Tokyo-Seoul tensions flare over radar targeting on high seas
Geostrategy-Direct Japan’s defense ministry ignited a fierce spat with South Korea on Dec. 28 by posting on its official website a 13-minute video showing a South Korean navy ship (more…)
China-U.S.-Canada fight over Huawei escalates, spreads to ‘Five-Eyes’
Geostrategy-Direct The volley of diplomatic salvos continues between China and Canada with the report that the Canadian government has rejected the Chinese foreign minister’s wife’s visa application. The Chinese (more…)
Japan unveils hard evidence of Chinese electronic firms’ spying hardware
Geostrategy-Direct After months of investigating, the Japanese government announced on Dec. 10 a comprehensive ban of any government purchase of products by China’s top two electronics giants Huawei and (more…)
Shock poll shows historic shift in Japan’s public opinion on Northern Territories
Geostrategy-Direct The world’s longest post-war territorial dispute between two major world powers is having a new twist: A new poll found that more than half of Japanese people agree (more…)
German president stuns Chinese hosts with speech condemning Karl Marx
Geostrategy-Direct During his 5-day visit to China, German President Frank-Waller Steinmeier delivered a scathing speech attacking the ideological ancestor of the communist state, prompting an emergency news blackout on (more…)
Another North Korean soldier violates unification diplomacy by defecting to South
Geostrategy-Direct On Nov. 30, a North Korean soldier spoiled South Korean President Moon Jae-In’s peace appeasement campaign toward Pyongyang. The soldier crossed the still heavily-fortified and armed border and (more…)
New Taiwan poll shows pro-China feeling drop to record low after historic election
Geostrategy-Direct Despite a landslide electoral defeat last week of the independence-leaning incumbent Democratic Progressive Party [DPP] by the pro-unification KMT, China is ever more unpopular among Taiwanese voters. A (more…)
U.S. close to enacting unprecedented Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act
Geostrategy-Direct Washington moved one step closer on Nov. 28 to passing landmark legislation that will certainly enrage Beijing and open up a new diplomatic paradigm toward China. The Senate (more…)
U.S. warns Seoul not to sacrifice denuclearization for closer ties with Pyongyang
Geostrategy-Direct In the clearest sign of discomfort and irritation with Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-In’s full-speed-ahead cozying up to North Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued (more…)