A report published on Monday by Bloomberg, citing the Russian Finance Ministry, found that Moscow generated over double the amount of revenue in April 2024 from oil sales and taxes compared to April 2023.
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Despite losses in the first quarter of 2024, General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra says the Detroit-based automaker is "committed to China" with plans to go all-in with Electric Vehicles.
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NASA administrator Bill Nelson said recently that it is important for the United States to return to the moon before China stakes its claim.
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An Australian Navy helicopter pilot was forced to take evasive action after a Chinese military fighter jet detonated flares close to his aircraft's course as it was operating in international waters near South Korea.
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A Chinese/European joint X-ray telescope mission is allowing humans to see the universe in widescreen β like a lobster.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived on Sunday in France for a state visit with Emmanuel Macron and talks with EU leadership.
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The death toll from a collapsed mountainside highway in China's southern Guangdong province has risen to 48 as of Thursday.
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Chinaβs state-linked electronics giant Huawei has reportedly been βsecretly funding cutting-edge research at American universitiesβ through a Washington-based nonprofit called the Optica Foundation.
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Experts, including one of the world's top researchers on the Uyghur genocide and a senior official in the Department of Labor, told Congress this week that legitimate audits to inspect for slave conditions and other forced labor in China, especially in the occupied Uyghur region, are "impossible."
The post βThe Only Ethical Response Is Divestmentβ: Experts Tell Congress Auditing for Slavery in Chinese Factories Impossible appeared first on Breitbart.
Diana Mondino, the foreign minister of Argentina, concluded her first trip to China on Wednesday representing the libertarian government of President Javier Milei, declaring that Buenos Aires retains a "friendly" policy towards Beijing despite Milei's campaign promises to distance his country from the Communist Party.
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Immigrants "are what makes us strong," Joe Biden told a May 1 fundraiser for pro-migration groups in Washington, D.C.Β
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Prapaporn Choeiwadkoh, a 45-year-old politician from the Sukhothai province of Thailand, was suspended by the Thai Democrat Party this week after her 64-year-old husband caught her in bed with the coupleβs 24-year-old adopted son Phra Maha, a Buddhist monk. The scandal has become a social media sensation across Southeast Asia, especially in China, where developments in the case are followed as closely as any soap opera.
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The Taliban junta is putting some effort into reviving tourism in Afghanistan, and "adventure tourism" companies say it is working.
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A majority of Americans see China's popular TikTok app as a Chinese tool meant to influence and shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Former President Donald Trump vowed to end President Joe Biden's electric vehicle (EV) mandate, which he says would "kill" Michigan's economy and benefit China, if elected while speaking in Freeland, MI, on Wednesday night.
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China's TikTok appears to be probing ways to avoid paying Apple's 30 percent commission on digital purchases made through its iOS app.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Tuesday that representatives from the two main Palestinian factions, the terrorist organization Hamas and Fatah, made progress at recent βunity talksβ held in Beijing.
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Indian media expressed surprise and anger this week when Tesla CEO Elon Musk canceled a planned trip to India and made a surprise visit to China instead.
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Shares of Elon Musk's Tesla went up 15 percent on Monday after the electric carmaker reached a key milestone to roll out its advanced driver-assistance technologyΒ Full Self Driving (FSD) in China.
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TikTok's claim that it was walling off U.S. user data from its parent company, Chinese tech giant ByteDance, only applied to the "front door" while the app left the back door wide open, according to former employees.
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The governments of China and Hungary confirmed on Monday that genocidal dictator Xi Jinping will visit Budapest between May 8 and May 10 as part of a wider European tour beginning with stops in France and Serbia.
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Elon Musk paid a surprise visit to China to secure Chinese government approval for the automatic driving features of his Teslas.
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The Biden administration is letting yet another factory languish that was meant to provide America with critical medical supplies instead of relying on China in the event of another national emergency.
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Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) said on this week's broadcast of "Fox News Sunday" that the United States needs to focus on the threat of China not aid to Ukraine.
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During a portion of an interview with CNN National Security Correspondent Kylie Atwood on Friday that was aired on Fridayβs broadcast of βCNN News Central,β Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that βwe have seen, generally speaking, evidence of attempts
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, reportedly receiving stern warnings to "seek common ground" with his violent regime and avoid "vicious competition."
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Iranian President Raisi visited Sri Lanka to launch a hydropower project, and a Russian company has taken over China's white-elephant airport.
