The Grandson Mao Zedong Refused to Meet: A Family Secret the Party Won’t Explain
A grandfather who never came Mao Zedong was 77 when he learned he had a grandson. He named the boy...
China’s Military Sells Promotions, Beats Recruits, and Cannot Fight a War, Former Insider Reveals
China's military has not fought a major war since 1979. What the world knows of it comes almost entirely...
Stalin’s Sanatorium: How Fifteen Communist Leaders Died on Soviet Soil
Long before the Second World War ended, communist party leaders from Eastern and Northern Europe were...
Black Pepper: The Spice That Moved the World
There was a time when a single grain of black pepper carried the weight of a promise. Not the whispered...
White House Easter Statement Reaffirms Religious Freedom Agenda
On April 5, 2026, Easter Sunday, the White House website published a statement from President Donald Trump reaffirming the United States’ position as a beacon of religious freedom and emphasizing his administration’s policies to protect...
General Dan Caine Says US Forces Remain on Highest Alert in Gulf Region
According to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters, on April 8, U.S. top military commander General Dan Caine issued a stern warning, emphasizing that although the United States and Iran are currently in a...
Iran Claims Strait of Hormuz Closure as White House Rejects Report
On Wednesday, April 8 Iranian state media reported that Iran had decided to close the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel’s continued strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. In response, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt...
Cheng Li-wen Leads KMT Delegation To China Ahead Of Planned ‘Cheng–Xi Meeting’
Kuomintang (KMT) Chairperson Cheng Li-wen led a delegation to China on Tuesday, April 7 and is scheduled to hold a “Cheng–Xi meeting” with Xi Jinping on the 10th. Taiwan’s Premier Cho Jung-tai stated that between...
Bomb Threat Targets Taiwan University Over ‘State Organs’ Screening
Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) was hit by a bomb threat on Tuesday, April 7. The school’s student affairs office email received a threatening message sent from an overseas IP address, claiming that explosives...
How the Iran War Disrupted China’s Oil Supply
The 40-day US and Israeli air campaign against Iran severely disrupted Chinese oil imports. The International Energy Agency reported that crude and oil product flows through the Strait of Hormuz plunged from around 20 million...
Why Japan’s Culture of Cleanliness Traces Back to China’s Tang Dynasty
When I traveled to Taiwan, I noticed how clean everything was. The floors were polished to a mirror shine. I asked someone: why is Taiwan so clean? The answer: they learned it from Japan. Then...
Taiwan’s National Security Bureau’s Report Reveals the Chinese Communist Party’s Methods
In addition to frequent harassment of Taiwan by Chinese military aircrafts, the National Security Bureau has further warned that the Government Service Network (GSN) suffered over 170 million intrusion attempts in the first quarter of...