POLITICS
Taiwan's Executive Yuan originally proposed a US$39.6 billion (NT$1.25 trillion) special defense budget, but in May the Legislative Yuan reduced it to US$24.7 billion (NT$780 billion). The approved package did not include funding for the commercial procurement or commissioned production of unmanned systems, CNA reported. To continue developing Taiwan's uncrewed
Hu Chunhua Poised for Politburo Entry as CCP Power Reshuffle Looms
By Li Jingyao Recent online chatter suggests that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may convene the...
CCP Aircraft Carrier Fujian Transits Taiwan Strait as Military Pressure Intensifies
On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the Chinese Communist Party’s aircraft carrier Fujian transited the Taiwan Strait...
Trump Signs Executive Order Designating Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction
By Gao Yun U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order formally designating fentanyl...
Zelensky Warns of More US Sanctions if Russia Rejects Ukraine Peace Plan
By Gao Yun On Tuesday, Dec. 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that if Russia rejects...
How the CCP Leveraged Strategic Diplomacy to Counter the Soviet Union
By Fu Longshan In 1951, the United States orchestrated the signing of the "Treaty of San Francisco...
Ma Xingrui Absent From CCP Mourning Protocol as Hu Jintao Resurfaces
By Li Jingyao Former Chinese finance minister Wang Binggan passed away in Guangzhou on Dec. 8 at the...
Rumors Swirl Over Possible Fifth Plenum as Hu Chunhua, Zhang Shengmin Tipped for Politburo
By Li Jingyao Speculation surrounding the political fate of former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui...
Xinjiang Whistleblower Who Filmed CCP Detention Camps Faces US Deportation
By Li Muzi Guan Heng, a Chinese national from Henan province who once risked his life to film detention...
China’s Youngest General Chang Dingqiu Reportedly Dies While in Detention
By Li Deyan Multiple reports swirling across China claim that General Chang Dingqiu, commander of...