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U.S. forces were expelled from both Niger and Chad this week, dealing a serious blow to the Biden administrationβs diplomacy and counter-terrorism policies in Africa.
The post Biden Diplomacy: Chad, Niger Kick American Soldiers Out appeared first on Breitbart.
Chinese tech giant ByteDance reportedly wants TikTok to shutdown in the United States if its legal fight against the recently passed ban-or-sell legislation fails.
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Do you drive a China-made electric vehicle (EV)? If the answer is "no" then Beijing would like to think one day you will have little choice but to answer "yes."
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China's TikTok says it plans to file a lawsuit against the U.S. ban-or-sell legislation that President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday. The Chinese company, controlled by a hostile foreign country, ironically told Americans that it will "fight" for their "rights," adding, "the Constitution is on our side."
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with low-level Chinese Communist Party officials, students, and businessmen in Shanghai on Thursday, promoting an "expansion of exchanges" with the rogue state in several fields.
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An Arkansas mother is suing China's popular TikTok app following the death of her son, saying he "would be alive today had he not seen those videos" on the Chinese social media platform.
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A report published by cybersecurity firm Mandiant last week claimed that a gang of hackers linked to the Russian government has attacked water utility companies around the world, including a treatment plant in the northern Texas town of Muleshoe.
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China's TikTok is reportedly exploring its options to see if it can escape the sell-or-ban legislation that the U.S. Senate passed on Tuesday night, sending the bill to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature.Β
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday afternoon for meetings with senior officials, receiving no significant honors upon his landing and preceded by loud warnings from the Foreign Ministry to avoid challenging the Communist Party on its belligerent policies.
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President Joe BidenΒ signed into law WednesdayΒ a $95 billion war aid measureΒ that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that also includes a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in U.S.
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The big driver of General Motors' great earnings report has been the Detroit automaker's decision to focus on selling the gas-powered vehicles their customers want to drive instead of the electric vehicles the Green New Deal activists think they should be driving.
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An Israeli parliamentary delegation visited Taiwan last week, led by Boaz Toporovsky, a sitting member of the Israeli Knesset and chairman of the Taiwan-Israel Friendship Group.
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A report published from watchdog group 38 North suggests U.S. animation companies may have unwittingly used work from North Korea.
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A new report by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has validated a key claim in Peter Schweizerβs latest book,Β Blood Money.
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A Chinese tourist died after tumbling into an active volcano in Indonesia while trying to get a photo of the crater's mouth.
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Syrian dictator Bashar Assad claims his regime has meetings βfrom time to timeβ with officials from the Biden administration.
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Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses were arrested.
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Floods ravaging the southern province of Guangdong, China, killed four people, and ten more are missing, Chinese state media reported Monday.
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Two men, including one who was reported to be a parliamentary researcher, were charged with spying for China.
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The legislation that would ban China's TikTok app in the United States unless its parent company, Chinese tech giant ByteDance, sells it could become law within days.
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China is expanding its territory on a small island in the Caribbean considered to be in the βbackyardβ of the United States, according to leaked documents. The island of Antigua, which is roughly 220 miles from the U.S. Virgin Islands,
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China has reportedly ordered Apple to remove WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, among other popular messaging apps, from itsΒ iPhone app store in order to comply with the Chinese Communist Party's censorship demand.
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FBI director Chris Wray said at a security conference on Thursday that Chinaβs legion of state-sponsored hackers βconsiders every sector that makes our society run as fair game in its bid to dominate on the world stage.βΒ
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Former TikTok employees say the Chinese app's effort to isolate U.S. user data from China β a hostile foreign country run by a communist regime β is ineffective, calling the initiative "largely cosmetic."
The post Insiders: TikTok Initiative to Isolate U.S. User Data from Chinese Government βLargely Cosmeticβ appeared first on Breitbart.
Chinaβs state-owned oil company CNPC, the China National Petroleum Corporation, has signed a $400 million deal with the military junta that controls Niger, providing a much-needed infusion of cash after the coup damaged relations with Nigerβs previous big oil customers, the United States and France.
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Peter Schweizer, the author of Blood Money:Β Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans,Β dismissed President Joe Biden's plan to call for raising tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum during a campaign speech to American steelworkers in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
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The Chinese Communist Party is secretly lobbying the U.S. Congress regarding TikTok, according to Capitol Hill staffers familiar with the situation.
