America’s Weaponization of Space Continues Whilst NASA Sees Budget Cuts
Story at a glance… NASA is seeing flagship missions stall from lack of funding at the same time the…
Tag: China
Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing
Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…
Shanghai Gold Exchange to Set Up Warehouses for International Deliveries and Favored Pricing in RMB
In major eastern financial news, the Shanghai Gold Exchange could soon be delivering specific products to overseas partner warehouses…
Chinese Scientists Successfully Test Non-Nuclear Hydrogen Bomb
According to results published in a Chinese military-science journal last month, chemists have detonated a non-nuclear hydrogen-based bomb that…
What Is “Geological Heritage” and How Do These UNESCO Sites Promote it?
At the recent conclusion of a meeting of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, 16 new sites from North Korea…
04/09 End of the Empire: Economic Madness Descends on Washington
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
Trump Doubles Down on Biden-Era Policy of Missiles in the Philippines
In his first major trip to Asia since taking the role as civilian leader of the US military, Sect.…
China Believes it’s Found World’s Two Largest Gold Deposits Totaling 2,000 Tonnes—Right Within its Own Borders
Geologists in China have now reported that they have identified two new large gold deposits inside the country that,…
Chinese 6th Generation Fighters Hint that the US Has Fallen Behind a Competitor for the First Time
It was December 26th, 2024—Chairman Mao’s Birthday—when a pair of unmarked, unidentified warplanes screamed across the skies above Chengdu,…
Bamboo Panels on World’s Longest Sea Crossing Withstand 6 Years of Sun and Typhoons–Still Solid as Ever
Six years after their installation on the world’s longest sea crossing, thousands of bamboo panels have withstood six years…
3,500 Years of Climate History Show Arid Periods Linked to Periods of Turmoil and Depopulation
A recent study analyzing tree ring data has produced a 3,500-year-long record of precipitation rates on the Tibetan Plateau,…
Russia, China, Iran Will Wait and See When it Comes to Trump 2.0.
Following Donald Trump’s clinching of the presidential office for the next four years, spokesmen in nations for whom US…
10/22 End of the Empire: BRICS+ Summit Kicks off in Kazan as World Leader in Multilateralism Seems Set to Grow
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
Beijing Concludes Large-Scale Blockade Exercises Around Taiwan as a ‘Deterrence to Sepratists’
Beijing has just wrapped up large training exercises that focused on blockading Taiwan. The exercises came shortly after provocative…
Jake Sullivan Just Might Be the President
When a focus group that included former President Obama pushed Biden to accept relinquishing his bid for re-election in…
Meet the Citizens of the Empire—Marshall Islands, Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia
US taxpayers have once again been put on the hook for billions in bribe money to three Pacific island…
Beijing Responds to Secret Biden Nuclear War Policy that Focuses on China
Despite being designated officially as a near-peer competitor under the Biden Administration rather than an “adversary” as Moscow is,…
8/12 End of the Empire: The Death Throes of the Rules-Based International Order
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2024: A Mixed Bag of New Sites
The 46th annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee has just concluded in New Delhi. Keeping with WaL tradition of reporting…
Japanese Defense Strategy Paper Is ‘Tensest’ in History, Shedding All Language of Diplomacy
Japan’s ongoing military defense buildup accelerated, at least rhetorically, in line with the recent release of a national defense…