The United States criticized China in the State Department’s 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom, describing the country as a repressive regime.
In the report, released Wednesday, the department also cited an international and domestic increase in antisemitism and Islamophobia, which it attributed to the war in Gaza.
At the release...
Ratings agencies S&P Global and Moody’s drew fire at a US congressional hearing on Wednesday for failing to reflect the risk of a multi-trillion-dollar “time bomb” that China’s local government financing vehicles pose for global financial markets.
Grilling witnesses at a House Oversight committee hearing, California Democrat Katie Porter won...
Japan has announced plans to support the development of the Philippine 5G network in an effort to counter China's influence in the region's telecommunications sector.
The move comes amid concerns over potential security risks associated with Chinese technology. Japan's support aims to bolster the Philippines' digital infrastructure, ensuring its independence...
India will be the biggest economy in the world by 2050, followed by China, the United States, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, and Russia, said Asle Toje, Deputy Leader of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, during the “Future Watch: The Emerging World Order” program organized by the Pehle India Foundation...
Recently, Bangladesh complained about faulty Chinese spare parts for its Navy. As it emerges, all three military branches of Bangladesh are struggling with ‘sub-standard’ Chinese supplies. Many other countries (including Pakistan) are also unhappy about the poor quality of Chinese military supplies. Again, in March this year, SIPRI published...
The City of Edinburgh Council has shelved plans for a new "friendship arrangement" with a Taiwanese city following fears it could harm relations with China.
The local authority was due to consider a five-year partnership to strengthen cultural and commercial links between the Scottish capital and Kaohsiung.
A report also raised...
Senior Biden administration officials on Monday conveyed a mixed message about negotiations with Beijing to ban the use of artificial intelligence in both American and Chinese nuclear arsenals.
The US had sought “a strategic dialogue with China for years on nuclear matters”, according to US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt...
The Philippines' defence chief said China used "aggressive and illegal force" to disrupt a resupply mission in the South China Sea and said the maritime incident on June 17, which injured a sailor, was neither a misunderstanding nor an accident.
"We are not downplaying the incident," Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro...