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Chinaβs latest medical scandal involves a woman who spent a fortune on cosmetic breast augmentation, only to discover her implants contained βfillerβ tissue from camels, bats, and chimpanzees.Β
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held calls with the top diplomats of Iran and Saudi Arabia on TuesdayΒ in which he expressed support for Iran's unprecedented bombing on Israel on Saturday and the Muslim world's opposition to Israel generally.
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The investigation by the Select Committee on The CCPβs Role in the Fentanyl Crisis reveals that the CCP subsidizes PRC companies producing fentanyl precursor chemicals for export, thus knowingly exacerbating the US drug crisis.
In his State of the Union Address on March 7, 2024, President Biden acknowledged Fentanyl as one of the most significant threats confronting the United States. Β The presidentβs assertion aligns with the Department of Homeland Securityβs (DHS) Annual Threat Assessment for 2024, which identifies fentanyl as the second-largest threat, following terrorism. The report also states that DHS expects βillegal drugs produced in Mexico and sold in the United States will continue to kill more Americans than any other threat.β
According to a DHS Fact Sheet regarding the State of the Union Address, the fentanyl crisis βoriginates with China-based entities that manufacture and distribute the chemicals used to produce the fentanyl fueling American overdose deaths.β The CCP manufactures 98% of the global supply of precursor chemicals used to produce fentanyl. The select committee not only uncovered CCP subsidies for fentanyl but also for numerous other synthetic and illicit drugs.
The DHS Fact Sheet provides additional details, stating that βDHS participated in the development of a new Counternarcotics Working Group with China to disrupt the manufacture and flow of illicit synthetic drugs.β Given the emerging evidence of CCPβs direct involvement in the fentanyl crisis, this initiative appears ironic and likely ineffective in halting its spread.
In 2023, the US House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act, which amends the Fentanyl Sanctions Act. The latter calls for sanctions against Chinese entities as βforeign opioid traffickersβ if they produce, sell, finance, or transport synthetic opioids or precursors.β It is evident that numerous government agencies, along with Congress and the White House, recognize fentanyl as one of the most pressing issues facing the US, responsible for the most American fatalities. They all acknowledge China as the source. Despite this consensus, the president continues to pursue efforts to βwork withβ Beijing rather than directly holding the CCP accountable.
US law enforcement entities have reported informing their Chinese government contacts about the companies manufacturing and exporting fentanyl, yet the CCP has not taken any action. The Bill specifies that Chinese entities could face sanctions if they βfail to take credible steps to prevent opioid trafficking, including through cooperation with U.S. counternarcotics efforts and know-your-customer procedures.β It appears that the CCP is now subject to sanctions, given its lack of cooperation with US law enforcement and failure to halt the fentanyl flow.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a warning in 2017-2018 through a report titled βTACKLING FENTANYL: THE CHINA CONNECTION,β identifying China as the source of the fentanyl crisis. However, to date, the White House has not held the CCP accountable.
The CCP denies any knowledge of or culpability in the problem. Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the PRC embassy in Washington D.C., stated in an email, βIt is very clear that there is no fentanyl problem in China, and the fentanyl crisis in the United States is not caused by the Chinese side, and blindly blaming China cannot solve the U.S. own problem.β These are not the words of a government willing to cooperate. It is astounding that this statement came from an official CCP source, just weeks after the Presidentβs State of the Union Address where he claimed his administration was working closely with the CCP on this issue.
The PRC Embassyβs statement underscores the folly of the Biden administrationβs continued belief that they can work with the CCP to stop fentanyl and to fix a number of other global issues caused by the CCP, everything from China trade cheating to threats against Taiwan and the Philippines, to Beijingβs support of Russia in Ukraine, and ongoing support for Iran and the legitimization of Hamas. Given the CCPβs active involvement in these activities, itβs evident that Xi Jinping is aware of and likely orchestrating them, suggesting they wonβt simply stop.
The CCP: An Enemy, Not a Competitor or Partner
The US Intelligence Community (IC), in its Annual Threat Assessment, and the Department of Defense (DoD) in its China Military Power report, both identify China as the primary threat to the US. Both reports from the IC and DoD elaborate on how the CCPβs strategy involves a whole-of-government approach known as Military Civil Fusion (MCF), which utilizes for-profit private entities across various industries and fields to further the stateβs policy objectives. Evidently, this strategy extends to the chemical industry, which is being exploited to harm Americans and undermine American society through the distribution of deadly and illicit drugs.
