A series of high-resolution images published on the China National Space Administration’s (CNSA) website on Friday show the terrain of the red planet in color (and it does look red), as well as the landing platform and the Zhurong rover, the CNSA said. © China National Space Administration The picture …
Read More »Top Pentagon officer Mark Milley says Russia & China pose ‘biggest threats’ after Biden says it’s climate change
Asked about Biden’s comment during a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, suggested that the president was speaking more loosely in regards to the nation’s greatest threats, instead naming two foreign ‘adversaries’. “Climate change does impact, but the president is looking …
Read More »Feeling vindicated, Trump demands China pay $10trn in global Covid-19 reparations, calls Fauci ‘science fiction’
The CCP should pay $10 trillion in “global reparations” for allowing “the worst event in world history,” Trump said in a statement issued on Thursday. He also mocked the White House’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying: “Dr. Fauci likes to say that he is ‘science’ when, in fact, …
Read More »Beijing passes anti-foreign sanction law to safeguard China’s core interests against Western interference
On Thursday, the Chinese National People’s Congress voted on and passed the ‘Anti-Foreign Sanctions Act’ in an effort to protect national interests against foreign interference. The anti-foreign sanctions draft law was proposed on Monday to the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC). The specific content of China’s …
Read More »Pentagon makes China top priority in new directive as deputy defense chief says $715bn budget will ‘deter aggression’ by Beijing
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued the guidance on Wednesday, outlining US military policy toward the People’s Republic after a months-long Pentagon review ordered by the White House in February. The new directive is classified, however, with Austin and other military officials offering scant details on the document. “The initiatives I …
Read More »Bitcoin dives almost 10% as China & US tighten noose around crypto
The leading crypto was trading down 9.7% at $32,318 a coin as of 07:05 GMT. It’s the largest single daily loss for bitcoin since May 28. Other major cryptos were also trading in the red on Tuesday, with the top 10 by market capitalization having fallen between 7.3% and 12.9% …
Read More »China rails against ‘provocation’ as American senators fly into Taiwan on a military plane & promise to donate 750,000 vaccines
On Sunday, three US senators briefly visited Taiwan in a military aircraft in a move which angered China. Although they did not leave the airport and stayed just three hours, they met with President Tsai Ing-wen and carried the announcement that Washington would donate 750,000 Covid vaccines to the island. …
Read More »China files formal complaint after US senators meet with senior Taiwanese leaders and declare island won’t ‘stand alone’
Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, has announced that the country has filed “solemn representations” with the US over the visit of three American senators to the island to meet with senior Taiwanese officials. Democratic senators Tammy Duckworth and Christopher Coons and Republican Dan Sullivan spent three hours …
Read More »Russia-China trade turnover soars nearly 25% since beginning of 2021
According to the data, the total volume of trade between the two countries during the period amounted to $50.65 billion, marking year-on-year growth of 23.6%. In May alone, Russia-China trade turnover reached $10.449 billion. Exports of Chinese goods to Russia increased by 35.3% to $22.921 billion, while imports of Russian …
Read More »Canada’s PM says 2022 Beijing Olympics will offer chance to ‘pressure’ China on human rights issues
During a lengthy sit-down with Toronto Star columnist Martin Cohn on Friday, Trudeau said the world community should pool efforts to ramp up pressure on China, noting that the upcoming 2022 winter games may provide just that opportunity. “The pressure on China right now from the international community … is …
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