Geostrategy-Direct The Chinese government-controlled electronics giants Huawei and ZTE are to be banned in Russia, according to an Aug. 20 report by the Russian news organization the Kommersant, citing government (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Lt. Gen. Yang Hui of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has been arrested by the PLA’s internal security forces for “suspicion of violation of military disciplines,” the Hong (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct When it comes to monitoring and controlling social media and the Internet, no government is as successful as the communist government in Beijing. Now China is lending its (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, will soon set up a Taipei office to enhance bilateral cooperation, a major step by the U.S. government to elevate government-to-government (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct One year after a tense and prolonged armed standoff in the Indian-Chinese border region known as Doklam, Chinese troops disguised as shepherds sneaked into the Indian controlled territory (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The South Korean customs authorities released a report on Aug. 10 charging several South Korean companies with conducting illegal coal trade with North Korea. The government report said (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The smallest nation in Asia has succumbed to pressure from the largest nation in Asia by kicking out its closest neighbor’s military personnel unceremoniously. Last week, the Maldives (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China-Russia relations suffered yet another blow recently when Russia resolutely rejected a Chinese request to inspect and provide technical certification for a powerful rocket engine that the Chinese (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Within days, Japan’s defense minister is reportedly to embark on an important trip to India, to seal a landmark agreement with New Delhi to hold a first-ever military (more…)
