But in the event that the US administration remains steadfast in pursuing a tariff and trade war to advance its zero-sum objectives, China stands prepared to resist its modern gunboat diplomacy.

Historically, Mare Island conjures thoughts of colossal U.S. Navy ships steaming out into the San Pablo Bay for their maiden ...

A new player to the racing scene has emerged with the Dara Johnson skippered Slingshot, a silver hulled Gunboat 68 with black sails from Queensland's Whitsundays. Bought in 2023, she enjoyed high ...

The 1914 paddlewheel tug Eppleton Hall tied up at Mare Island Tuesday — the second of five historic vessels to be towed from the National Park Service’s Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco to ...

A 19-year-old man was arrested in Robbins last month after officers found him asleep behind the wheel at a traffic light with his car in drive. Police said he was intoxicated, failed a sobriety ...

From breaking news to special features, we're on it! Join the NonStop Local Chord group and always be in the know. Trade, war, and diplomacy have been inextricably linked since the first armed ...

Trade, war, and diplomacy have been inextricably linked since the first armed merchant travelled from one city-state to another. As of 2024, global trade totals nearly $33 trillion annually. Given ...

Both were shows of force. The former expressed President Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy of speaking softly while carrying a big stick – the original version of peace through strength ...

Next week, the 1914 paddlewheel tug Eppelton Hall may be towed from the Hyde Street Pier to Mare Island, and the 1886 3-masted, square-rigged Balclutha may arrive the week after that. They will be ...

The Pride of the Susquehanna is one of only six paddlewheel riverboats in operation in the United States, and the vessel was custom-built to operate in the Susquehanna. “There is no other vessel ...

"Overwhelmingly powerful warships must serve as a strong nuclear deterrent against hostile forces’ habitual ‘gunboat diplomacy,’" state media reported Kim as saying. South Korea's national ...