Given that US intelligence and defense authorities are unequivocal about the CCPβs intent to supplant the United States, it is illogical to believe that the two countries can cooperate or that the CCP will take steps to improve Americaβs position.
The manufacture and distribution of chemicals in China is regarded as a sensitive domain, tightly regulated by the CCP, requiring permits and government approval for manufacturing or exporting. This implies that the CCP was aware of the production and export of fentanyl precursor chemicals. Now that the Select Committee has uncovered not only the CCPβs awareness but also its subsidization of the manufacture and export of fentanyl precursors, it becomes evident that the CCP is endorsing this activity and actively contributing to the deaths of Americans. With two hundred Americans dying of fentanyl overdoses every day, the CCP is killing as many Americans as the 9/11 terrorists, every two weeks.
Up to this point, the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023 has only cleared the House and has not been signed into law. Should it become law, it appears that the entire CCP would be deemed in violation. Regrettably, although the media, the public, and some congressional representatives express outrage over the recent revelations, it seems improbable that the Biden administration will undertake meaningful action against the CCP.
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On Tuesdayβs broadcast of CNBCβs βLast Call,β Select Committee on the CCP Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) discussed a report by the committee on Chinaβs role in the fentanyl crisis and stated that the Chinese government subsidizes exports of illicit fentanyl
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Under President Joe Biden, the number of Chinese nationals crossing the nation's borders has increased by more than 37,000 percent in just three years, new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data reveals.
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The Daily Caller on Thursday published a report that found Chinese military companies have spent over $24 million on lobbying the U.S. government since 2020.Β
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Much like when Californiaβs far-left Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) made a politically useful visit to China in October, Chinese state media on Sunday fawned over visiting San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D).
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Iranβs state-controlled PressTV on Monday quoted officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who claimed they launched βhypersonic missilesβ at Israel on Saturday night and that the fast-moving weapons were able to evade Israel, the U.S., and all of their allies to strike their targets in Israel.
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Former TikTok employees reportedly say the app has worked closely with its parent company, Chinese technology giantΒ ByteDance, despite claiming otherwise.
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The communist government of China demanded Israel "exercise calm and restraint" on Sunday following an unprecedented attack featuring over 300 drones and missiles on the Israeli homeland on Iran.
The post China: Iranβs 300 Missile and Drone Barrage on Israel βRestrained,β Israel Should Not Respond appeared first on Breitbart.
Elon Musk's Tesla has announced a significant reduction in its global workforce, with layoffs affecting more than 10 percent of its employees.
The post Elonβs Pink Slips: Tesla Announces Layoffs of Over 10% of Global Workforce amid Growth Slowdown appeared first on Breitbart.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China for a visit focused on mending economic and political relationship between Beijing and Berlin.
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On April 12th, Iranβs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized an Israeli ship near the Strait of Hormuz. While this represents one of the most overt and direct attacks by the IRGC against Israel, it underscores the broader support and training provided by the IRGC to groups like the
Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other militias and terrorist organizations. This support contributes to the destabilization of the Middle East and poses a threat to both Israeli and U.S. interests in the region.
Established during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stands as a formidable military force in Iran, operating directly under the authority of the Supreme Leader, presently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Guided by an ideology vehemently opposed to Western influence, particularly directed towards the United States and Israel, the IRGC is renowned for its fervent slogans such as βDeath to Americaβ and βDeath to Israel,β emblematic of its hostility towards these nations.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is known for its support of various militias and terrorist groups across the region. Notably, it provides assistance to Hamas in Gaza, furnishing weapons, financial aid, and training to bolster the groupβs military capabilities.
Additionally, the IRGC backs Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip, Kataβib Hezbollah, and Asaβib Ahl al-Haq in Iraq, as well as Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthis are now active in disrupting shipping in the Red Sea.
The IRGC has been designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, including the United States. This designation is significant because the IRGC is an official government entity in Iran, making it one of the few state-backed actors to be labeled as a terrorist organization.
This raises legal questions regarding whether the Iranian governmentβs support for the IRGC constitutes aid to terrorist organizations, which is prohibited under international convention.
Most Americans have never forgotten nor forgiven the 1979 Islamic Revolutionβs seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the subsequent hostage debacle, which went on for more than one year. Over the past decade or so, Iran-backed militias have indeed been involved in conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, where U.S. soldiers have faced combat, encountered security threats, or lost their lives.
