Foreign Minister Heiko Maas of Germany is hoping that China will be brought into the global dialogue on nuclear disarmament. He also wants stronger regulations to control the use of autonomous weapons. Nuclear threat With China having a free hand over nuclear weapons, Maas believes that Western nations need to increase pressure on Beijing to ...
Germany’s defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, has warned Russia that it is at risk of China’s medium-range missiles. Her comments come on the backdrop of America and Russia pulling out from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The problem with the INF treaty The INF treaty was signed by the U.S. and the Soviet ...
At the 55th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei last November, the winner of the best documentary called for the independence of Taiwan on live TV. Three months later, public polls suggest that the Taiwanese have no desire to unify with China despite consistent threats from Beijing. Taiwan and independence The demand for Taiwan’s independence was made ...
Germany has officially extended the ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia for a period of two weeks. The ban was put in place in November last year following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in which Saudi Arabia was said to have been complicit. Banning arms sales The ban was initially set to expire ...
The Taiwan president, Tsai Ing-wen, has stated that there is no chance of her country entering into any peace deal with China unless Beijing commits to not using force against the island nation. Presidential elections are set for 2020. Taiwan president turns down China’s peace deal “There would be no so-called negotiation on equal footing ...
A 20-year-old Chinese student, Zhao Qianli, was sentenced to prison recently for taking pictures of a U.S. naval base in Florida. Zhao’s sentencing has raked up the issue of Chinese student espionage yet again. Arrest and sentencing of Chinese student As per court documents, Zhao had entered the naval base’s Joint Interagency Task Force South ...
Looking at the massive military buildup done by China in the South China Sea region, U.S. Republican Senator James Inhofe voiced his opinion that the Asian nation was preparing for World War III. The Chinese recently completed the construction of a new maritime hub in one of the artificial islands in the South China Sea. ...
The Director of National Intelligence, Daniel Coats, recently unveiled the U.S. National Intelligence Strategy that identifies China and Russia as the major threats to America. This is the first intelligence strategy released since 2014. The threats China’s growing technological prowess was the highlight of the report. The report states that China has been able to ...
The current trade conflict between China and the U.S. has made the financial markets nervous and infused uncertainty among investors and governments worldwide. But there are two issues that pose a much bigger threat than trade over the long term — tensions in the South China Sea region and the fight for influence in Africa. ...
In early January 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping remarked that his country would not shy away from using military force to annex Taiwan. As China threatens Taiwan, what will the U.S. do? The comment was followed by widespread condemnation by several U.S. politicians who reasserted their support for Taiwan’s democracy. It also raises an important ...
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