About: Angeline Tan
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South Korea and US Plan Tabletop Nuclear Drills to Counter Communist North
SINGAPORE — South Korea and the United States will conduct tabletop exercises in February 2023 in a bid to tackle the North’s nuclear threats, South Korea’s defense minister said...
China: Communists Will Determine Tibet’s Next Spiritual Leader
The communist regime in Beijing says it will appoint a substitute who is in sync with the Chinese Communist Party's ideology. ...
Asian Powers Seek European Help to Counter Regional Threats
Amid threats from Russia, China, and North Korea, powers like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have been courting European help to counter regional threats. ...
Dell to Phase Out All China-made Computer Chips
SINGAPORE — Dell Technologies announced its plans to cease relying on China-made chips by 2024 and has informed suppliers to curtail the number of other made-in-China components in its...
How the United States Helped Build China’s Military
SINGAPORE – Recently, The New American reported that Daniel Duggan, a former U.S. Marine fighter pilot, faced charges for breaching U.S. arms-control laws by training Chinese military pilots to...
International Chinese Firms Distance Themselves From Xi’s Regime
SINGAPORE — Amid an increasingly hostile business climate fostered by Chinese authoritarian leader Xi Jinping’s crackdown on private enterprise as well as public distrust of Chinese firms in the...
Taiwan Military Officers Suspected of Spying for China; China Increasing Disinformation Campaigns
SINGAPORE — Taiwan detained three active-duty officers and a retired Air Force officer suspected of spying for China, the Central News Agency (CNA) in Taipei reported. This case illustrates...
Japanese Minister Calls for ‘New World Order’ to Deal With the Rise of Authoritarian Regimes
The trade and industry minister said that post-Cold War free trade and economic interdependence have fueled the rise of authoritarian regimes, and hence the U.S. and its allies should...
Ex-NATO Chief Urges Consequences for China if It Invades Taiwan
Anders Fogh Rasmussen admitted that although sanctions by democracies worldwide could lead to a global economic collapse, Beijing would be the most affected. ...
Australia to Spend Over A$1 Billion on New Naval Missiles and Rocket System
Australia has been increasing its defense spending over the past few years as China looks to raise its clout in the Indo-Pacific region. ...
How India Is Maintaining a Delicate Balancing Act in a Multipolar World
The country is walking a diplomatic tightrope between its Western trading partners and Russia, which supplies almost half of India's military equipment. ...
A Look at How Hindu Extremists Have Persecuted Indian Christians
India ranks 10th on Open Doors' World Watch List of countries where it is most challenging to be a Christian. Hindus comprise 79.8 percent of the population, and Christians...
Does the Marcos-Xi Meeting Bode Well for China-Philippine Ties?
In light of political and economic pressure from both China and the U.S., the diplomatic tightrope that President Marcos intends to walk is very thin and delicate indeed. ...
EU’s Climate Action Tax Will Impact India’s Steel Exports
India claims that the developed nations are not fulfilling their commitment to support low- and middle-income countries in their transition to renewables. ...
A Glimpse Into the De-dollarization Trend in Asia
Demand for the dollar has been decreasing over the last 20 years, and is expected to further diminish as the U.S. uses it as a weapon in financial sanctions....