Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea, Seoul says
- North Korea on Thursday fired a short-range ballistic missile toward waters off its western coast, South Korea’s military said.
- The launch came as the United States and South Korea prepare to hold their biggest combined military training exercises in years next week to counter the threat of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal
- Kim’s powerful sister warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take “quick, overwhelming action” against the United States and South Korea as the allies expand their military training to cope with a growing North Korean nuclear threat.
- North Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal and provocations have raised the urgency for South Korea and Japan to strengthen their defense postures in conjunction with their alliances with the United States.
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Luke 6:22 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
Important Takeaways:
- China province forces people of faith to register on ‘Smart Religion’ app for worship
- The regulation system is required for all citizens seeking to worship, regardless of religion
- “Applicants must fill in personal information, including name, phone number, ID number, permanent residence, occupation, and date of birth, before they can make a reservation,” the group reported. “Those who are allowed into the church must also have their temperature taken and show a reservation code.”
- While not explicitly illegal, religious worship is increasingly dangerous in China as government officials crack down on faith communities found unsatisfactory in patriotism or cultural assimilation.
- The CCP continues to run concentration camps for the detention and re-education of Uyghur Muslims.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- China boosts military spending by billions as US warns of potential Taiwan invasion
- US officials have warned that China could invade Taiwan as early as 2027
- The Chinese government will boost its military spending by 7.2% this year, rising to a total budget of 1.56 trillion Yuan.
- In U.S. dollars, China’s budget now sits at $230 billion, up nearly $16 billion from its budget in 2022. China’s Ministry of Finance announced the new infusion of cash in its annual report on Sunday. The spending increase comes as the U.S. warns of a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the near future. U.S. officials have also warned China against sending lethal aid to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Biden agrees to arm F-16s for Taiwan: President backs $619 million weapons package after China flexed its muscles by dispatching 25 war planes to island
- President Joe Biden’s administration has approved an estimated $619 million potential arms sale to Taiwan, including hundreds of missiles for F-16 fighter jets, after China sent 25 warplanes and three warships toward the island.
- Biden’s move will likely further inflame tensions between Washington and Beijing, which have gotten worse in the wake of the spy balloon China sent over the U.S. and reports Xi Jinping is considering lethal aid to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
- A State Department official told CNN the potential sale of F-16 munitions and related equipment is ‘consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act and our longstanding One-China policy,’ wherein ‘the United States makes available to Taiwan defense articles and services necessary to enable it to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability.’
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- U.S. soil could be at risk of an attack from Beijing if tensions between the two countries boiled over, according to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth.
- Speaking on a panel at the American Enterprise Institute on Monday, Wormuth said that if the U.S. entered a “major war” with China, “the United States homeland would be at risk as well, with both kinetic attacks and non-kinetic attacks—whether it’s cyberattacks on the power grid or on pipelines.”
- She said that should a conflict break out, China will undoubtedly “go after the will of the United States public.”
- U.S. Army Pacific Commander General Charles Flynn.
- “They are rehearsing, they are practicing, they are experimenting, and they are preparing those forces for something,” Flynn said during Monday’s panel. “But you don’t build up that kind of arsenal just to defend and protect. You probably are building up for other purposes.”
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Taiwan says 25 Chinese planes, 3 ships sent toward island
- China sent 25 warplanes and three warships toward Taiwan on Wednesday morning, the island’s Defense Ministry said, as tensions remain high between Beijing and Taipei’s main backer Washington.
- The ministry said 19 of those planes crossed into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone while the ships were continuing to operate in the Taiwan Strait. It said Taiwan responded by scrambling fighters, dispatching ships and activating coastal missile defense systems to “closely monitor and respond.”
- China stages such incursions on a near-daily basis, part of what are termed “gray zone” tactics, aimed at intimidation and wearing down Taiwan’s equipment, exhausting its personnel and degrading public morale.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Russia shoots down China’s peace plan for the Ukraine war as Beijing becomes more entangled in the conflict a year into the fighting
- The Kremlin said the conditions are not right to pursue China’s plan for peace in Ukraine.
- China introduced a peace plan last week, which has been met with skepticism by the West.
- The US has warned that Beijing could provide weapons to Russia to use in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not reject China’s proposal outright but responded with caution
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- China’s naval fleet is growing and the US ‘can’t keep up’ with the warship buildup as Beijing uses its sea power to project an ‘increasingly aggressive military posture globally,’ Navy Secretary warns
- US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro voiced concern in remarks on Wednesday
- Said China has 340 active warships, compared to about 280 for the US Navy
- Claimed US naval shipyards can’t match the output of Chinese ones
- Del Toro said China plans to field a fleet of 440 ships by 2030, far outstripping the Pentagon’s stated goal is to have 350 manned ships by 2045.
- Del Toro claimed in remarks to reporters that China’s shipbuilding capacity far exceeds that of the US, saying that China has 13 shipyards, including one that has a shipbuilding capacity greater than all US yards combined, according to CNN.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- ‘A serious problem’: Secretary of State Antony Blinken says China pondering supplying weapons to Russia. Live Ukraine updates
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken said from the Munich Security Conference that the Chinese – who a year ago declared their friendship with Russia has “no limits” – are pondering expanding their backing of Moscow, which so far has not included weapons.
- “The concern that we have now is based on information we have that they’re considering providing lethal support,” Blinken told CBS’s “Face the Nation” in an interview that aired Sunday, “and we’ve made very clear to them that that would cause a serious problem for us and in our relationship.”
- Boosting the Kremlin’s diminishing arsenal could not only stack the odds against Western-backed Ukraine but raise the specter of escalating the conflict into a world war. Russia is already getting assistance from Iran, which has supplied it explosive drones mostly used to damage Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.
- Latest Developments:
- The Netherlands is expelling several Russian diplomats it accuses of serving as spies “under diplomatic cover,” Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Wopke Hoekstra said.
- Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is requesting supporting countries that they provide fighter jet training to its pilots while debating whether to supply the aircraft.
- Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said the West should not restore normal relations with Russia until the Kremlin pays for its actions in Ukraine. “I don’t think there can be any relations as usual with a pariah state that hasn’t really given up the imperialistic goals,” Kallas said.
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