An agreement to build a “Mars village” at Haixi prefecture in Qinghai province was signed on Tuesday, according to the China News Service. The region on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau is known for its sharp ridges…
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Taiwan braces for second storm after Typhoon Nesat injures 103
Emergency response efforts had begun in neighbouring Zhejiang province, where more than 3,000 people had been evacuated, China News Service reported. Another typhoon, “Begonia”, is expected to make landfall in Fujian either Sunday evening or…
Apple Removes Apps From China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship
The removals signal a new push by China to control the internet. In the past, the Great Firewall has used technology to disrupt VPNs, and Beijing has shut down Chinese VPNs and even aimed a…
Trump slams China via Twitter: ‘They do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk’
The test was meant to be a “grave warning to the US” not to provoke the country, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said, according to Pyongyang’s official news agency KCNA. “So much for China…
‘China has done nothing on North Korea’
according to the AFP news agency. The heads of the U.S. and South Korean armies discussed “military response options” after North Korea’s launch, the Pentagon said. China, which is Pyongyang’s main economic and diplomatic ally,…
Donald Trump says China does ‘nothing’ to thwart North Korea’s nuclear quest
Conservative news outlets in the US appeared to relish Trump’s decision to assail Beijing for its alleged role in North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. “Trump rips China on Twitter,” ran a Fox News headline.…
North Korea claims all of US in strike range; Trump says China has done ‘nothing’
However, later on Saturday Trump wrote on Twitter that he was “very disappointed” in China and that Beijing had done “nothing … the North’s official KCNA news agency said. North Korea’s state television broadcast pictures…
Chinese president oversees military parade in show of might
Xi has carried out an ambitious modernization program to make the PLA a leaner force capable of projecting power far from China’s shores. Click below for the top news from around the Houston area and…
Trump rips China after North Korea missile test
China could easily solve this problem … 14’s maximum range with a “large-sized heavy nuclear warhead,” a statement from Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency said. It said Washington should regard the launch as a “grave…
Apple removes VPN apps from China App Store
The Chinese government’s crackdown on the internet continues with the news that Apple has removed all major VPN apps, which help internet users overcome the country’s censorship system, from the App Store in China. China…
Taiwan typhoon injures over 80 people, leaves dozens trapped by floodwaters
As of Sunday morning, the government said about 360,000 households had their electricity restored. In China‘s Fujian province, more than 3,100 people were evacuated to the shore from fish farms to brace for the typhoon’s…
Apple is removing VPN apps that allow users to skirt China’s Great Firewall
Related: China says VPN crackdown aimed at ‘cleaning’ the internet … a spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a press conference on Tuesday. “Law-abiding individuals and businesses won’t be affected,”…
China’s top banking regulator to enhance risk control
BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) — China’s top banking regulator will increase efforts to prevent and control risks in the banking sector. The country’s banking sector’s risks are generally manageable but more measures should be taken…
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