Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday has inaugurated the Kovykta natural gas field in eastern Siberia, located strategically to allow Russia to increase gas exports to China amid growing tensions between Moscow and the West. The inauguration is the culmination … Read More
On Dec. 13, China’s ruling communist regime deactivated their COVID-19 tracking app after easing pandemic restrictions. However, experts warn that the regime continues to track and monitor the Chinese populace through the data. The state-controlled social media platform WeChat announced … Read More
TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional tensions and … Read More
Japan and the Netherlands have agreed in principle to join the US in tightening controls over the export of advanced chipmaking machinery to China, according to people familiar with the matter, a potentially debilitating blow to Beijing’s technology ambitions. The … Read More
Indian and Chinese troops were injured in a fresh clash on their disputed Himalayan border last week, senior officials said in New Delhi on Tuesday. The incident—another melee with fists instead of firearms—took place at a point called Yangtse in … Read More
If you want to know what the government’s Covid plan is in China, look at what it does rather than what it says. Take Beijing for example. There has not been a significant drop in infections, yet public transport now … Read More
On his arrival, Xi Jinping was greeted with a handshake by 37-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, de facto ruler of the world’s biggest oil exporter, at Yamamah Palace Riyadh: Chinese President Xi Jinping met Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince … Read More
BEIJING (AP) — China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests … Read More
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Friday offered a ‘brutally honest’ assessment of Europe’s defence capabilities, stating bluntly that ‘we’re not strong enough’ to stand up to Moscow alone before warning against dependence on China. ‘We should make sure that … Read More
Beijing students shout ‘freedom will prevail’, as Urumqi fire prompts levels of disobedience unprecedented in Xi era People opposed to China’s stringent Covid restrictions have protested in cities across the country in the biggest wave of civil disobedience on the … Read More