BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 10:14 p.m. Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 5 km, was monitored at 23.94 degrees north … Read More
People line up at a vaccination center in Beijing on April 8, 2021.PHOTO: AFP BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China has urged local authorities to halt compulsory coronavirus vaccinations as the central government tries to balance the urgency of its inoculation efforts … Read More
The Taiwan Strait is a “powder keg” that has the potential to trigger a world war, a military analyst said on Tuesday as a panel of experts gathered to discuss U.S. foreign policy from a Taiwanese perspective. A Chinese aircraft carrier task … Read More
A successful takeover of Taiwan by the Chinese military would harm U.S. credibility among allies in Asia, Biden’s choice to lead American forces in the Pacific said on Tuesday. At a nomination hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral John … Read More
Communist Party newspaper says Japan faces “grave” consequences—including countermeasures by Beijing—if it sides with the United States over the question of Taiwan‘s security in the face of an increasingly assertive China. Japan‘s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Joe Biden will together stress the importance … Read More
North Korea has long sought a lifting of international sanctions over its weapons programmes.PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States, South Korea, and Japan agreed in high-level security talks on Friday (April 2) to work together to keep up … Read More
The death toll of 114 in the last 24 hours exceeds the previous high of between 74 and 90 people killed on March 14. Australia, the United States, Britain, Japan, and South Korea joined together to condemn Myanmar’s use of … Read More
(CNN) A 7.0 preliminary magnitude earthquake has struck Japan off the coast of Ishinomaki, a city located just 65 miles (104 km) from Fukushima, the site of a devastating 9.0 magnitude quake 10 years ago. Latest information from USGS shows the earthquake … Read More
Kim Yo-jong is considered a powerful ally of her brother, Kim Jong-un – Getty Images The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has warned the US not to “cause a stink”, as President Joe Biden prepares to set … Read More
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Algeria, and Myanmar were the largest buyers of China weapons. (Photo: REUUTERS/Stringer) China, the world’s second-largest arms producer, saw its worldwide exports of weapons drop between 2016 and 2020 – but it imported more weapons from Russia in … Read More