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Don`t worry there is no significant man- made global warming. The global warming scare is not driven by science but driven by politics. Al Gore and the UN are dead wrong on climate fears. The IPCC process is a perversion of science.
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China Continues Crushing Hong Kong
Since China adopted its National Security Law in June 2020, Hong Kong’s government, under Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and China have sought to extinguish all opposition to Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and to eradicate Hong Kong’s core… Read More ›
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China’s ambitions threatened by US equipment ban
China is making an all-out effort to achieve independence in semiconductors, but the learning curve is steep and US sanctions are hurting. America’s National Security Council for Artificial Intelligence issued a 750-page report yesterday proposing that the “United the United… Read More ›
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China’s Leaders Laud Mao Acolyte in Symbolic Attack on Reformer Deng Xiaoping
The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) commemorated former premier Hua Guofeng at the weekend in a move that could indicate the party under general secretary Xi Jinping is continuing to model his leadership on that of Mao Zedong, analysts said…. Read More ›
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Chinese research ship collects samples, tests submersibles in Vietnam-claimed waters
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 ›
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China revealing extent of its censorship with BBC ban: Gordon Chang
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 ›
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War of words erupts as China blocks Taiwan from getting Pfizer COVID vaccine
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 ›
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China says four PLA soldiers died in India border clash last year
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 ›
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Why Iran won’t cross China on the Uighurs
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 ›
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Poland risks squandering warm ties with China
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 ›
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Traumatized women recount alleged gang rape and ‘sadistic’ torture in China’s concentration camps
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 ›
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We have been staggeringly blind to China’s rare earth dominance
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 ›
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Full Throttle: No End In Sight for China’s Mammoth Coal-Fired Power Rush
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 ›
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Officials confirm Wuhan lab still eligible for U.S. tax funding
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 ›
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Cambodia suspends annual military exercises with China
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 ›
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China and Indo-Pacific in US military sights as Pentagon takes fresh look at forces
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 ›
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China’s New Coal Power Plant Capacity in 2020 More Than 3 Times Rest of World’s
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 ›
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Biden Brings Human Rights, Military Threats to Fore in Phone Call With Xi Jinping
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 ›
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China bans BBC as it keeps reporting on Chinese Muslim genocide
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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China calls for EU autonomy as Western alliance disintegrates
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called on the EU to act “independently and autonomously,” a day after U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to confront Beijing with “extreme competition.” Wang made the remarks in a video meeting with EU… Read More ›
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China the geopolitical winner of Myanmar’s coup
As the dust settles on Myanmar’s military coup, it is already clear that China will be the main foreign power beneficiary of the suspension of democracy. While US President Joe Biden’s administration quickly threatened to impose new punitive sanctions on… Read More ›
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Major blow for Biden as French president shatters US alliance dream: EU cosies up to China
Emmanuel Macron has warned new US President Joe Biden he cannot rely on the support of the European Union when it comes to China in an indication that the bloc is ready to cosy up to Beijing. Mr Biden, who… Read More ›
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Red-Green takeover: How China could turn off Britain’s lights
In any future war between Britain and China, the winner could be decided in a matter of hours — and Britain is unlikely to be the victor. For years now, Chinese businesses have been quietly positioned at the heart of… Read More ›
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Chinese built Mustang Mach-E SUV in works
A “Pony Car” built and sold in China? You betcha, and, it will be an EV too. Henry Ford, a staunch anti-communist, is probably rolling in his grave, but it now appears that the Mustang Mach-E is getting a stable across the… Read More ›
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New Cold War threatens to sink international climate efforts
China is not eager to appear friendly with the U.S., despite the change of leadership in Washington. As the Trump administration concluded a marathon run of speeches denouncing Chinese communists and announcements of tough-on-China policies right through to its final days, expectations dimmed… Read More ›
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China uses climate change to threaten Joe Biden administration
During his campaign, Biden reiterated his intention to work with Beijing on matters of common interest, such as addressing global warming and the proliferation of nuclear arms, while at the same time confronting its “abusive behavior” in other realms. The… Read More ›
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China builds new housing on key South China Sea Island to support growing population
China is set to construct new housing to accommodate nearly 400 people on Woody Island, a sign of its effort to support a growing population on this key outpost in the disputed South China Sea, Chinese government documents and satellite… Read More ›
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China’s Terrifying Return to Maoism
One of the few issues on which Democrats and Republicans agree is that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has turned back toward Maoism. Xi Jinping’s regime is committed to eradicating the merest possibility that someone might have an independent… Read More ›
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Biden admin vows to ‘deepen ties’ with Taiwan as Chinese warplanes threaten island
The U.S. State Department vowed to back Taiwan over the weekend and called on China to discontinue its military, diplomatic and economic pressures against the sovereign island. On Saturday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said, “The United States notes with… Read More ›
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China hits back at US label of genocide in Xinjiang as ‘lies’ in propaganda-laden screed
China on Monday labeled as “lies” a U.S. designation of abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide in a report that cites residents it said had flocked to social media to “refute” the claim, but an expert… Read More ›
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China-US tension: Biden administration pledges to back Japan and Philippines in maritime disputes
The United States has pledged to support its allies involved in maritime disputes over both the South and East China seas – where China is locking horns with its neighbours – as the newly installed US administration is renewing alliances… Read More ›
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Biden sends messages rejecting China expansionism
One week into the job, US President Joe Biden has sent a clear warning to Beijing against any expansionist intentions in East and Southeast Asia. In multiple calls and statements, he and his top security officials have underscored support for… Read More ›
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Second Rate Wind Power Side-lined In China’s Coal-Fired Economic Miracle
We have all heard about China building a lot of coal plants, but the central role coal plays in their booming economy is amazing. It is a big reason they are the world’s leading manufacturer. China generates almost twice as… Read More ›
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China’s vegetable prices hit record highs due to historically cold winter: “vegetables have frozen to death”
Asia’s energy prices aren’t the only commodity to have reached record highs this winter, the chill of solar minimum has also driven China’s fresh vegetable prices to unprecedented levels. A lingering “dip” in the jet stream has seen Arctic air… Read More ›
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How will Biden deal with China?
