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DPP faces backlash following mainland’s import suspensions, slammed for damaging residents’ interests
Following the Chinese mainland’s suspension of imports of several agricultural products from the island of Taiwan, which is viewed as a sort of punishing fallout from US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit, residents from the island’s agricultural and business sectors, as well a...Read more -
PLA’s ‘Taiwan lockdown’ drills stun secessionists, external forces as precision strike, area denial capabilities proved
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday commenced the second phase of its large-scale military exercises that completely locked down the island of Taiwan, and began to use live fire following the first phase of preparations starting Tuesday evening when US House Speaker Nanc...Read more -
Growing cohesion of SCO, attraction of Shanghai Spirit highlighted amid Russia-Ukraine conflict and US-led bloc confrontation
The Russia-Ukraine conflict and the US’ attempt to split the world and demolish the world order through promoting bloc confrontation highlights the growing importance and attraction of Shanghai Spirit, the core value of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that champions mutual trus...Read more -
Xi criticizes US rivalry policy in candid talk with Biden, warns over Taiwan question but both sides emphasize cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden spoke via telephone for over two hours on Thursday at a juncture of increased tension between China and the US due to the security situation around the Taiwan Straits and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reported plan to visit th...Read more -
Smaller Chinese cities battle Omicron resurgence with limited medical resources, financial pressure
The latest COVID-19 flare-ups have hit smaller cities in some provinces such as East China’s Anhui Province and Northwest China’s Gansu Province, showing a rising risk, as smaller regions face greater challenge due to limited medical resources and increasing financial pressure. The c...Read more -
China’s ‘blue helmets’ on frontlines of safeguarding world peace, stability with firm commitment over decades
Editor’s Note: Looking back at the past 10 years, China has witnessed tremendous changes, which could not have been achieved without hard work of its people. There are many ways to record the past decade, but the story that, at times, leaves a mark on each person is surely the most vivid. ...Read more -
Abe’s death exposes long-neglected collusion between politicians and Unification Church in Japan, South Korea
More details about the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe were revealed to the public as of Thursday, and the motivation of the killer Tetsuya Yamagami exposed an “open secret” of Japanese politics — the collusion between some Japanese right-wing figures and a...Read more -
Xi inspects Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang, second visit in eight years
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected a university, an international land port area, a residential community and a museum in the city of Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, from Tuesday afternoon to Wedn...Read more -
Concrete actions required’ for Albanese govt to replace ‘microphone diplomacy’ to improve damaged China-Australia ties
Concrete actions, instead of “microphone diplomacy” have been called for by Chinese analysts to break the icy China-Australia relations after Australian media reported a string of “positive signals” in bilateral ties with China and analysts urged the Albanese govern...Read more -
US to push Ukraine agenda but ‘G20 FMs not to be misled’
While the Ukraine crisis is anticipated to top the agenda during the upcoming G20 (Group of 20) foreign ministers’ meeting to be held from Thursday to Friday, the US plans to pressure many of the world’s largest economies to take a tougher stance toward Russia and China ...Read more -
Exclusive: US plants Trojan horse programs in hundreds of important Chinese information systems; new cyber weapon targets China, Russia
On Wednesday, China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and a leading cybersecurity company disclosed a new vulnerability attack weapon platform deployed by the US National Security Agency (NSA), which experts believe is the main equipment of the NSA’s computer...Read more -
Kishida, Yoon debut at NATO, casting shadow on Asian peace
For the first time in history, leaders of Japan and South Korea joined the NATO Summit in Madrid on Wednesday to express their interest in underpinning a security alliance with the US’ Western allies, following an “unprecedented” tough stance against China in a joint statement ...Read more