Politics
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Xi urgently calls to stabilize foreign investment and Li Keqiang spoke on same day
In two separate conferences held this week on May 18 and 19, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for stabilizing foreign investment while Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed the importance of strengthening economic confidence upon current uncertainties. The strict Zero Covid policy has dragged the country's economy down for months, and services ...
U.K. stops economic aid for China as part of a new foreign policy strategy
The British government launched a new international development strategy on May 16. The following day, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng said the U.K. would bring 16 million dollars of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding in China to an end. On May 17, Kwarteng tweeted, ...
Chinese villagers’ woe: soon-to-ripen wheat fields razed to ground to pave way for power plant project
Some villagers in Xingtang, Hebei Province, China, are complaining about the forced destruction of their soon-to-ripen wheat fields. The residents said it is to pave the way for constructing photovoltaic power plants. Residents have shared their stories with mainland media "Upstream News." They said that in April, a construction team consisting ...
Invasion of Taiwan may trigger the downfall of the Chinese regime, says French researcher
According to RFA, Ni Yaling, a senior researcher at the French Foundation for Strategic Studies, officially published a new book titled "Taiwan face à la Chine" on Thursday, May 19. In her book, Yaling pointed out that if China launches military action against Taiwan, it may trigger the downfall of ...
63 top leaders of Liaoning’s small and medium-sized banks investigated
According to the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission report, Liaoning authorities have investigated 63 top leaders of small and medium-sized banks. Apollo News reported that the province only has 76 banks of this size across the region. These alleged leaders all have a significant influence on Liaoning’s financial system. Apollo reported ...
China: 60,000 armed police enter Beijing amid COVID outbreak
The highly contagious Omicron variant has triggered a Covid outbreak in Beijing. As a result, this impacts China's government and its citizens. According to Taiwanese media Sanlin TV on May 17, around 60,000 armed police officers have been stationed in Beijing within the past two weeks. The media’s commentators said the ...
British government funds London Police Academy to train Chinese police
A British non-governmental organization on May 17 revealed that the British government indirectly funded the Chinese regime’s crackdown in Xinjiang. The British NGO ‘Freedom from Torture report pointed out that the London Police College (LPC) cooperates with eight Chinese police Academies. Many of these institutions are involved in implementing Beijing’s high-pressure ...
Worrying about sanctions, China bars CCP elites from holding overseas assets
China barred CCP elites from holding overseas assets after the West punished Russia with sanctions. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) takes preventive measures to insulate its senior officials from potential sanctions from the U.S. and Europe. The Wall Street Journal, on May 19, citing sources, revealed that the CCP issued an internal ...
Navy’s new cutting-edge amphibious assault ship deployed in the Pacific Ocean
Sound of Hope reported that the USS Tripoli, a cutting-edge amphibious assault ship of the U.S. Navy, only completed last month, has recently arrived in the Pacific, where China is stepping up military moves. On May 17, the official Chinese media Observer cited the U.S. Department of Defense's report on May ...
‘An extreme storm is about to break out,’ expert on China’s political situation
According to Akio Yaita, Taipei branch manager of Japanese media outlet Sankei Shimbun, China's politics is currently witnessing extreme infighting among the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 's factions. He wrote on Facebook that at this point, Xi Jinping had lost his political dominance to some extent. First, Akio pointed out that ...
Biden administration criticizes China for its absence in UN food security meeting: ‘Not surprising’
China didn't attend United Nations’ Food Security Ministerial in New York City. This action was later condemned by the U.S. side. On May 18, Secretary of State Antony Blinken came to New York City to organize meetings calling on action on global food security amid Russia's conflict in Ukraine. According to Fox ...
U.S. charges five Chinese with spying
On Wednesday, a U.S. citizen and four Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) officials were charged with conspiracy and other offenses linked to espionage. Wang Shujun, 73, of Queens, New York; Feng He, as known as Boss He, Ming Li as known as Elder Tang and Little Li, are from Guangdong. ...
4 Chinese military planes enter Taiwan’s ADIZ
Taiwan News reported on May 19 that four Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, marking the 13th intrusion this month. Taiwan's National Defense Ministry (MND) said, on May 18, 2 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, 1 Shaanxi Y-8 reconnaissance plane, and 1 Shaanxi ...
U.S. to send 4 unmanned surface ships to RIMPAC 2022, China stays uninvited
According to the USNI News, the San Diego Naval Base will send four unmanned surface vessels or USVs to Hawaii this summer to participate in the world's largest naval warfare exercise, RIMPAC 2022. This plan is to improve the integrity between unmanned and manned Navy forces. Considering from a command-and-control perspective, these ...
The U.S. and Japan committed to jointly detering China at Tokyo summit
According to Nikkei Asia, Japan and the U.S. have worked on the wording of a joint statement for a Tokyo summit meeting on Monday. The two countries will announce a cooperation policy to "deter and respond to" China's activities in the Indo-Pacific region. In the joint statement, the U.S. will reaffirm ...
Four CCP officials died suddenly within two weeks
According to Da Ji Yuan, from April 27 to May 11, four CCP officials suddenly died, most of them under 60. Since January 2021, more than 40 unnatural deaths of CCP officials have been publicly reported. The high-ranking officials' death includes:Gao Wei, Beijing Shijitan Hospital Vice President, died at 43Liu Yabin, ...
