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China 05/16/22, 10:48

According to the latest cross-strait war game exercise, China could launch a nuclear weapon if it decides to invade Taiwan. The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, D.C., created the war scenario in response to fears of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. The original plan was for China to ...

China 05/16/22, 10:47

China's anti-epidemic personnel, known as "Dabai" or "Big Whites," for their distinctive protective clothes, were pictured breaking into residents' homes through a window. As Sohu reported, the person had to climb upstairs with the help of the drainpipe to enter a resident's house because he had no key or no way ...

Human Rights 05/16/22, 10:46

CNN reported that David Culver, Correspondent in China, recently left Shanghai to share the one-way trip. He said it was a relief to get on the plane, but he felt "a bit of survivor's guilt.” The CNN website published an article and photos of David Culver yesterday. He was sharing his ...

China 05/16/22, 10:45

At the EU-Japan summit on May 12, the two nations expressed serious concerns over the situation of the Senkaku Islands, East & South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, as well as human rights issues in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Beijing has long claimed ownership of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the ...

Insights 05/16/22, 10:42

Shanghai health workers have been entering residents' homes to spray disinfectant. This practice follows China's rigorous "Zero-Covid" policy to curb the pandemic at all costs. Most recently, many areas in Shanghai have seen a large number of chlorine-containing disinfectant tablets. As a result, people and animals are now suffering symptoms ...

Economy 05/16/22, 10:40

Sri Lanka is now in a deep economic crisis as the country goes bankrupt due to China's Belt and Road debt trap. According to Nikkei Asia, now-resigned Sri Lanka Finance Minister Ali Sabry admitted that its foreign currency reserves had only 50 million dollars by late April, while the country needs ...

Tech 05/16/22, 10:38

Major Chinese telecommunication China Mobile is rolling out a new system to restrict calls from abroad. The move comes as the government is allegedly tightening its grip on telecom fraud. According to South China Morning Post, China Mobile users must confirm whether they would like to receive overseas calls by May ...

Economy 05/16/22, 10:35

Confidence in Chinese stocks is weakening as the country continues its lockdown policy to fight the Covid pandemic. As a result, some capital flights occurred in the Hong Kong market this week. After the United States' central bank raised interest rates, the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the ...

Human Rights 05/16/22, 10:26

Since the Covid-19 outbreak in April, new infections per day in Beijing only stay within 40 to over 60 cases. Although the outbreak has waned slightly in recent days, harsh control measures have instead escalated. This move has triggered anger among citizens, leading to mass protests. A video leaked online from ...

Human Rights 05/16/22, 10:06

Local officials immediately denied rumors of Beijing being under lockdown to combat the Covid-19 outburst on May 12. However, recent data shows that the rumors were well-founded. At a press conference that day, the Beijing Municipal Government's spokesman Xu Hejian, dismissed the information. He told residents not to believe in unverified ...

China 05/16/22, 10:02

Recently, videos circulated on the Internet show that farmers have been harvesting unripe green wheat as fodder. China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs then called on an inspection that harmed wheat crops in order to ensure food security. However, the incident then sparked heated discussion among online netizens. Many ...

China 05/16/22, 09:46

According to the pre-epidemic China Urban Household Wealth Health Report, China's household wealth has increased year by year and already ranks second in the world. However, the report finds that China's housing assets account for 77.7% percent, the largest component of household wealth and much higher than the 34.6% in ...

China 05/16/22, 09:39

According to retractionwatch.com, the New York-based Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has recently retracted 323 academic papers from its database. All were by Chinese scholars. Some were even from double-first-class universities such as the China Agricultural University and East China University of Science and Technology. ACM said its investigation found that the ...

China 05/16/22, 09:22

In a May 14 press conference, the Beijing Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Department claimed that the China Railway 11th Bureau had poorly deployed prevention and control work, resulting in an epidemic cluster in three project departments of the Bureau's third company. According to Department, six officials have received punishment, including ...

U.S. 05/16/22, 07:51

A group of U.S. House of Representatives members sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the U.S to add Taiwan to the list of countries he will visit during his upcoming Asia trip. The group includes nine representatives: Tom Tiffany, Scott Perry, Nancy Mace, Louie Gohmert, Lisa McClain, Peter Stauber, ...

China 05/16/22, 07:45

The longer the lockdown in Shanghai remains, the more hardships await its residents. On May 14, a video was shared on Weibo showing a man kneeling in front of community workers in hazmat suits. The man begged them to let him enter the cabin and get infected with COVID-19. He said he ...

China 05/16/22, 07:27

Just one week after summer kicked off, snow suddenly fell in many places in China. People in Huang’Anba Scenic Spot, Chengkou County, Chongquing Province, experienced snowfall on Saturday morning, May 14. The “winter mode” was turned on in the scenic area with a sharp drop in temperature. A blanket of snow silver-wrapped ...

China 05/16/22, 07:23

The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers held a meeting on May 14. According to Reuters, the G7 agreed to reinforce Russia’s economic and political isolation and provide Ukraine with military and defense assistance. Held at Weissenhaus, Germany, the meeting was attended by senior diplomats from Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, ...

China 05/15/22, 10:46

Newtalk cited Expert Wang Hejin as saying the U.S. is applying a "dual-track" policy with the Chinese government. Wang also pointed out what the U.S. should do to promote this policy. According to Wang, on the one hand, the U.S. accepted the CCP's conditions for "severing diplomatic ties," "abolishing the treaty," ...

Insights 05/15/22, 10:41

The railway corridor that crosses Eurasia has become an essential branch of the Belt and Road Initiative. It runs through Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus. Almost half of those routes pass through Russia. So, European sanctions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine might impact them. The Shanghai Observer reported a decline in those ...