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Beijing slammed the recent US weapons package for Taiwan as ‘a major breach of the One China principle’.

China placed retaliatory measures against 20 US defense industry companies for arms sales to Taiwan, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. This is a hammer blow against the US military industrial complex. Some details:

The sanctions target key players in the American defense industry working in the fields of UAVs, electronic warfare, maritime unmanned platforms, AI, and combat management systems:

• Northrop Grumman
• L3Harris Maritime Services
• Boeing’s division in St. Louis
• Gibb & Cox
• Advanced Acoustics Concepts
• VSE Corporation
• Sierra Technical Services, Inc.
• Red Cat Holdings
• Teal Drones, Inc.
• ReconCraft
• High Point Aerotechnologies
• Dedrone
• Area-I
• Dive Technologies
• Vantor
• Intelligent Epitaxy Technology, Inc.
• Epirus
• Rhombus Power
• Lazarus Enterprises Inc.
• Blue Force Technologies

What the package of measures includes:

• freezing of all assets in China;
• a complete ban on any commercial and cooperative ties with Chinese entities;
•  personal sanctions against company executives, including Palmer Luckey (founder of Anduril);
• a ban on entry to China, including Hong Kong and Macau.

As backdrop, Taiwan’s two main opposition parties, the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), used their combined majority to pass a resolution to impeach President Lai Qing-de. The vote on this resolution will take place on May 19, 2026. Society is deeply polarized. Taiwan’s current ‘democratic’ administration is pursuing martial law and a military dictatorship.

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China did not forget about the EU. China is imposing temporary duties of up to 42.7% on certain dairy products imported from the EU. Milk and cream, as well as cheese, including processed cheese, are but the beginning of this list, walloping France!

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China also did not forget about Japan, and at least 50% or more flights to Japan have been cancelled, along with warnings on all media urging the Chinese NOT to visit Japan. Tourist revenues for Japan are tanking.

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to a ceasefire effective 27 December — local media. Malaysia and China active in the negotiations. We wait on this one.

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Besides rank and file Israelis abandoning Israel, their companies and technologists are running. Israeli tech companies flood Europe – According to EIT Hub Israel, around 30k specialists are employed by them throughout the continent, mostly in the UK, Ukraine and Germany.

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Will Schryver@imetatronink reports that the fleeing Bella1 tanker was seized in the last hours.  "The US forcibly boarded and seized the VLCC Bella 1 today. The United States under President Donald Trump has become an out-of-control rogue nation.”

There are a number of objectives here. The bigger objective is to forcibly impose an embargo against the oil trade of Russia, China, and Iran. Venezuela is a starting point but also meant to be the crowning glory of empire strength for Marco Rubio. This will not end well.