By Reuters NUSA DUA, Indonesia—U.S. President Joe Biden said on Nov. 13 that his country will maintain open communication lines and seek no conflict with China ahead of what are expected to…
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By Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday met Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and discussed their security pact and issues surrounding the Taiwan Strait, the White House said. The AUKUS security pact between the…
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By Alex Wu After securing a third term as leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at its national congress, Xi Jinping ordered the nation’s military for the first time to…
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By Sophia Lam A businessman in Tibet has blasted China’s communist party authorities for messing up in the region with its “zero-COVID” policies, describing China’s quarantine facilities as “concentration camps.” China’s ruling communist…
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Yellen Pitches ‘Friendshoring’ to Protect Supply Chains From ‘Risky’ Countries Like China
by EditorTBy Bryan Jung Janet Yellen, secretary of the U.S. Treasury, was in India to promote “friendshoring” to protect supply chains from unreliable countries like China and Russia. The pandemic, supply chain problems, and rapidly changing geopolitical…
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By Reuters WASHINGTON—About 11.5 billion years ago, a distant star roughly 530 times larger than our sun died in a cataclysmic explosion that blew its outer layers of gas into the surrounding cosmos, a supernova…
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Book Review: ‘Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World’: Unmasking China’s Secret Intent
by EditorTBY ANITA L. SHERMAN I saw a recent interview with author Alex Joske and was immediately struck by his professional demeanor and his youth. Turns out he was the youngest-ever analyst…
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By Frank Fang TAIPEI—Liberty Square, Taiwan’s iconic tourist site, was awash in a sea of colors on Nov. 12, as more than 5,000 locals came together to deliver a message to…
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‘Casino Loyale’: Company Owned by Chinese Billionaire Guilty of Paying $1 Million in Bribes to LA Councilman
by EditorTBy Andrew Thornebrooke A Los Angeles real estate firm owned by a Chinese billionaire is guilty of paying more than $1 million in bribes to a Los Angeles city councilman as part of…
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By Andrew Thornebrooke Three people were arrested this week for their alleged involvement in a scheme to sell U.S. military secrets to China and to secretly bring Chinese goods into the U.S. defense supply chain.…