Tag Archives: China

For several years now, China has been developing the digital yuan, the first cryptocurrency from a central bank and government in the world. And it’s nearing completion.  Chinese online retailer JD recently began accepting it as a payment method as the government trials its use by giving citizens up to $3 …

The announcement was made by the Cyberspace Administration of China on Tuesday. All the offending apps have violated one or more cyber-security laws, the watchdog stated without providing any further detail. The purge came as a part of a campaign launched early in November in response to general public discontent …

Made to replicate the natural reactions that occur in the sun using hydrogen and deuterium gases as fuels, the HL-2M Tokamak reactor is China’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion experimental research device.  It is located in southwestern Sichuan province and was completed late last year. The reactor is often …

Murray, an author best known for his critiques of Islam and woke culture, has outlined his case for making China pay for the pandemic in a Thursday piece in the Spectator, the influential weekly with strong ties to the Conservative Party. The rallying call was unleashed in response to news …

Before the Donald Trump administration, there were extensive ties between the American and Chinese people. Over 300,000 Chinese a year were studying in US universities, many Chinese aspired to top technology jobs in America, while millions more visited as tourists annually. Those days now seem very distant indeed. Yesterday, the …

The People’s Republic of China “poses the greatest threat to America today, and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom world-wide since World War II,” Ratcliffe wrote in an op-ed published on Thursday by the Wall Street Journal, arguing that the “challenge of our generation” is to resist “Beijing’s attempt …

The ongoing row between Australia and its largest trading partner, China, begs one simple question: since when did us Aussies become so thin-skinned? One offensive social media meme posted by a functionary of the Chinese government and the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China has launched a ‘buy Aussie wine’ campaign in …

China and Australia continue to be at loggerheads. Following the recent announcement that China would be imposing an anti-dumping tariff of up to 200 percent on Australian wine imports, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian ignited controversy by tweeting a graphic satirical image of an Australian soldier cutting the throat of …

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded an official apology from Beijing after Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted a tweet calling for justice over a recent war-crimes report released in Australia – with an illustration of an Aussie soldier holding a knife to a child’s throat. But Beijing appears …

“Shocked by murder of Afghan civilians and prisoners by Australian soldiers,” Beijing’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said in a tweet on Monday morning. In an emergency press conference, Prime Minister Scott Morrison blasted Beijing for this “utterly outrageous” post that “cannot be justified on any basis whatsoever,” and demanded an official apology …