A recent report by the American think tank RAND warned that China has close ties with Iran, and that “the Chinese government might require Chinese companies doing business in Israel to share insights with the Iranian government in order to win friends and influence in Tehran.”
Europe’s continued appeasement of China indicates that the EU will be a weak link in efforts by Western democracies to confront the leadership in Beijing.
In Europe, where the pandemic has killed more than 100,000 people and caused economic devastation on a scale not seen since the Second World War, political leaders have been deafeningly silent on demanding accountability from China.
Chinese diplomats around the world are waging an aggressive disinformation campaign aimed at controlling the narrative about the origins of the coronavirus.
More than a dozen countries on four continents have disclosed problems with Chinese-made coronavirus tests and personal protective equipment.
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is facing increased scrutiny over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
A growing number of countries are reporting that millions of pieces of medical equipment donated by, or purchased from, China to defeat the pandemic are defective and unusable.
The Chinese government has been fast-tracking shipments of medical aid to Europe in an effort to deflect criticism over its responsibility for the coronavirus pandemic.
El principal interés estratégico nacional de EEUU en Asia oriental es mantener la paz y la estabilidad en el Estrecho de Taiwán y en toda la región. Está en juego nada menos que la credibilidad militar de EEUU en Asia.
The fundamental US strategic national interest in East Asia is to preserve peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and throughout the region. Any US equivocation on Taiwan’s security would strike a devastating blow to American military credibility in greater Asia.
