How China could STARVE Taiwan into submission... or carry out the biggest, most unimaginably violent amphibious assault the world has ever seen as part of Beijing’s bid for global dominance, according to military expert SAMUEL CRANNY-EVANS https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11080927/SAMUEL-CRANNY-EVANS-China-STARVE-Taiwan-submission-carry-amphibious-assault.html

03 APR 2021- "Beijing is preparing to transfer 5,000 Chinese troops to Iran to guard its $400bn investment in the country over the next 25 years. Military engineers are prospecting sites for their bases. This deployment was covered in the investment-cum-strategic accord signed in Tehran on March 27 by visiting Chinese FM Wang Yi and his Iranian counterpart Mohammed Javad Zarif. Gulf and the Western intelligence sources report that this substantial Chinese military presence in Iran, the first in the Gulf region, will mark out the formation of a strategic axis linking China, Iran and Pakistan, two of which are nuclear powers. It will add another section to the the CPEC [China-Pakistan Economic Corridor] project underway in Pakistan, as part of Beijing’s $8 trillion Border and Road Initiative (BRI) projects for spanning Asia and Europe. The CPEC is to provide a safe passage and a shorter route for Iranian oil, gas and petrochemicals, sold at cut-rate prices, to reach China. The 5,000 Chinese troops to be posted in Iran, DEBKAfile sources reveal, will join the rarely noticed presence of 10,000 Chinese military personnel in the east African port of Djibouti,, so topping up Beijing’s military strength athwart more than one sensitive corner of the Middle East to 15,000 troops....." - (when the cat 'DJT' is away the mice will play) https://www.debka.com/china-to-post-5000-troops-in-iran-to-protect-massive-investment-iranians-protest-were-not-for-sale/

WAR NEWS YOU CAN COUNT ON > HEADLINES< March 27,2021 Heavy fighting erupts near Tal Tamir in northern Syria ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Heavy fighting has continued between Turkey-backed groups and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the town of Tal Tamir in Hasakah province since Wednesday. https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/24160-Heavy-fighting-erupts-near-Tal-Tamir-in-northern-Syria UK: Alternative to Saudi initiative is continuation of war in Yemen... British Ambassador to Yemen Michael Aron has conveyed that the alternative to the Saudi initiative to end the conflict in Yemen is the retention of war for several years... https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210327-uk-alternative-to-saudi-initiative-is-continuation-of-war-in-yemen/ Russian airstrikes | Six ISIS members killed in the surrounding areas of Athariyah highway in eastern Hama.. On Mar 27, 2021. SOHR sources have reported intensive airstrikes by Russian jets on ISIS positions in the surrounding areas of Athariyah highway in the eastern countryside of Hama. According to SOHR sources, the Russian airstrikes have killed six ISIS members and destroyed several vehicles. Meanwhile, Russian jets continue flying over the Syrian desert. https://www.syriahr.com/en/211790/ Iran and China sign 25-year cooperation pact Iran and China signed a 25-year “strategic cooperation pact” Saturday in the latest expansion of Beijing’s flagship trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative as the US rivals move closer together.. Negotiations for the deal, launched five years ago, sparked controversy in Iran last year and virtually no details of its contents have been released. https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/24163-Iran-and-China-sign-25-year-cooperation-pact UN: Israel continues demolition, seizures of Palestinian homes Israeli occupation authorities demolished and seized 26 Palestinian-owned structures in Area C of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem between 2 and 15 March, the United Nations Office... https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210327-un-israel-continues-demolition-seizures-of-palestinian-homes/ Landmine attack | Nearly ten NDF members injured in Al-Mayadeen desert. On Mar 27, 2021 Deir Ezzor Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the injury of nine members of the “National Defence Forces” (NDF), after the explosion of a landmine in their bus nearby Faydat Ibn Muwani’ area in Al-Mayadeen desert in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. It is worth noting that ISIS cells are prevalent in this area. https://www.syriahr.com/en/211767/ Syrian desert | Russian jets execute nearly 30 airstrikes in 12 hours, targeting ISIS positions On Mar 27, 2021 SOHR sources have reported that several Russian fighter jets have been striking positions where ISIS fighters holed up throughout the Syrian desert since last night. Meanwhile, regime forces and loyal militias continue combing operations in the deserts of Hama, Homs, Al-Raqqah to the administrative border with Aleppo, searching for ISIS cells. https://www.syriahr.com/en/211748/ Infiltration operation | Kurdish forces kill and injure three Turkish-backed militiamen nearby Azaz in northern Aleppo. On Mar 27, 2021.. Aleppo Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the death of a Turkish-backed militiaman and injury of two others during an infiltration operation by Kurdish forces in the early hours of Saturday morning on a military post on Kafr Khasher frontline in the south of Azaz city in the northern countryside of Aleppo. https://www.syriahr.com/en/211747/ . Please Pray Father God, we pray this daily prayer in your name Lord. We come together united as we pray for our soldiers overseas who are out there defending the world's freedoms. right to remain a free people under your protection. Lord, in your name we pray your mighty shields will protect our soldiers as they risk their own lives fighting to protect and defend our right to have the right to live and have the freedom. Lord bless our soldiers on the frontlines defending The United States of America and all our allies and nations, right to remain a Free nation in your name Jesus Christ we all pray Amen

