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‘Sour grapes’: Chinese media boss mocks Washington Post’s ‘jealousy’ over Beijing’s strict Covid-control practices

Posted on October 30, 2021October 30, 2021By Editor

The editor-in-chief of The Global Times, a Chinese state-run publication, has taunted the US and The Washington Post after the American paper highlighted China’s small Covid-19 outbreak and criticized its strict countermeasures. … Read More >‘Sour grapes’: Chinese media boss mocks Washington Post’s ‘jealousy’ over Beijing’s strict Covid-control practices

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US commitment to help Taiwan’s self-defense is ‘rock solid’, de-facto ambassador claims, despite Beijing’s warning to stop contact

Posted on October 30, 2021October 30, 2021By Editor

The US remains committed to help Taiwan defend itself, Washington’s de-facto ambassador to the island has said, a day after China called on the Americans to refrain from any military contact with Taipei. … Read More >US commitment to help Taiwan’s self-defense is ‘rock solid’, de-facto ambassador claims, despite Beijing’s warning to stop contact

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Devastating Taiwanese fire that killed 46 and gutted apartment block blamed on woman who failed to extinguish burning incense

Posted on October 30, 2021October 30, 2021By Editor

Taiwanese authorities announced on Friday that an apartment block fire which killed 46 people started because a female resident forgot to extinguish incense, resulting in a devastating blaze that gutted the 13-story building. … Read More >Devastating Taiwanese fire that killed 46 and gutted apartment block blamed on woman who failed to extinguish burning incense

Business

Russia’s Gazprom to cover third of global gas consumption growth in 2021

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021By Editor

Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom has ramped up production of natural gas to meet as much as a third of the world’s increase in consumption this year, the company said. … Read More >Russia’s Gazprom to cover third of global gas consumption growth in 2021

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Taiwanese leader has ‘faith’ US will defend them from China, says some American troops are on island

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021By Editor

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said she had faith the Biden administration would ride to Taipei’s defense in case of an attack from the mainland, and even confirmed US troops had a presence on the island, albeit a small one. … Read More >Taiwanese leader has ‘faith’ US will defend them from China, says some American troops are on island

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Nuclear arms race ‘stupid,’ Beijing will make sure it can destroy US just ‘ONCE’ – Chinese media boss

Posted on October 28, 2021October 28, 2021By Editor

Matching the number of nuclear weapons with Washington is a fool’s errand, when all it takes for a successful deterrent is having enough to obliterate the US once, said the editor-in-chief of China’s state-run Global Times daily. … Read More >Nuclear arms race ‘stupid,’ Beijing will make sure it can destroy US just ‘ONCE’ – Chinese media boss

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‘Taiwan has no right to join United Nations’: China slams US after Blinken says he regrets Taipei’s absence from world body

Posted on October 28, 2021October 28, 2021By Editor

After the US secretary of state claimed Taipei’s accession to the UN would be pragmatic, Beijing hit back, reiterating that Taiwan should not be granted permission to join the body because the island was part of China. … Read More >‘Taiwan has no right to join United Nations’: China slams US after Blinken says he regrets Taipei’s absence from world body

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CrossTalk | EU and China: ‘frenemies’

Posted on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021By Editor

Does Europe have a strategic vision for the future? What kind of relationship will it develop with China? Europe stands at a crossroads. Will it remain dependent on Washington as a junior partner? Or will Europe opt for playing the role of a great power on the world stage? … Read More >CrossTalk | EU and China: ‘frenemies’

Russia

Beset by flagging economies, rising debt & defeat in Afghanistan, US-led West is lashing out at Russia and China in desperation

Posted on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021By Editor

Western unity is fragmenting as the EU stumbles from crisis to crisis, NATO is struggling to recover from its rout in Afghanistan, and US President Joe Biden has apparently turned his back on America’s endless foreign adventures. … Read More >Beset by flagging economies, rising debt & defeat in Afghanistan, US-led West is lashing out at Russia and China in desperation

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Still waiting for answers: China says Asia Pacific nations are losing trust in US as Washington stays quiet on nuclear sub crash

Posted on October 26, 2021October 26, 2021By Editor

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has demanded the US provide more than “vague statements” concerning an incident in the South China Sea in early October in which an American nuclear submarine collided with an “unknown” object. … Read More >Still waiting for answers: China says Asia Pacific nations are losing trust in US as Washington stays quiet on nuclear sub crash

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