Written by Lin Yang The United States has imposed a broad immigration ban on members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), blocking them from becoming U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. Experts said the move further raised tensions between the two countries but might not…

Written by John Smith China rebuked the UN experts who raised serious objections over the draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong which undermined the city’s autonomy. China rebuked the United Nations experts who raised serious objections over the draconian national security law imposed…

Written by Jennifer Agiesta Six in 10 debate watchers said former Vice President Joe Biden did the best job in Tuesday’s debate, and just 28% say President Donald Trump did, according a CNN Poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS. In interviews with the same…

Written by Joshua Kucera The Azerbaijani offensive against Armenian forces is its most ambitious since the war between the two sides formally ended in 1994. But what, precisely, is the aim of the operation? Azerbaijani officials haven’t said precisely what their strategic goal is in…

Written by Zak Doffman “The world has been suffering for a long time,” rotating Huawei chairman Guo Ping told employees during a pep talk this week, referring to the lock Google has on the Android ecosystem. And so ended the executive silence on President Trump’s…

Written by Irvin Studin Belarus needs an out. And Asia – of all the continents – is best placed to engineer and negotiate that out. But can it? Does it know how? Does it have the strategic vision, diplomatic confidence and sense of tactical opportunity…

Written by Aaron Blake Democrats wrapped up their 2020 national convention on Thursday, with Joe Biden officially accepting the party’s nomination. Below, some takeaways. 1. Biden’s concerted coronavirus pitch If there was any doubt about what the chief strategy moving forward would be for the…

Written by Tom Mctague “If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian…

Written by Tyler Durden The direct implications of that is that the Dems should re-take the White House by any and all means and under any and all circumstances. That is also a direct appeal to sabotage the US democracy which, as flawed as it…

Written by Ivan Smith Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday the U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on three senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials over the continued human rights abuses targeting minority groups in China’s Xinjiang province. “The United States is…

Written by Sam Darck Thanks to communist China’s increasingly belligerent actions worldwide, Great Britain has finally woken up to the serious Chinese threat and is increasingly standing up to China. In recent weeks, the UK has reversed itself on allowing Huawei into its 5G telecom…

Written by Michael Ford Following a vote on Tuesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the communist government in China declared victory in its enactment of a new security law which essentially ends Hong Kong’s autonomy and basic freedoms for its citizens….

Written by James Murphy The combination of crippling U.S. sanctions and the devastating coronavirus outbreak have caused Iran’s economy to crash, reports say. U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s energy industry have taken the heaviest toll. Iran currently sells less than 200,000 barrels of crude…

Written by Arshad R. Zargar Two days after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in the deadliest border clash between India and China in decades, the two countries showed an eagerness to deescalate the situation on Wednesday. The foreign ministers of the two Asian nations spoke…

Written by Ramy Inocencio The Kim Jong Un regime is threatening to send troops into the demilitarized zone that separates North Korea and South Korea after demolishing the building that served as a diplomatic mission between the rivals. Over the past week, Pyongyang has vented…

Written by Alexsandra Brown North Korea said it was cutting off all communication channels with South Korea Tuesday as it escalated its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their tense border. In response, South Korea’s liberal government,…

Written by Haley Ott London — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the United Kingdom again over the weekend in solidarity with protesters in the United States, but also to demand an end to systemic racism in Britain. The marches came after an…

Written by James Murphy The governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have issued a joint statement condemning the Communist Chinese government’s plan to impose new security measures on Hong Kong. The statement concludes that Hong Kong’s longstanding position as a…

Written by Warren Mass Police in Hong Kong trained water cannons and fired tear gas at protestors on May 24 after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest a proposal announced by China’s National People’s Congress three days earlier, “establishing and improving the…

Written by Stephen Daisley China is a bully and the sooner the West understands that, the sooner we can begin to push back. Beijing has banned beef imports from four Australian abattoirs and slapped tariffs of up to 80 per cent on the country’s barley…

While all European countries have closed their borders due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the population of these countries is under home quarantine, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is evading large-scale restrictive measures to counter coronavirus. The reason for this short-sighted behavior of Alexander Lukashenko lies…

Written by Matthew Lynn An epidemic has been raging across the continent. The economy is in lockdown, and GDP is in freefall. But, hey, just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in the eurozone it now has a financial and currency crisis as…