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US Aid Director: Foreign aid key to countering China’s Influence
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul told a hearing attended by USAID Administrator Samantha Power that it was unclear how the agency planned to use the $400 million in…
Stand-up comedian fined for inappropriate remarks and jokes
The stand-up comedian at Fun factory Culture has caused an uproar after his jokes were accused of being disrespectful to the People’s Liberation Army. The China Culture and Tourism Administration…
Wang Dan attends Copenhagen Democracy Summit: China needs Attention
The 2023 “Copenhagen Democracy Summit” has officially opened and will be held on May 15-16 in a hybrid physical and video format. The summit invited key leaders of democratic countries…
40 cities on the Chinese mainland are promoting marriage and family planning to combat a population crisis
The Chinese mainland faces a major demographic crisis and may even lose its position as the world’s most populous country. The Chinese mainland announced plans to expand a pilot program…
Vladivostok has been a cross-border transit port for Chinese domestic trade since June
A century later, Vladivostok, which was ceded to China by the Qing Dynasty, became a cross-border transit port for domestic trade. Does this mean closer relations between China and Russia,…
Hong Kong has amended laws to bar foreign lawyers from taking part in National security cases
Hong Kong amended a law on Wednesday (May 10) that bars foreign lawyers from taking part in national security cases unless they have written permission from the chief executive. The…
Canada and China expelled diplomats from each other
Chong Wen-ho incident: Canada and China expel consuls from each other A major diplomatic spat erupted between Canada and China on Tuesday, with Beijing retaliating by expelling a Canadian diplomat…
Demonstrations have erupted in Pakistan over the arrest of a former prime minister
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on May 9 when he appeared at the Islamabad High Court to answer corruption charges. Former Prime Minister Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)…
U.S. and European officials are looking to China to get Moscow involved in cease-fire talks
Some U.S. and European officials said they believed a planned spring counteroffensive in Ukraine could pave the way for talks between Kiev and Moscow before the end of the year,…
The US censoring Chinese companies in the US because of human rights concerns
As Chinese e-commerce company Shein and its American counterpart, Pinduoduo Temu, seize the US market, concerns about the presence of Xinjiang forced labor in their industrial chains have been renewed…
China slipped to second from the bottom in terms of press freedom
Reporters Without Borders released its 2023 World Press Freedom Index, which ranked China second to last out of 180 countries, beating only North Korea. Hong Kong ranked 140th, up 8…
South Korea is giving up its nuclear weapons for now and does not seek to develop nuclear weapons of its own
In a speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress Thursday, Yoon made it clear that South Korea will work with the United States to uphold and uphold the…
