LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Former Amb. John Bolton offered his five points that the Trump administration should use to pursue a conservative foreign policy while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday. Bolton started his speech by noting that, despite the fact he is not the Secretary of State or…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by RYAN PICKRELL China tried using drone technology to film tigers playing in the snow, but it didn’t go according to plan. A video showing Siberian tigers pursuing an aerial drone at a reserve in Heilongjiang, a province located in northern China. Turning the device into a cat toy, the tigers run…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A Chinese power company has taken an innovative and extreme approach to managing stray trash piling up on power lines. Plastic bags, wish lanterns, and kites have a bad habit of getting tangled in the power lines, Chinese media reports. The state-owned Xiangyang Electrical Power Company in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Students at University of California – San Diego are protesting an upcoming appearance on campus of Tibetan leader Lhamo Dondrub — more ubiquitously known as the 14th sitting Dalai Lama. Their reasons? His views on how independent Tibet should be compared to Communist Chinese government rule. According…
h3>LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Ryan Pickrell The new secretary of defense reassured allies in Asia this week that the U.S. will honor its commitments, but drew China’s ire in the process. Much to Beijing’s displeasure, General James Mattis assured South Korea and Japan that the U.S. will uphold its commitments and stand by its…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett A top Russian official is worried about the team of advisers surrounding President Donald Trump, who reportedly seem to be pushing him into alarming and aggressive rhetoric against Iran and China. Konstantin Kosachev, who serves as chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, said…
By Russ Read The Islamic Republic of Iran drastically increased its oil production by more than 300 percent one year after sanctions were lifted due to its nuclear agreement with the U.S. and other world powers. Iran increased oil production in 2016 from 870,000 to 3.67 million barrels a day by November, an increase of approximately…
by Micah J. Fleck Well, this isn’t good news for China. Reports now saying that the Yuan is “on track for its biggest annual loss since 1994, which would make it the worst performing major Asian currency this year.” Yikes. The report continued: “The central bank was more inclined to release depreciation pressure on the…
By Ryan Pickrell The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet issued China a strong warning Wednesday. Admiral Harry Harris, head of U.S. Pacific Command, criticized China’s “aggressive” behavior in the South China Sea in a speech at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, according to Reuters. China has been expanding its presence, particularly its military presence,…
By Ryan Pickrell President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated questioning of the “one China” policy has stirred “serious concerns” in China. China’s foreign ministry warned that cooperation “is out of the question” if the U.S. refuses to accept the “one China” policy and respect China’s core interests. The U.S. has embraced the one China Policy since 1972,…