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Bribery, influence still rampant in Pacific nation By Daniel Y. Teng A Chinese state-owned firm is investigating the purchase of a deep water port and a World War II-era airstrip in…

BY HEALTH 1+1 AND MARINA ZHANG Big things are happening for the humble marijuana (or cannabis) plant. On July 21, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced a bill to legalize marijuana at the federal level…

By Andrew Thornebrooke House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is traveling through Asia aboard a U.S. military aircraft, the White House has confirmed less than a week after Chinese communist media personality suggested she should…

By Andrew Thornebrooke China and the United States both deployed military forces to the region around Taiwan on Aug. 1 following Chinese threats of a military attack in response to a proposed visit to Taiwan by…

By Reuters WASHINGTON—Astronomers have observed the most massive known example of an object called a neutron star, one classified as a “black widow” that got particularly hefty by gobbling up most of…

By Gary Bai China conducted live-fire exercises off its coast opposite Taiwan on July 30 after warning U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) not to visit the self-governed island that the communist regime sees…

By Jessica Mao China’s official figures show that the total number of hospital admissions in the country dropped by 35.83 million in 2020. In late 2019, a sudden outbreak of COVID-19…

By Andrew Thornebrooke The White House has refused to comment on a threat by a Chinese state media figure who said that the Chinese military should “shoot … down” a plane carrying House…

By Nicole Hao China plans to collect up to 300 billion yuan (about $44.4 billion) to support real estate developers struggling to finish their projects, while over half a million buyers…

By Cathy He Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) tumbled 10 percent on July 29 after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) added the firm to a list of companies…