Day: August 13, 2025

Japan has received its first F-35B fighter jets from the United States, while also inking a deal to sell 11 Mogami-class frigates to Australia. Just days later, a Chinese Navy destroyer crashed into a Chinese Coast Guard ship while in a reckless pursuit of a Philippine Coast Guard vessel east of Scarborough Shoal. If China had hit the Philippine ship, it would have triggered an international incident. But could it have activated Manila’s Mutual Defense Treaty with Washington? And what impact might this episode have on tensions in the region? In this episode, we discuss the significance of these major arms deals among U.S. allies in light of China’s rising maritime aggression.Our Guests:Tony Hu Former U.S. Department of Defense Senior Director for China, Taiwan and MongoliaLai I-chung Prospect Foundation President

Roger Robinson former Reagan advisor and ex-U.S., China Commission Chair breaks down Wall Street’s China ties, President Donald Trump’s defense of the Intel CEO and Beijing’s rising threat in space on ‘Mornings with Maria.’

China has urged local companies to avoid using Nvidia Corp.’s H20 processors, particularly for government-related purposes. People familiar with the matter said that over the past few weeks, Chinese authorities have sent notices to a range of firms discouraging use of the less-advanced semiconductors. Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie and Minmin Low break down the situation.——–

US officials at the federal and state levels are passing laws to restrict Chinese firms from buying American real estate, particularly farmland.Other restrictions involve Chinese investments in US-based companies, and attempts to “claw back” outstanding Chinese investment in the United States and across the world.But these policies are irrelevant, as Chinese investments in the US are a tiny fraction of the profits earned there. Typically, countries running trade surpluses will re-invest those cash flows into the country, either by lending (buying bonds) or in new capital formation.Chinese regulators, however, are simply moving these hundreds of billions of dollars outside the US, to banks outside SWIFT. Then, they are invested here in Mainland China, or to BRI projects in friendly countries.Closing scene, Zhongshan Symphony Ferris Wheel, Guangdong

Glowing blue patches, also known as “blue tears”, have been lighting up waters off Pingtan Island in eastern China’s Fujian province. Drawing crowds of tourists, the natural phenomenon is actually caused by a tiny bioluminescent organism called dinoflagellates, a type of algae that glows when disturbed. Despite its beauty, the glistening sea is actually a sign of unhealthy waters. According to David Baker, an associate professor of biology at the University of Hong Kong, the algae blooms are harmful because they deprive other marine life of enough oxygen.

Tensions in the Pacific are rising fast and the stakes couldn’t be higher. In this new video, you’ll find out what is really happening in Australia’s backyard and why the whole world should be paying attention.

Beidaihe’s tense season sees Liu Yuan’s high-profile return and Zhang Youxia’s decisive troop movements — shaking China’s political landscape at a critical turning point.In the tense days before the secretive Beidaihe meeting, two powerful moves shook China’s political scene: General Liu Yuan reappeared in Beijing after a mysterious trip to the southwest. General Zhang Youxia redeployed key PLA forces to secure Beidaihe’s leadership compound.From the seating arrangements at the Army Day reception to the unprecedented appearance of retired military elders, every signal points to a shift in Beijing’s high-level power dynamics.This episode reveals: Why Liu Yuan’s destination matters and how it connects to Zhang Youxia’s military roots in the southwest. The history of the 82nd Group Army (formerly the 38th) and its role in past political showdowns. How current troop movements could reshape the CCP’s internal balance of power.

Phoenix Rising! A New US Flag ShipAugust 1, 2025In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the reflagging of CMA CGM Phoenix into the US merchant marine, along with some other recent additions and issues facing the US merchant marine.#supplychain #merchantmarine #containership #cmacgm

Operation Honey Pot: Paste this emoji 🍯 in your comment below.A horrific car accident has ignited the Chinese internet. And people wants to know: just who is this mysterious Chinese woman? And how is she connected to the CCP elites?

This video show how robotic dogs might, within just several years, be utilized on a massive scale. A scenario such as a Chinese invasion of Taiwan illustrates the scale: Imagine tens of thousands of robodogs descending onto the island. Their volume could overwhelm defenders locally, enough so that a beachhead is establishedMusic by Matija Malatestinic http://www.malatestinic.comGet your Binkov mugs here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/binkov/00:00 Intro01:29 Military robodogs usage so far03:00 Robodogs in the near future04:53 Invasion scenario07:21 Robodogs on Taiwan10:48 Robodogs’ main role & cost13:45 Conclusion

The Chinese regime is the mastermind behind many criminial activites, including those committed by the North Koreans. They stole trade secret, trained North Korean cyber criminals and allowed Kim Jung-un to profit from these cyber attacks. It’s an uneven war because it cost the criminals nothing to commit the crime but American tax money millions or billions to investiage and prosecute the bad actors. In the end, the real criminals are not caught. The Chinese communist regime is the only regime in the world that has commercialized criminal activites as industries.

Why CCP Propaganda Fails and China Has No Soft PowerThe Chinese Communist Party wants the world to believe it has freedom of speech, democracy, and human rights—just “with Chinese characteristics.” In this video, I break down why that sales pitch collapses the second you press it, using the viral exchange between Victor Gao and Mehdi Hasan as the perfect case study. When asked to demonstrate free speech by criticizing Xi, Gao couldn’t do it. And that’s the whole point: if your system is confident, you own what you are. If it isn’t, you twist words and hope no one Googles.What you’ll learnHow the CCP redefines universal values (free speech, democracy, human rights) to claim what it doesn’t actually allow.Why the “whole-process people’s democracy” label is political cosplay—complete with sham Party Congress elections where nobody dares vote against Xi.How propaganda implodes under outside scrutiny: tell a global audience you have free speech and they’ll judge you by their definition, not yours.The deeper issue: institutional insecurity. If Beijing truly believed censorship is superior, it would say so plainly. Instead, it borrows Western language while defending authoritarian control.A thought experiment: what if the CCP owned its model—“we censor, and we think it works”—instead of pretending it’s the same as liberal democracy?Key ideas & takeawaysPropaganda works only when it’s internally consistent.Word games ≠ credibility: “freedom” that ends at an invisible red line is not freedom.Sham elections ≠ democracy: ritual ballots with 100% outcomes convince no one abroad.Soft power collapses when your messaging demands the audience ignore what they can verify in 10 seconds.

China is building something dangerous in the middle of the Pacific, and our guest was there when they broke ground.Joining us once again is Cleo Paskal, Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who traveled to Woleai and the Federated States of Micronesia and knew Governor Palacios.