#Media in #China raved over Dr. #AnthonyFauci’s recent calls for solidarity to combat the #pandemic, using his comments to bolster #Beijing’s virus narratives. https://www.theepochtimes.com/beijing-seizes-upon-faucis-call-for-solidarity-to-push-covid-19-propaganda_3731620.html

“Human beings are not bartering chips,” Biden said of Beijing’s detainment of the two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. “You know, we’re going to work together until we get their safe return.” https://www.theepochtimes.com/humans-beings-are-not-bartering-chips-biden-pledges-to-help-canadians-detained-in-china_3709279.html

The market researcher forecasted that China won’t be able to meet its goals of domestically producing 70 percent of its semiconductor needs by 2025, an objective under Beijing’s industrial policy of “Made in China 2025.” https://www.theepochtimes.com/beijing-unlikely-to-achieve-goal-of-producing-most-microchips-it-needs-by-2025-report_3648796.html

“While Canada has long framed its China policy through the lens of economic opportunity, it now needs to take account of Beijing’s long-term strategic challenge to Canada’s interests and values,” said the Department of National Defence. https://www.theepochtimes.com/behind-global-affairs-push-for-canada-to-continue-military-training-with-china_3621609.html

COMMUNIST CHINA IS NO FRIEND - Note who is supporters of the 'enemy' China hits us with a cotton-pickin’ ban Experts have branded the cotton ban a clear ­violation of world trade laws — as well as a breach of the spirit of the landmark China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. BEN PACKHAM FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT @bennpackham AN HOUR AGO OCTOBER 16, 2020 The cotton industry says there is no doubt that China has slapped covert restrictions on Australian producers by verbally conveying a freeze on orders to up to 14 Australian sellers. As the Morrison government warned China against taking ­“discriminatory actions” aimed at Australian farmers, experts have branded the cotton ban a clear ­violation of world trade laws — as well as a breach of the spirit of the landmark China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. China watchers say it is clear that Beijing is now systematically moving to replace Australian exports to the country, undermining recent optimism that the ruling Chinese Communist Party wanted to improve bilateral ties. Australian Cotton Shippers Association chair Michael O’Reilly said Australian sellers were informed of the informal ban last weekend by Chinese cotton mills and their agents, in what ­ap­pears to be a co-ordinated strategy. “There are about 14 merchants selling Australian cotton (into China). The message was consistent and overwhelming,” he said. “They were told that the China National Development and Reform Commission was informing mills verbally not to purchase any more Australian cotton, otherwise their import quota for next year would be wiped.” READ MORE:Cotton may be next victim of China tensions The association spent all week confirming the news before going public, noting that inquiries about sales of cotton had ground to a halt since word of the ban broke. “All this week, I am not aware of a single inquiry out of China for this market,” Mr O’Reilly said. Normally, Australian cotton is sold into China under an 890,000-tonne, tariff-free quota. After the quota is filled, the tariff then reverts to 40 per cent. Unlike China’s recent trade bans on Australian beef, barley and wine, Beijing’s targeting of Australian cotton is outside official channels and harder to prove. The Morrison government will now monitor cotton export volumes to China over the next three months to build a case that it can take to the World Trade ­Organisation in Geneva. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham warned China that Australia would treat any unauthorised ban “very seriously”. read on... www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/china-hits-us-with-a-cottonpickin-ban/news-story/213aa811cf033c029abe780387c32d18