These militias have often been supported, trained, and equipped by the Iranian government or its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), contributing to instability and violence in these countries.
In response to Iranβs aggression, the US and its allies have launched repeated strikes against Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Apart from supporting Israel, the US also backs numerous local partners, including the Yazidis, Kurds, Sunni Arab Tribes, Turkmen, Arab Tribal Militias, and Chaldean Christians. Consequently, it could be argued that both the US and Israel have been engaged in a proxy war with Iran for some time.
Retaliating against Iranβs proxies has done little to curb Iranβs aggressive actions. Since October 7th, there have been repeated clashes between American and allied troops against targets in Syria and Iraq, yet Iranβs aggression persists. Despite US and UK bombings in Yemen, Houthi attacks on ships persist.
At this moment, not only are Hezbollah and Hamas attacking Israel, and the Houthis attacking everyone elseβs ships, but it also seems that Iran is threatening direct attacks on Israel. President Biden has warned Iran that the US is committed to defending Israel.
After years of limited engagement, Israelβs strategy now appears to aim for the complete elimination of Hamas, while also showing readiness to confront Hezbollah directly in Lebanon.
The proxy model has proven costly for the US, both in terms of lives and finances, yielding no tangible gains, not even peace. Furthermore, China and Russia leverage US failures in the Middle East to caution Taiwan, the Philippines, Ukraine, and Japan about the unreliability of the US as a partner.
Israelβs new strategy of directly and unequivocally destroying the bad guys is the one that no leader has dared try up until now. But it makes the most sense. And it would seem that the most logical step would be to cut the head off the snake, in a direct conflict with Iran.
Those who oppose a direct conflict with Iran often say that it would trigger a world war. But the reality is, there are only three major armies in the world capable of waging war overseas: the US, Russia, and China.
And it would not be in either Russia or Chinaβs interests to go to war with the US over Iran. If they wanted a war with the US, there are a million other pretexts they could have come up with, but neither country has a mutual defense agreement with Iran.
If the US and Iran went to war, Russia and China would condemn the US actions. They would bring a resolution to the UN Security Council, and the US would veto it. A war would destabilize the Iranian government, nullifying its ability to support terrorist groups.
At the same time, Iranβs support for China with cheap oil, and Iranβs support for Russia with cheap drones, would also evaporate, bringing an end to the Ukraine War much closer.
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British authorities accused China of flooding the country with fake postage stamps, a form of industrial sabotage and "economic warfare".
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Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gave an interview to Chinaβs state-run Global Times on Friday in which the erratic leader trashed the United States as βantagonistic and hostileβ and advised his successor, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., to adopt a more conciliatory posture toward China.
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President Joe Biden held a summit with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.
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Chinese cheap goods e-marketplace Temu "encouraged" suppliers to use Chinese cotton in their products despite the vast majority of that cotton being produced in occupied East Turkistan, the technology news site The Information alleged in a report published on Thursday, apparently disregarding the risk of using materials tainted by slave labor.
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The bloodiest man in the history of "the most deadly idea ever conceived in the history of the world," communist mass murderer Mao Zedong, "embraced evil in all respects" β and successor Xi Jinping is faithfully following in his footsteps, acclaimed scholar Steven W. Mosher affirms in his new book,Β The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi.
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Justice for All, a human rights group based in Chicago, called for a boycott of Chinese online retail giant Shein to coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday.
The post Muslim Group Calls to Boycott Chinaβs Shein on Eid Holiday over Uyghur Slavery appeared first on Breitbart.
Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, known for his car dealerships across Ohio, stopped selling vehicles made in China by General Motors (GM) after the automaker decided to shutter plants in the Rust Belt while expanding production overseas.
The post GOP Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno Halted Sales of China-Made Cars as GM Closed Ohio, Michigan Plants appeared first on Breitbart.
China on Thursday announced sanctions on two major American defense companies over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.
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Experts, including two former diplomats representing America at the United Nations, warned Congress in a hearing on Wednesday that China is amassing power within the U.N. structure to "blunt criticism, shut out and stigmatize Taiwan, plug its Belt and Road Initiative, and dilute norms that might be used to hold it accountable."
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The latest oil price-tracking data suggests Russian crude oil is selling far above price caps imposed by the G7 nations in 2022.
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