China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft has trimmed its orbit around Mars to allow the spacecraft to analyze the chosen landing region on the Red Planet. After the burn, which occurred on Tuesday (Feb. 23), Tianwen-1 is now in position to begin imaging… Read More ›
A Chinese government scientific research ship has completed an expedition in waters disputed by Vietnam and China in the South China Sea, according to Chinese state media and data from a ship-tracking platform The Tan Suo 2 left the Chinese… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world Short-sellers take aim at Chinese blockchain firm SOS, shares tumble Short-sellers Hindenburg Research and Culper Research said on Friday they have taken a short position on Chinese blockchain firm SOS Ltd’s… Read More ›
China’s recent announcement that BBC World News is banned from broadcasting in the country is another troubling example of Beijing closing itself off and makes clear the extent of the Communist Party’s censorship regime, author Gordon Chang says. The authoritarian government’s National Radio and Television Administration… Read More ›
Asian markets roiled as bond rout turns ‘lethal’ … of the selloff prompted Australia’s central bank to launch a surprise… February 25, 2021 09:03pm EST Asian markets roiled as bond rout turns ‘lethal’ … of the selloff prompted Australia’s central… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world Dutch parliament: China’s treatment of Uighurs is genocide The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a non-binding motion saying the treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in China amounts to genocide, the… Read More ›
Some Australian states ease curbs on dancing after weeks of no COVID cases … after the state, which accounts for a third of Australia’s population… Australia from Friday. Dancing will be now allowed at smaller venues… February 23, 2021 10:11pm… Read More ›
Biden, Trudeau pledge to counter China, climate change, in warm first ‘meeting’ U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought on Tuesday to turn the page on the Trump era, stressing the countries’ deep ties and pledging… Read More ›
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro – known as the “Trump of the Tropics” for his hardline China policies – does not look set to follow his US counterpart into a one-term exit in elections next year. While much could happen between… Read More ›
Taiwan and China are locked in a dispute over who is actually to blame for the self-governing island’s lack of vaccine supplies, underscoring the two sides’ wider political and strategic conflicts. Ruling Democratic Progressive Party politicians have claimed Beijing is… Read More ›
Executive Summary The recent military coup in Myanmar has baffled many observers as unresolved tension from the country’s long military rule have resurfaced just after a landslide victory of the NLD party led by Aung San Suu Kyi. International reactions… Read More ›
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) admitted on Friday that four of its soldiers died in a border clash with Indian soldiers, days after China and India withdrew their troops from the region. Starting last week, China withdrew around 10,000 troops… Read More ›
Accessing quality information has never been so challenging, despite or maybe, because of our exposure to tremendous amount of information. The entry into force of the Council of Europe (CoE) Convention on Access to Official Documents (Tromsø Convention) on 1… Read More ›
Australia‘s Macquarie reaps windfall profits from U.S. winter freeze …, which also operates Australia’s largest asset manager and investment… February 22, 2021 04:47pm EST Australia shares set to track Wall Street lower as U.S. Treasury yields firm … Feb 23… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world China calls for a reset, but U.S. says Beijing trying to ‘avert blame’ Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on various… Read More ›
China is mixing its civilian population with military front lines. This new Sansha “City” probably should be called a province and not a “city”. Leave it to the Chinese and Taiwanese governments to garble province-level translation. It’s not anything the… Read More ›
Since Boeing acquired McDonnell-Douglas in 1997, it and European manufacturer Airbus have made up an industry-dominating manufacturing duopoly. Smaller manufacturers have found this to be a difficult force to reckon with, particularly in terms of long-range, widebody aircraft. However, a… Read More ›
Iran has long championed the cause of repressed Muslims worldwide, an often vocal stance that has underpinned the Islamic Republic’s self-proclaimed leadership role in the Muslim world. But Iran has willfully ignored the ordeal of more than 1.5 million Uighur… Read More ›
On February 9, Polish President Andrzej Duda represented his country at the ninth Summit of Central and Eastern European Leaders with China, which was held via video link for safety reasons due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Duda, whose country is… Read More ›
Dollar falls as improving sentiment boosts riskier currencies … will ease risks to Australia’s economy over the year, ratings agency Fitch… the yen, the dollar held steady at 105.45 Australia on Monday began its… February 21, 2021 07:38pm EST FOREX-Dollar… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world Britain to challenge China at U.N. over access to Xinjiang Britain will on Monday call for the United Nations to be given “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang to investigate reports… Read More ›
Chinese women, who allege they were inside China’s concentration camps, claim that “extremely sadistic” guards carried out gang rapes and brutal beatings. Qelbinur Sidik grew up in Xinjiang and spent 28 years teaching elementary school students age 6 to 13…. Read More ›
Beijing’s strategic economic priorities for the next five years signal a desire to be less dependent on exports; but its debt level at 280% of GDP needs to come down to ensure financial stability, says Preston Caldwell, senior equity analyst… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world Russia v China: One thing Putin and Xi both fear Vladimir Putin’s facing protests. But China’s “helmsman” Xi Jinping is going from strength to strength. So just how strong are the… Read More ›
Coronavirus Australia live news: Prime Minister, aged care residents and frontline staff will be among first to be vaccinated today Jane Malysiak gets the Pfizer shot at Sydney’s Castle Hill Medical Centre before Prime Minister Scott Morrison receives his vaccination… Read More ›