Back in 2008, when Joe Biden was on the campaign trail running for vice president, the Democratic senator from Delaware once told fundraisers that the world will “test the mettle” of Barack Obama. Now that Biden has been inaugurated as… Read More ›
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China-Taiwan tensions rise days into Biden presidency
Chinese air force planes including 12 fighter jets entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone for a second day on Sunday, Taiwan said, as tensions rise near the island just days into US President Joe Biden’s new administration. China views democratically… Read More ›
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Biden administration urges China to toughen it climate targets
Gina McCarthy, the White House’s national climate adviser, did not say what policies would be released. A memo seen by Reuters on Thursday showed Biden will unveil a second round of executive orders as soon as Jan 27 that include an… Read More ›
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China’s energy policy keeps blowing a fuse
China’s President Xi Jinping has promised to turn the world’s largest consumer of fossil fuels into a carbon-neutral nation by 2060, but that might make it harder to keep the lights on. Widespread electricity rationing in December stoked fears of… Read More ›
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China to monitor central SOEs’ overseas assets
China will strengthen the management of overseas state-owned property rights held by centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and prevent the loss of overseas state-owned assets, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council said in a statement…. Read More ›
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China’s energy dilemma: between green pledges and blackouts
Widespread electricity rationing in December stoked fears of another harsh winter for the country’s households. A clunky grid monopoly is the culprit. Reviving industrial activity and a coal shortage aggravated by bans on Australian imports combined to unbalance power supply… Read More ›
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Lockdown past, Wuhan clubs filled with partiers
Glow-in-the-dark rabbit ears, pulsating beats and a flexible attitude to masks: Nightlife in China’s Wuhan is back with a vengeance almost a year after a lockdown brought life to a standstill in the city of 11 million. As the rest… Read More ›
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BlackRock’s China challenge a red flag for Biden
Janet Yellen, the soon-to-be US Treasury secretary, wasted no time telegraphing Joe Biden’s plans to be tough on China. Events at BlackRock Inc, though, demonstrate how much of an uphill slog the new president faces. As Donald Trump exited the… Read More ›
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Biden’s trade rep knows China inside and out
Katherine Tai, with her Asian appearance and family name, is being watched intently and with curiosity in China after Joe Biden nominated the 47-year-old trade lawyer to be his cabinet’s principal trade advisor and negotiator. As the incoming US Trade… Read More ›
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No sign yet Biden seeks a honeymoon with China
The Chinese government hopes Sino-United States relations will get back on track after the Biden administration took office on January 20, but political analysts in Hong Kong and Taiwan are skeptical a drastic shift is in the offing. Hua Chunying,… Read More ›
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China’s Chang’e 5 orbiter en route to solar observation point
China’s Chang’e 5 orbiter is expected to reach a point in space where it will be able to observe the sun in the middle of March, according to state media. The spacecraft, which separated from the capsule that carried lunar… Read More ›
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China defends Covid-19 response after criticism
China defended its handling of the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, but said it would “strive to do better” after independent experts criticized the speed of its response to a virus that has now killed more than two million people worldwide. Beijing… Read More ›
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Sea Ice Slows Ships In North China Ports
Chinese ports and marine safety authorities are on high alert as an expansion of sea ice makes it tougher for ships to berth and discharge at key energy product import terminals along the coast of northern Bohai Bay. A cold wave… Read More ›
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China’s Border Villages Are Fuelling Tensions in India
A new set of satellite images have triggered fresh border anxieties between India and China. These images, accessed by VICE World News via American imaging company Planet Labs, are dated Nov. 1, 2020, and show a village made up of… Read More ›
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Chinese doctor: Sinopharm coronavirus jab “most unsafe in the world” with 73 side effects
A Chinese doctor has dubbed the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine candidate from a state-owned drugmaker as the “most unsafe in the world.” Dr. Tao Lina posted in the Chinese social media platform Weibo Jan. 5 that the jab made by Sinopharm… Read More ›
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China, Indonesia on a collision course at sea
Indonesia’s interception this week of a Chinese research ship, which had crossed the Java Sea without an activated transponder, and last month’s discovery of a suspected Sea Wing underwater drone off southern Sulawesi has presented Jakarta with a new set… Read More ›
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China’s Covid smokescreen with jail for dissenters
Just over a year has gone by since Covid emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan and the world still has many questions about where and how it originated. The World Health Organisation sent a team to China this week to investigate… Read More ›
