Month: March 2026
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Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te Marks 30 Years of Direct Presidential Elections, Vows to Resist The CCP
Lai announces 1.25 trillion NT defense budget and AI-integrated military systems
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Expensive Everyday Products You Don’t Need: Affordable Alternatives That Work Just as Well
Many everyday products come with a wide range of prices. Sometimes the difference between a premium item and a budget alternative can be tenfold—or even more. Yet in many cases, the underlying ingredients or functions are nearly identical. The price gap often reflects branding, packaging design, and marketing rather than…
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Disgraced Former Foreign Minister Qin Gang Reappears Amid Xi’s Military Purges
On March 8, 2026, while delegates to China’s annual Two Sessions, the concurrent sessions of the National People’s Congress, the Party’s rubber-stamp legislature, and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the Party’s advisory body, were gathered in Beijing, Ming Pao, a Hong Kong Chinese-language daily with strong mainland reporting contacts,…
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A Calculated Death: How the CCP Used Song Ping’s Final Moment to Close the Succession Era
The death of 109-year-old former Politburo Standing Committee member Song Ping was announced as the Party's annual sessions opened, and almost nothing about that timing was accidental.
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China Boosts Defense Spending at 2026 ‘Two Sessions’ as Military Priorities Grow
Military budget rises faster than economic growth despite fiscal pressures
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Beijing Expands Fiscal Stimulus, Tries to Address Growing Debt as China’s Private Demand Weakens
Government steps in as “investor of last resort” amid sluggish consumption and investment
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New Polls Show Taiwan Strongly Favors US Alliance Over Beijing
Should Taiwanese people align with the U.S. or China? If the U.S. military does not defend Taiwan, would the public be willing to resist a Communist Chinese invasion? Two recent public opinion surveys reveal the choices of the Taiwanese people. A poll by the TVBS Poll Center shows that…
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Iran Threatens Gulf Ports Amid Escalating US-Israel Conflict
On Saturday, March 14, the U.S.-Israel war against Iran entered its third week. As the conflict expands, Iran has threatened to block the world’s energy lifeline, the Strait of Hormuz, while U.S. President Donald Trump has called for multiple countries to send naval vessels for escort operations, vowing to…
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From Iran to Cuba: Anti‑US Alliances Built by the CCP Are ‘Collapsing,’ Wang Hao
According to Liberty Times, writer Wang Hao recently posted on Facebook saying that from Iran in the Middle East to Cuba in Latin America, the long‑standing “anti‑American dictatorship bloc” cultivated over many years by the Chinese Communist Party is rapidly collapsing, and that the Trump administration has shown through…
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US Seeks to Cut Iran’s Oil Exports, Gain Strategic Leverage in Middle East
According to the Washington Post, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday evening, March 13 that the United States had carried out an airstrike on Iran’s most important oil terminal — Kharg Island. Located about 15 miles from the Iranian mainland, Kharg Island is the core of Iran’s oil…
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Cuba Announces Talks with US, Sparking Online Debate in China
Cuban leaders announced in a press conference that talks with the United States are underway. After the news reached mainland China, it sparked heated discussion among netizens. Some commented bluntly: “Cuba’s ‘sun’ is about to set” and “Where there are protests, there is hope.” On March 13, Cuban President…
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Trump Says US Bombed Iran’s Kharg Island Military Targets, Warns Oil Facilities Could Be Next
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military had carried out heavy bombing of military targets on Iran’s oil export hub, Kharg Island, and warned that the island’s oil infrastructure could also be targeted if tensions escalate. According to AFP and Reuters, Trump wrote on his social media platform…