With the US chips down, Beijing is hitting back. That’s one way of looking at news that, almost two years after the Trump administration began restricting supplies of advanced silicon chips to its rival superpower, China is considering export controls… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world Rethinking the US-China fight: Does China really threaten American power abroad? A scholar of global relations says China seems worried about its future. Meanwhile, the US and Europe still treat China… Read More ›
Victoria records zero new coronavirus cases as Melbourne case moved to ICU Just 25 Covid cases remain in Victoria as state begins first weekend since end of third lockdown.The Guardian1 hour ago Zero cases of COVID-19 recorded in Victoria |… Read More ›
As the entire globe struggles to restructure and regroup towards the greener economy and to de-acidify the oceans, air and our overall socio-political conduct, International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies – IFIMES is taking its own share of planetary… Read More ›
China’s quest for global domination isn’t being fuelled by sunshine and breezes; it’s coal that’s driving the Middle Kingdom’s Imperial and economic onslaught. This is a country that is deadly serious about its economic development and deadly serious about its… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world How China is devastating Australia’s billion-dollar wine industry Melbourne, Australia (CNN Business) South Australian winemaker Jarrad White spent almost a decade building his business in China. Then, in a matter of… Read More ›
Facebook’s brazen attempt to crush regulations in Australia may backfire Facebook’s move to block news publishers in Australia may create an even stronger backlash against the company, adding fuel to arguments that it has too …The Washington Post1 hour ago… Read More ›
The Wuhan Institute of Virology is authorized to receive taxpayer funding for animal research until January 2024, the National Institute of Health told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The WIV is at the center of widespread speculation that COVID-19 could… Read More ›
1. Introduction Trials are the way to avoid injustices, but the fairness of criminal proceedings will depend on what is meant by the concept of justice. The roots of rights in trials are, with other principles and values, as old… Read More ›
Satellite images show China emptying military camps at border flashpoint with India China is seen in satellite images dismantling dozens of structures and moving vehicles to empty out entire camps along a disputed Himalayan border, where …ABC News16 hours ago… Read More ›
Facebook news ban hits emergency services and government health departments Emergency services and health Facebook pages have been caught up in the tech company’s decision to block Australian news *content*.Sydney Morning Herald2 hours ago Facebook restricts sharing or viewing Australian… Read More ›
Cambodia’s government has decided to suspend its two-week military exercise with China next month, citing a need to cut spending amid the coronavirus pandemic, despite claims by the opposition that it did so to avoid angering the new administration in… Read More ›
China’s showcasing of some microwave systems in the face-off with India in Ladakh has many analysts looking closely at China’s military capabilities. Change in administration in the United States has all eyes focussed at the future equation between the two… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world China Blocked Jack Ma’s Ant IPO After Investigation Revealed Likely Beneficiaries Trump’s gone but China, U.S. still at odds over WHO Covid report W.H.O. Researcher Seeking Coronavirus Origins on His Trip… Read More ›
China and the South China Sea will be in sharp focus when the US military reviews its missions around the world, according to the Pentagon.US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin announced earlier this month that US President Joe Biden had… Read More ›
“2020 has been a disastrous year for human rights in Europe,” commented Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at a speech in front of the Council of Europe at the end of last year. In an unprecedented… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world U.S. enters NATO meetings as China and Russia threats loom and war in Afghanistan drags on W.H.O. Researcher Seeking Coronavirus Origins on His Trip to China ‘Politics was always in the… Read More ›
The WHO probe into China over the pneumoniavirus pandemic doesn’t help ties. The team requested raw data; they were given a summary. China blames America. Joe Biden takes on China over Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Uighurs of Xinjiang. Now,… Read More ›
Approximately 26.5 million out of 221.8 million Pakistani citizens live below the national poverty line, determined based on one’s ability to afford to consume 2,350 calories a day. Indigence is particularly widespread in rural areas, which houses almost two-thirds of… Read More ›
W.H.O. Researcher Seeking Coronavirus Origins on His Trip to China COVID probe: US demands early virus data from China WHO’s latest China-virus whitewash US mom found SOS in box of decorations—and exposed China’s re-education camps China’s Yutu 2 rover finds… Read More ›
View Post China put 38.4 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power capacity into operation in 2020, according to new international research, more than three times the amount built elsewhere around the world and potentially undermining its short-term climate goals. The… Read More ›
On W.H.O. Trip, China Refused to Hand Over Important Data China refused to give raw COVID data to WHO, team member says China Refuses to Give WHO Raw Data on Early Covid-19 Cases China refuses to give WHO raw data… Read More ›
U.S. President Joe Biden has criticized China’s human rights violations and military aggression against the democratic island of Taiwan, in his first phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations on Thursday. While the phone… Read More ›
China Refuses to Give WHO Raw Data on Early Covid-19 Cases Covid Vaccines: New Diplomacy Tool for India and China China’s Covid-19 origin theory includes pig heads and frozen fish Chinese TV features blackface performers in New Year’s gala Would… Read More ›
On Thursday, China’s state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) reported that Chinese regulators banned BBC World News, citing alleged violations of Chinese content regulations. The move comes as the U.K.-based network continues to report human rights violations and abuses in… Read More ›
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