Day: November 19, 2025

In November 2025, relations between China and Japan reached a new peak of tension. This followed comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who recently stated that Japan could intervene in the Taiwan Strait if “Taiwan is in danger.” In response, China ramped up its “wolf warrior” diplomacy. First, the Chinese consulate in Japan threatened to “decapitate” the Japanese Prime Minister, while China’s military conducted live-fire drills in the Yellow Sea. South Korean media reported that the two countries were now facing the worst diplomatic crisis since they established relations 53 years ago.On November 17, 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Defense Self-Defense Forces posted on their official X account. They revealed that on November 15, a suspected Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle flew between Yonaguni Island and Taiwan. Japan’s Southwest Air Self-Defense Force quickly scrambled jets to respond. This was the first time the Japanese government publicly shared the details of such an event, leading to widespread media coverage in Japan.

In a crypto caper straight out of a spy thriller, the US DOJ just seized $15 billion in Bitcoin from Chen Zhi (陈志), Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group boss and alleged pig-butchering scam overlord. But China’s spinning a wild counter-tale: Uncle Sam didn’t bust fraud—they hacked and swiped the coins back in 2020, sitting on them like a dragon’s hoard before slapping charges.Xi’s fuming as netizens roast the Party for cozying up to global fraud kings, only to watch their “positive energy” bagmen get barbecued. Why ignore the big fish while touting Myanmar minnow busts? And that windfall? Worth two Fujian carriers—poof, gone to fuel American swagger.Beijing’s report screams “black eats black,” but it dodges the real sting: CCP complicity exposed, pride punctured. A farce where the house always wins—except it’s not Beijing’s.

China’s economic slowdown is no longer hidden in data — it’s unfolding in real time on the streets of Shanghai and Shenzhen. In this video, I break down the shocking new signals: Shanghai clawing back maternity subsidies, mass layoffs at Pudong Airport, metro systems sinking under real-estate debt, and millions of families losing income as women flood into delivery and ride-hail jobs. These are China’s strongest cities — and when they start falling, the entire system is in trouble. From collapsing housing confidence to desperate local governments, here’s what Beijing can’t hide anymore — and why China’s economic unraveling is accelerating.

Foundation for Defense of Democracies Senior Director Bradley Bowman claims China is preparing its military forces for a “potential war” with the US in the Pacific.“Your viewers will know that China represents the leading adversary of the United States,” he told Sky News Australia.“And is preparing its military forces for a potential war with the US in the Pacific.”

Japan’s new Prime Minister, Takaichi Sanae, is taking the toughest stance toward the Chinese Communist Party in decades. Counterintelligence expert Dr. Robert Eldridge explains how CCP tried to block her rise behind the scenes. You know, interfering in Japan’s internal affairs.

The U.S. and Korea recently released the Joint Fact Sheet on President Donald J. Trump’s Meeting with President Lee Jae Myung and the Joint Communique of the 57th Security Consultative Meeting, two important documents outlining priorities and steps to modernize the 72-year-old alliance. Joining Mark Lippert and Victor Cha to discuss this and more are Anthony Ruggiero of American Global Strategies and Cara Abercrombie of The Cohen Group.Anthony Ruggiero is an expert in sanctions, illicit finance, export controls, counterproliferation, financial services, and nonproliferation and served in the United States Government for more than 19 years in both Democratic and Republican administrations. Prior to joining American Global Strategies, Anthony was senior director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD) Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program and a senior fellow at FDD. Anthony was Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Counterproliferation and Biodefense (2019-2021). Anthony served as the NSC Director for North Korea. Prior to joining FDD, Anthony served as a Foreign Policy Fellow in the Office of Senator Marco Rubio, as Deputy Director and then Director (now a Deputy Assistant Secretary position) of the Office of Global Affairs in the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the Department of the Treasury, and more than 13 years in various positions at the Department of State, including as an intelligence analyst and Chief of the Defensive Measures and WMD Finance Team.Cara Abercrombie is Senior Advisor at The Cohen Group. A member of the Senior Executive Service, she held numerous senior positions in the Pentagon and the White House. Most recently, she served as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the second highest ranking policy role in the Department, advising the Secretary of Defense on a broad swath of national security policies as well as leading the development and coordination of defense policy and strategy across the Defense Department. In 2023, she was nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, responsible for overseeing Pentagon procurement policy for an acquisition workforce of 150,000 personnel. From 2021–2023, Ms. Abercrombie served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Defense Policy and Arms Control at the White House National Security Council, driving the development and implementation of numerous policy initiatives across the interagency, including nuclear and military space policy as well as conventional arms transfer and security assistance policies.