US President-elect Donald Trump has requested that the Supreme Court delay the implementation of a law that would ban TikTok unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sell it to a non-Chinese buyer. The firm has challenged the legislation, arguing that it infringes on the free speech of more than 170 million Americans who use the app,…
NATO will increase its military activities in the Baltic Sea following a string of submarine cable disruptions, the alliance’s chief, Mark Rutte, has said. The secretary general made his statement following a phone call with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Friday. Helsinki has launched an investigation after the Estlink 2 undersea power cable was damaged…
Richard Sanders, Staff Writer The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology received an order from the navy for a domestically developed exploding drone, the state-owned defense technology research group said yesterday. The institute is conducting the final certification tests before delivering Loitering Munition 1 to the navy, institute aeronautics systems research division director Yeh Chia-fan…
Taiwan has received 38 Abrams tanks from the US after a five-year wait, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Supply-chain problems “have proven more effective in keeping advanced American weaponry out of Taiwanese hands” than Beijing’s warnings have, the newspaper noted. China views the self-governing island as a part of its territory. The US…
Richard Sanders, Staff Writer In a statement issued on Tuesday, a Chinese embassy spokesperson in London criticized “anti-China rhetoric from a small number of UK MPs,” claiming it has exposed their distorted views on China. The spokesperson accused them of attempting to “discredit China” and “hinder normal exchanges between China and the UK.” This statement…
by Francis Tuschek, Staff Writer NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte’s comments about China’s intimidation of Taiwan and its desire to alter the global order carry considerable weight, especially as authoritarian regimes intensify their aggressiveness, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) stated yesterday. During a speech at the Carnegie Europe think tank in Brussels on Thursday, Rutte…
Tusi Tala, Staff Writer According to Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape, Bougainville must strengthen its economy to support its independence aspirations. At the PNG Investment Week Conference in Sydney, he highlighted that the region’s internal revenue, which funds its recurrent and development budgets, currently stands at just seven percent and needs to be…
Richard Sanders, Staff Writer In a groundbreaking advancement in aerospace propulsion, Chinese researchers have unveiled the Ram Rotor Detonation Engine (RRDE), a pioneering hybrid engine that promises to revolutionize air travel and military applications. By merging the principles of ramjets and pulse detonation engines (PDEs), this innovative engine is set to enhance efficiency and thrust,…
Richard Sanders, Staff Writer Beijing aims to enforce its domestic laws beyond its borders by prohibiting the sale of certain goods to the US, impacting both Chinese and foreign companies. These new export control regulations mark China’s initial effort to mirror the extraterritorial application of US and European sanctions, targeting Chinese products and those containing…
Francis Tuschek, Staff Writer China is deploying its largest naval fleet in regional waters in nearly thirty years, presenting a more significant threat to Taiwan than previous military exercises, according to the Ministry of National Defense. In a statement in Taipei, ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang indicated that the current naval deployment, which stretches from the…