo is reportedly a desert wasteland devoid of […]
Read MoreISIS hold on Iraqi city of Mosul tenuous following coalition airstrikes BuzzFeed News Investigates The Fight Against ISIS from BuzzFeed Blue United States Central Command announced “precision strikes” were launched against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), targeting buildings from which ISIS fighters had initiated attacks against Iraqi forces. The US military targeted […]
Read MorePoll reveals that employing torture against enemies may not be as taboo as previously thought The Case Against Torture | Op-Docs | The New York Times from New York Times Half of American respondents polled in a global survey by the United Nations revealed that they believed an enemy fighter could be tortured to extract […]
Read MoreDefense strategist Li Xiaojun advocated that Australia choose a ‘godfather’ between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, calling Australia’s close military alliance with the U.S. a throwback to the Cold War era. Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr met with his counterpart and future Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Australia to celebrate 40 […]
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