TAIPEI - Taiwan’s Defence Ministry on Nov 25 reported that a Chinese balloon had been detected over the sea to Taiwan’s north, the first time since April it has reported such an incident in what Taipei views as part of a pattern of harassment by Beijing.
Taiwan, which China claims...
International affairs analysts see a foreign policy shift with far-reaching repercussions for the U.S. and China in Argentina’s decision this week to buy American-made F-16 fighter jets and its early April announcement to partner with the U.S. military on a naval base at the southern tip of South America.
Argentina’s...
Beijing , March 6: China is slowly becoming a suffocating police state like the former Soviet Union as President Xi Jinping wanted the security apparatus under his direct grip, Nikkei Asia reported citing sources.
The sources have expressed concern over the possibility of creating a new police and state security organization, which would be placed under...
Proposed changes to a Chinese public security law to criminalize comments, clothing, or symbols that “undermine the spirit” or “harm the feelings” of China have triggered the concern of legal experts in China, who say the amendments could be used arbitrarily.
China proposes a ban on clothing that ‘hurt nation’s...
BEIJING — The temperature in Beijing soared above 40°C on Thursday (June 22) for the first time since 2014 and broke the record for the hottest day in June, with heatwaves that had seared northern China a week earlier expected to persist through the weekend.
A weather station in the...
TAIPEI, July 12: China's air force and navy staged a second day of large-scale exercises with fighter jets, bombers and warships to Taiwan's south and southwest on Wednesday, the island's defence ministry said, as Beijing keeps up its military pressure.
While China has not commented on the exercises, they are...
China on Tuesday reaffirmed its steadfast support for Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi stating that Beijing will stand by its “ironclad friend". He also called for restraint in the India-Pakistan conflict.
Wang made these remarks during a meeting with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign...
On August 22, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for the forcible separation from their parents and indoctrination of one million Tibetan children, which had also been denounced by the United Nations.
Blinken announced that, “The State Department is taking steps to impose visa restrictions under the...
TOKYO: An increasing number of Japanese scholars are filling research posts at universities and laboratories in China. In the past, China had mainly welcomed engineers from Japanese companies, but it is now looking to attract academics in astronomy and other basic fields of science.
This trend contrasts with Japan, where...
Tensions are escalating in Europe, but not due to conflicts in the Red Sea. The focus is on a different battleground – the undersea pipelines critical to the continent’s energy security. In October 2023, the Baltic Connector, a 77-kilometre gas pipeline running beneath the Baltic Sea between Finland and...
