China’s giant oil rig on the move again as Vietnam watches closely
China’s largest and most advanced deep-sea drilling oil rig that ignited a prolonged maritime and naval clash for months last year between China and Vietnam is on the move (more…)
Sanctions stress spurs Putin trip to India seeking expanded deals
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Dec. 10 in hopes of securing big-ticket deals. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Castro is awarded dubious honor: China’s Confucius Peace Prize
Cuba’s long time dictator Fidel Castro, 88, has just been named the winner of China’s Confucius Peace Prize. The prize is China’s response to the Norway Nobel Peace Prize (more…)
Israeli cyber security firm finds glaring security flaws in Alibaba
Millions of worldwide customers that use the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba are subject to online security risks due to the web portal’s security holes. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
British to establish permanent base near U.S. Fifth Fleet’s in Bahrain
Great Britain recently announced that it would re-establish a permanent military base in the Middle East. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
China comes to Kurds’ aid with affordable weapons to fight ISIS
The Iraqi Kurds, the only effective “boots on the ground,” in an epic fight against the Islamic extremist Islamic State for Iraq and Levant (ISIL), are being supplied from (more…)
Moscow-Pyongyang-Seoul transshipping route gets its first test run
The awkward arrangement of transporting Russian coal through the extended trans-Siberian railway into North Korea and then loading it onto a Chinese barge to transship to South Korea got (more…)
Putin’s ‘strategic’ deal with Turkey’s Erdogan could weaken NATO
Beleaguered Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkey on Dec. 1 for a carefully planned and hyped state visit. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
In first, China’s military opens procurement to private sector
China’s communist government has monopolized the defense industry since its inception in 1949. However, that may be changing due to innate problems of state monopoly. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)