If the International Maritime Organization members & coastal states have been waiting for an environmental disaster before doing something about illicit Ship-to-Ship (StS) ops in their EEZ, perhaps this #Sentinel2 🛰️📷 image of an 🛢️oil slick off the coast of Eastern Johor, Malaysia 🇲🇾, might motivate them.

Hegseth calls Japan indispensable in the face of Chinese aggression politico.com/news/2025/03/3…

"Security researchers have uncovered a pre-installed, undocumented remote access tunnel in Unitree Go1 robot dogs, enabling full remote control & lateral network access...The discovery raises serious concerns about supply chain trust w/🇨🇳 companies" cyberinsider.com/remote-access-…

President 賴清德Lai Ching-te on Taiwan’s approach to US tariff negotiations, in short: start talking from bilateral “zero tariffs,” more acquisitions of US products, more investments in US, resolve non-tariff barriers, export controls. Details in video ⬇️

🚨NOW WE KNOW🚨 Q: Why was 🇨🇳#China's deep-sea research ship Tan Suo Yi Hao traversing 🇦🇺#Australia's southern coast? This route clearly was not the most direct back to its home port of Sanya--it obviously had another objective. A: The Diamantina Trench. I'll explain...🧵1/10👇

Ukraine says it captured two Chinese nationals fighting in Russian army amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/08…

Congressman Eugene Vindman asks good questions about the risks & impact of the new tariffs on the geostrategic situation in IndoPacific. Referencing the pre-WW2 situation in the Pacific, he avoided the political rhetoric and also the sidestepped the tactic of bureaucratic stove-piping by the

This video appears to show a PLAGF Z-10 attack helicopter practicing the approach and landing sequence involved in using merchant ships as a forward arming and refuelling point. The PLAGF operates most of the PLA's attack helicopters. Note that the PLAAF's Airborne Corps also...

Below is incorrect. De minimis changes have NOT BEEN ROLLED BACK. There is a new process in place specific to formerly de minimis qualified shipments from China and Hong Kong. There's a lot of confusion around the changes to de minimis entries that have gone live today, so let

The Economist: Among Mr Bessent’s list of complaints was one that particularly raises the hackles in Beijing. “Treating China…as a ‘developing country’ is absurd,” he said, adding that China needs to “graduate up”. He has a point. economist.com/china/2025/05/…

Flashback to January 2021… “the strategy envisions a future global economy in which China does not rely on the world but the world cannot stand without China.” 🇨🇳 Xi: "We should increase the dependence of international supply chains on China and establish powerful retaliatory

How Bad Is China’s Economy? The Data Needed to Answer Is Vanishing—Beijing has stopped publishing hundreds of statistics, making it harder to know what’s going on in the country Rebecca Feng Jason Douglas wsj.com/world/china/ch… wsj.com/world/china/ch…

Based on full consideration of global expectations, China’s interests, and the appeals of the U.S. business community and consumers, #China has decided to agree to engage with the #US side. As China’s lead on China-U.S. economic and trade affairs, Vice Premier He Lifeng will hold

INVESTIGATION: Uncovering Chinese Academic Espionage at Stanford. After interviewing multiple anonymous Stanford faculty, students, and China experts, the Review can confirm that the CCP is orchestrating a widespread intelligence-gathering campaign at Stanford. 1/8

Protestors at Columbia vandalizing the library. On brand. Just expel them.

A+ response by Columbia President Claire Shipman to the library occupation:

#Taiwan armed forces conducted the first live-fire test of #HIMARS. We’re absolutely determined to defense ourselves & ready to defeat any invasion attempt. 🇹🇼👍👍👍🇹🇼

Urging "China Self Restraint" is the world's most naive strategy bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#Taiwan’s approach acknowledges #Trump’s objectives of balancing #trade, reducing government spending, reducing income tax and reinvigorating the #US industrial base by attracting investment in the manufacturing sector. Drew Thompson 唐安竹 tinyurl.com/4s8xkht9

From Drew Thompson 唐安竹: “Taiwan’s approach acknowledges Trump’s objectives of balancing trade, reducing government spending, reducing income tax and reinvigorating the US industrial base by attracting investment in the manufacturing sector.” thinkchina.sg/politics/trump…