Month: March 2026
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Trump Sets Xi Meeting Date After Preparing ‘Major Leverage Package’
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the new date for the “Trump–Xi meeting” on his Truth Social platform, referring to Xi Jinping as “highly respected.” However, an article published in Israel’s largest English-language newspaper noted that Trump “believes it is necessary to first dismantle the Chinese Communist Party’s global support…
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US Plans Kharg Island Assault to Control Iran Oil Exports
As U.S. and Israeli operations against Iran enter their fourth week, the United States is accelerating troop deployments to the Middle East while evaluating a potential seizure of Iran’s oil hub, Kharg Island. Success would give the U.S. control over about 90 percent of Iran’s crude exports and strengthen…
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Iran Rejects Trump’s 15-Point Peace Plan, Demands $1 Trillion Compensation
According to reports from the Associated Press and the New York Post, as the Middle East edges closer to full-scale conflict, a highly anticipated diplomatic effort has once again stalled. On Wednesday, March 25 the Iranian government issued a statement rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “15-Point Plan” aimed…
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US Charges Chinese, American Citizens Over Illegal AI Chip Exports to China
On Wednesday, March 25 the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Chinese citizen and two U.S. citizens have been charged with conspiring to illegally export controlled artificial intelligence (AI) technology and chip equipment to China, involving hundreds of millions of dollars. All three have now been indicted, with one…
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Zhuhai Killing Case: Official Report Questioned After Online Claims of Multiple Victims
Authorities in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, said a 26-year-old man surnamed Chen carried out a robbery on March 20 in Hengqin, leaving one person dead and another injured. The police statement, issued on March 22, did not mention any connection to Macau University of Science and Technology.
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Xi Jinping Takes Down Wang Qishan’s Last Loyal Aide
All four of the former anti-corruption chief's personal secretaries have now been purged
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Deng Xiaoping’s 18-Day Vietnam War and Why China Avoids Military Conflict Over Iran
In February 1979, Chinese troops crossed into northern Vietnam. Eighteen days later, Beijing declared its objectives met and began withdrawing. The speed of that campaign has never been seen as accidental. Deng Xiaoping had just returned from the United States when the war began. Officially, it was described as…
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Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Widens as Reports Claim Five More Retired Generals Detained
Only a handful of full generals appeared in Beijing this March. At China’s annual legislative meetings in 2026, six senior officers were reportedly in attendance. Of those, four were still on active duty. A year earlier, the number of active and retired generals present had been around 40. The drop…
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Cultural Revolution: Red Guards Destroy Confucius Temple and Tombs in Qufu, Led by Tan Houlan
The statue of Confucius stood for centuries in the main hall of his temple in Qufu. It was pulled down, defaced, and broken apart in a matter of hours. In November 1966, more than 200 Red Guards arrived in this small city in Shandong province, long known as the…
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The Marines and the 82nd Airborne Are Not Going to Kharg Island
The force assembling in the Middle East this week is configured for a counterproliferation ground operation, not an oil terminal seizure.
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‘Unbroken’ Premieres in NYC, Highlighting Shen Yun’s 20-Year Legacy of Resilience
Documentary traces how the New York-based Shen Yun grew into a global phenomenon dedicated to reviving traditional culture and presenting a unique vision of “China before communism”
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Scholar Warns CCP Influence Threatens Taiwan’s Hard-Won Freedom
The political involvement of Mainland Chinese spouses in Taiwan continues to spark various issues. Following the controversy over People’s Party legislator Li Zhenxiu, a Mainland spouse, due to dual nationality, recently Xu Chunying, a Mainland spouse and chairwoman of the New Residents Development Association, was accused of long-term reporting…