Speaking on Friday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying addressed comments made by the US president in his first solo press conference on Thursday, in which Biden claimed Chinese leader Xi Jinping “doesn’t have a democratic bone in his body.” Hua said that the issues of democracy and centralization were not …
Read More »China sanctions UK officials and entities for ‘maliciously’ spreading ‘disinformation’ about Uighur Muslims
The sanctions, which take effect immediately, target Tom Tugendhat, the chair of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative Party leader, and Baroness Helena Kennedy, a prominent human rights lawyer, as well as others. Separately, the Uighur Tribunal and its chair, Sir Geoffrey Nice, the …
Read More »EU goes ‘better dead than red’ on Russian vaccine & China sanctions. Guess whose interests it really serves?
The European Union publicly espouses a policy of strategic autonomy, meaning that it should, in theory, strive to be more independent, pursue its own interests. However, recent events suggest that the EU is perfectly content being a ping pong ball in the US’ Cold War 2.0: Electric Boogaloo. For starters, …
Read More »Biden says he’s ‘not looking for confrontation’ with China, despite ‘stiff competition’ & issues with Taiwan and South China Sea
While Biden acknowledged China “have the overall goal to become the leading country in the world, the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world,” he attempted to dispel any possibility that this might come to pass. “That is not going to happen on my watch, because the United States is …
Read More »Taiwan says it’s now making long-range missile capable of striking China
Speaking in parliament on Thursday, Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said the research and development of missiles has “never stopped.” “We hope it is long-range, accurate, and mobile,” he said. The missile program is being developed by Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. Earlier this month, it staged a …
Read More »Tension is rising over Taiwan and even if China isn’t ready to invade, the current situation is untenable
A US Admiral sparked some alarmist headlines this week when he warned that China’s threat to invade Taiwan is closer than people think. Adm John Aquilino, who has been nominated to become Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, told a Senate committee that China’s prestige and rejuvenation was at stake …
Read More »‘You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry’: Beijing warns Five Eyes that an ‘irritated’ China would be ‘difficult to handle’
Speaking at a regular news conference on Wednesday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying urged the nations of the Five Eyes alliance (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US) to stop interfering in China’s internal affairs. Hua said the Five Eyes nations needed to move into the 21st century …
Read More »The US’ push for allied sanctions on China edges us closer to a new Cold War, but Biden mustn’t bank on long-term European support
Will this week mark a new turning point for China’s ties with the West? Has the EU’s policy of engagement with Beijing abruptly ended? On Monday, in tandem with the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, the bloc unleashed a number of sanctions on officials within the Xinjiang autonomous region …
Read More »Bombing of government office in China kills at least five, including suspect
The blast occurred in the village of Mingjing, located on the northern outskirts of Guangzhou, early on Monday. Five people, including the suspect, have been killed, with five more injured, local police said. “All the injured have been sent to hospital for treatment and the case is under further investigation,” …
Read More »China blacklists 10 EU officials and academics after bloc hits Beijing with sanctions over alleged abuses of Uighur Muslims
A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the EU’s sanctions over the alleged detention and forced labor of Uighur Muslims, announced earlier on Monday, were based on “maliciously spread lies and disinformation.” The move “grossly interferes in China’s internal affairs” and “flagrantly breaches international law,” the …
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