China Insists Party Elites Shed Overseas Assets, Eyeing Western Sanctions on Russia
Wall Street JournalChina Insists Party Elites Shed Overseas Assets, Eyeing Western Sanctions on Russia By Chun Han Wong 19 May 2022 HONG KONG—China’s Communist Party will block promotions for senior cadres whose spouses or children hold significant…
Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world
APNearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uyghur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges, in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in the world, an Associated…
Former Taiwan VP speaks out at Global COVID-19 Summit, China ditches event
Taiwan NewsMeanwhile, China refused to join the summit, due to Taiwan’s presence by U.S. invitation. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian (趙立堅) said during a press conference on Friday (May 13), that China was “unable” to…
The Changing Pattern of China’s Aircraft Incursions Into Taiwan’s ADIZ
The DiplomatAs of early May, the KQ-200 is back in its usual “hunting grounds” at the critical maritime choke points. The increased use of ASW helicopters and surface ships alongside the dedicated fixed-wing ASW platform points…
War games predict China could resort to nuclear weapon if it invades Taiwan
Taiwan News“Neither Beijing nor Washington is likely to have the upper hand after the first week of the conflict, suggesting that it would eventually become a protracted conflict,” NBC News cited CNAS experts as saying. “The…
Taiwan: Scenarios for an invasion from China
GISOne may also argue that Beijing might be encouraged to take advantage of the West’s preoccupation with Eastern Europe and possibly reluctance to oppose Russia and China simultaneously. In this light, of course, ongoing tensions…
Marcos as Philippine president a boon for China, awkward for U.S.
ReutersMarcos, the son and namesake of the country’s former dictator, has long-standing ties with China and is seeking a new deal with Chinese ruler Xi Jinping
‘Stop asking why’: Shanghai intensifies Covid lockdown despite falling cases
CNN“From now on, people who live on the same floor (as Covid cases) must be transported (into quarantine),” a police officer says in the video. “It’s not that you can do whatever you want –…
Pentagon’s China Warning Prompts Calls to Vet U.S. Funding of Startups
Wall Street JournalDefense Department report cites examples of U.S. government financing of small businesses it says benefited Chinese interests
China makes second largest incursion into Taiwan air defence zone
Aljazeera‘Ukraine may be East Asia tomorrow’ Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by Beijing, which sees the self-ruled democratic island as part of its territory to be retaken one day, by force if…
China Insists Party Elites Shed Overseas Assets, Eyeing Western Sanctions on Russia
Wall Street JournalChina Insists Party Elites Shed Overseas Assets, Eyeing Western Sanctions on Russia By Chun Han Wong 19 May 2022 HONG KONG—China’s Communist Party will block promotions for senior cadres whose spouses or children hold significant…
Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world
APNearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uyghur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges, in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in the world, an Associated…
Former Taiwan VP speaks out at Global COVID-19 Summit, China ditches event
Taiwan NewsMeanwhile, China refused to join the summit, due to Taiwan’s presence by U.S. invitation. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian (趙立堅) said during a press conference on Friday (May 13), that China was “unable” to…
The Changing Pattern of China’s Aircraft Incursions Into Taiwan’s ADIZ
The DiplomatAs of early May, the KQ-200 is back in its usual “hunting grounds” at the critical maritime choke points. The increased use of ASW helicopters and surface ships alongside the dedicated fixed-wing ASW platform points…
War games predict China could resort to nuclear weapon if it invades Taiwan
Taiwan News“Neither Beijing nor Washington is likely to have the upper hand after the first week of the conflict, suggesting that it would eventually become a protracted conflict,” NBC News cited CNAS experts as saying. “The…
Taiwan: Scenarios for an invasion from China
GISOne may also argue that Beijing might be encouraged to take advantage of the West’s preoccupation with Eastern Europe and possibly reluctance to oppose Russia and China simultaneously. In this light, of course, ongoing tensions…
Marcos as Philippine president a boon for China, awkward for U.S.
ReutersMarcos, the son and namesake of the country’s former dictator, has long-standing ties with China and is seeking a new deal with Chinese ruler Xi Jinping
‘Stop asking why’: Shanghai intensifies Covid lockdown despite falling cases
CNN“From now on, people who live on the same floor (as Covid cases) must be transported (into quarantine),” a police officer says in the video. “It’s not that you can do whatever you want –…
Pentagon’s China Warning Prompts Calls to Vet U.S. Funding of Startups
Wall Street JournalDefense Department report cites examples of U.S. government financing of small businesses it says benefited Chinese interests
China makes second largest incursion into Taiwan air defence zone
Aljazeera‘Ukraine may be East Asia tomorrow’ Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by Beijing, which sees the self-ruled democratic island as part of its territory to be retaken one day, by force if…