Taiwan Forces Fire at Drones Flying Over Island near China

posted in: Far East, News

Taiwan’s military fired warning shots at drones from China flying over its outposts just off the Chinese coastline, underscoring heightened tensions and the self-ruled island’s resolve to respond to new provocations. Taiwan’s forces said in a statement that troops took … Read More

China crushes mass protest by bank depositors demanding their life savings back

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Hong Kong (CNN) – Chinese authorities on Sunday violently dispersed a peaceful protest by hundreds of depositors, who sought in vain to demand their life savings back from banks that have run into a deepening cash crisis. Since April, four … Read More

GOP hammers Biden for allowing emergency oil reserves to go to China: ‘compromising our energy security’

The top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee says Americans ‘deserve answers’ on China receiving oil from U.S. stockpiles. Several GOP lawmakers sharply criticized President Joe Biden on Thursday following reports of emergency U.S. oil being sent to … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 8 July 2022

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Greetings from Tyler, News of the shooting in a Copenhagen mall has circled the globe.  Maybe if they only had stricter gun laws this wouldn’t have happened.  Do you think somebody intent on killing people is going to care about … Read More

Biden could soon lift tariffs on China in bid to tackle inflation: report

posted in: News, United States

President Biden is poised to roll back tariffs on some Chinese imports in an effort to slow soaring rates of inflation not seen in the country for decades. A decision by Biden could be announced as soon as this week, … Read More

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