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Japan Has 14,125 Islands. Chinese Buyers Own Parts of Them Near U.S. Bases.
For the first time in its modern history, the Japanese government is going to find out who actually owns the country.
20 hrs ago
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Read the Megaphone, Not the Microphone: The Anatomy of an Axis Amplification Operation, Caught Live
By the time you finish this paragraph, the operation has already moved.
Jun 2
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The Alliance Beijing Wanted to Split Just Added Missiles
A Japanese defense minister and an American Secretary of War walked into Shangri-La. What they walked out with reads less like a meeting readout and…
Jun 1
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May 2026
She Spent Days Baking Desserts for a Wedding . The Driver of the Bus That Killed Her Family Couldn’t Read English Road Signs.
An immigrant family from Moldova, on their way to celebrate. A 48-year-old Chinese driver from Staten Island who federal officials say had no business…
May 31
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How Japan Just Detonated the CCP’s “New Militarism” Lie at Asia’s Biggest Security Summit
China sent a general. Not a minister. Japan sent a Koizumi with a single sentence — and used it to flip the entire information war on its head.
May 31
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EXPOSED: 80 Launch Pads in the Xinjiang Desert — Inside the Largest Nuclear Buildup Beijing Has Ever Tried to Hide
Satellite eyes don’t lie. And what they just caught Xi Jinping doing should alarm every capital from Washington to Tokyo.
May 31
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Beijing’s Chair Was Empty - Again. AUKUS Just Flooded the Pacific With Robot Wolfpacks.
Xi Jinping’s defense minister didn’t just skip Asia’s biggest security summit.
May 30
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48 Hours. 2 Capitals. 4 Moves. Beijing Just Walked Into Its Own Trap.
Marcos landed in Tokyo.
May 30
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May 28
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