Japan: Must Counter China With ‘Overall National Strength’ | China in Focus
Japan’s new defense report delivers a blunt warning: Meeting China’s growing military challenge will require the nation’s “overall national strength.” No nation will be...
Top Generals’ Rare Collective Absence From CCP Military’s Annual Banquet Shows Impact of Xi’s Purge
The collective absence of members of the Central Military Commission (CMC)—the top defense command and decision-making body of the Chinese regime’s military—at the 99th...
Why China’s military is laser-focused on ‘disruptive’ technologies
Having marked its 99th anniversary on August 1, the People’s Liberation Army is now just a year away from its centenary goals, with its...
Rand Paul Releases Fauci Contempt Resolution Ahead of Senate Vote
A resolution the Senate is scheduled to vote on this week states that Dr. Anthony Fauci’s repeated invocation of the Fifth Amendment right against...
How ‘evil’ was the British Empire? Centuries of theft and destruction
A viral clip renews the headlined question for me. Jameela Jamil, a British actress of Pakistani and Indian descent, caused a public row in...
House Ethics Panel Recommends Censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards Over Conduct With 2 Female Aides
The House Ethics Committee recommended Monday that the full House censure Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.), after finding he engaged in routine unprofessional and inappropriate...
Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on How Corporations Use AI Surveillance to Set and Charge Consumers Higher Prices
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism holds an open hearing, “Your Data, Their Profit: The Consumer Cost of AI Surveillance Pricing,”...
China Using Financial Leverage to Expand Pacific Influence, Analysts Warn
The Chinese regime continues to weaponize its debt-trap diplomacy to displace Western influence and assert dominance in the Pacific, even though its new loan...
Hacktivists Claim Defacement of China’s Naval Aviation School Websites
Hacktivists using the Anonymous64 account claimed responsibility for defacing websites serving two Chinese high school naval aviation programs, displaying pages filled with messages criticizing...