Plans to deploy an American antimissile battery to South Korea and the growing North Korean threat will be at the top of James Mattis’s agenda this week when the new defense secretary visits South Korea and Japan on his first foreign trip. Mattis, a retired Marine general nicknamed “Mad Dog,” will meet with Han Min-koo, […]
North Korea at the Top of the Agenda as Mattis Heads to Seoul…
Russia Launches Biggest Arctic Military Expansion Since Fall of USSR…
In what will likely be interpreted as the latest “test” by the Kremlin to gauge western military preparedness, Reuters reports that Russia has quietly unleashed the biggest military build up targeting the Arctic since the fall of the Soviet Union. “It is part of a push to firm Moscow’s hand in the High North as […]
Chinese Fella Cycles 500km to Get Home…in the Wrong Direction…
A migrant worker in China, hoping to cycle back home for Chinese New Year, realised a month into his 2,000km trip that he had been going the wrong way. Originally from Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province in China’s extreme northwest, the bloke had been working in Rizhao, a coastal city between Beijing and Shanghai. Not only had […]
The Asian Realignment…
Chinese Government Engaged in ‘Holistic’ Cyber Effort to Infiltrate U.S. Industries…
The Chinese government is engaged in a systematic cyber-economic campaign across industries in the United States, according to expert testimony before a congressional commission. Jeffrey Johnson, president and CEO of SquirrelWerkz…described them as a “holistic” attempt by the Chinese government to infiltrate information technology, finance, media, and the entertainment industry…
China Wants to Make Rain Over an Area Bigger Than Britain and France…
An artificial rain project costing 1.15 billion yuan ($168 million) has been approved by China’s top economic planning agency for the country’s dry northwestern provinces; the South China Morning Post reported. The project is part of a government program to modify the weather and will take three years. It comes as China’s Meteorological Administration found […]
Highlights From Xi Jinping’s Davos Speech: Attacks Protectionism, Praises Free Trade, No Intention To Devalue Yuan…
In a speech that struck all the right platitudes with this pro-globalization audience, Xi Jinping, the first Chinese president to attend Davos, slammed protectionism, defended globalization and free trade, drawing a line between himself and Donald Trump…and said he has no intent to boost China’s competitiveness through Yuan devaluation…
Alibaba Hopes to Create 1 Million U.S. Jobs…
“We’re focused on small business,” Ma told reporters. “We specifically talked about … supporting 1 million small businesses, especially in the Midwest of America. Small businesses on the platform selling products — agriculture products and America services — to China and Asia, because we’re pretty big in Asia”…
A Well-Kept Open Secret: Washington Is Behind India’s Brutal Demonetization Project…
Obama has declared the strategic partnership with India a priority of his foreign policy. China needs to be reined in…the US government’s development agency USAID has negotiated cooperation agreements with the Indian ministry of finance. One of these has the declared goal to push back the use of cash in favor of digital payments in […]
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