Hanoi, Vietnam – When Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and United States President Joe Biden upgraded diplomatic relations to their highest level last weekend, Chinese officials responded by raising the spectre of a new Cold War playing out in Southeast Asia. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning advised …
Read More »Pentagon Shifts Combat Training, Signaling Preparations for War With China, Russia, Major Powers
Sometimes, it feels like it was just yesterday that I was in Afghanistan for the last time, watching my unit draw down, already feeling as though my sacrifices were for naught years before watching the eventual botched withdrawal on television. Other times, it feels as though it could’ve been a …
Read More »U.S and China owe half of world?s $235tr debts – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that the United States and China account for half of the world’s total indebtedness of $235 trillion, with both countries owing $117.5 trillion. In its global debt update, titled: Global Debt Is Returning to its Rising Trend, the global monetary fund on …
Read More »?They can produce toothpick, sanitary pads? – Minister of Women Affairs advocates for pupils to join production lines just as its done in China (video)
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has asked state governments to start thinking of ways to involve pupils in various schools in what she termed ‘’urban development.” While speaking at the Anambra Investment Summit in Anambra today September 7, Kennedy-Ohaneye advocated for the reduction of school days so …
Read More »‘Bizarre’ long-legged bird-like dinosaur has scientists enthralled in China
About 148 to 150 million years ago, a strange pheasant-sized and bird-like dinosaur with elongated legs and arms built much like wings inhabited southeastern China, with a puzzling anatomy suggesting it either was a fast runner or lived a lifestyle like a modern wading bird. Scientists said on Wednesday they have unearthed …
Read More »Workers Plow Through Great Wall of China, Leaving a Hole
Two workers have been detained in northern China after local authorities said they plowed through a section of the country’s Great Wall with an excavator, leaving a gaping hole. The pair, a 38-year-old man and 55-year-old-woman, caused “irreversible damage” when they used the construction equipment to widen an existing gap …
Read More »U.S. Officials Are Streaming to China. Will Beijing Return the Favor?
When Gina Raimondo, the secretary of commerce, left China this week, it marked the end of a three-month diplomatic blitz by the Biden administration to try to stabilize ties with Beijing and arrest a free fall in the relationship that had raised concerns about the risk of conflict. President Biden …
Read More »The U.S. and China Are Talking Again. Where It Will Lead Is Unclear.
When Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, visited China this week, she joined a long line of U.S. politicians who have come to the country to try to sway Chinese officials to open their market to foreign businesses and buy more American exports, in addition to other goals. Ms. Raimondo left …
Read More »Factories May Be Leaving China, but Trade Ties Are Stronger Than They Seem
The United States has spent the past five years pushing to reduce its reliance on China for computer chips, solar panels and various consumer imports amid growing concern over Beijing’s security threats, human rights record and dominance of critical industries. But even as policymakers and corporate executives look for ways …
Read More »US commerce secretary says companies see China as ‘uninvestable’
The US Secretary of Commerce says United States companies have complained that China has become “uninvestable”, pointing to fines, raids and other measures that have made it risky to do business there. Gina Raimondo’s comments came on Tuesday as her delegation of American officials headed from Beijing to Shanghai in …
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