The U.S. military is partnering with Asian allies to deter Beijing from invading Taiwan, but “everything needs to go faster,” says Indo-Pacific command’s top general.
Monthly Archives For February 2023
UK’s Cleverly raises alleged rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang in call with Chinese counterpart
British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Monday he had spoken with Chinese counterpart Qin Gang and raised alleged human rights abuses in China’s western region of Xinjiang.
Man stopped for drunk driving fatally stabs 3 police in southern China
A man who was stopped for drunk driving fatally stabbed three police officers in southern China on Friday. After the incident the man returned to the police station with the knife.
With an Eye on China, Philippines Moves Closer to U.S. Interests
Driven by worry about China’s aggression, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has adopted the most muscular foreign policy approach that the Philippines has seen in close to a decade. Send any friend a story As a…
RPT-COLUMN-Asia diesel profits wane as China boosts exports, market adapts to Russia: Russell
LAUNCESTON, Australia, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The profit for making diesel in Asia has dropped to the lowest in almost a year, a sign that the market is adapting so far to the European ban…
China’s tech hub Shenzhen to deploy 10,000 5G sites this year
Chinese operators had deployed a total of 2.29 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November 2022 …
China silent on fate of Zhurong Mars rover on 2nd anniversary of Tianwen 1 mission
Tianwen 1, China’s first interplanetary mission, marked its second anniversary in orbit around Mars on Feb. 10, but there was no update on the status of the mission’s Zhurong rover.
China injects $29bn into banking system while holding rates flat
The People’s Bank of China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged for a sixth straight month Monday, focusing on injecting liquidity to bolster an economy hampered by a sluggish real estate market …
China central bank asks banks to slow down lending in February -sources
China’s central bank has told some banks to slow the pace of lending to contain risks after new bank loans jumped to a record in January, three bankers with knowledge of the matter said.The People’s…
Taiwan’s export orders fall for fifth straight month, hit by 45.9 per cent slump in mainland China and Hong Kong
Taiwan’s economy was hit by a triple whammy in January: a fifth straight month of contracting export orders, a slowdown in factory output and an increase in furloughed workers.
China’s only public blockchain Conflux sees CFX price skyrocket 1300% in 2023
Conflux Network is up nearly 500% in the past week with CFX emerging as one of the best-performing crypto assets in 2023 as China appears to be warming to cryptocurrency trading.
Ukraine war: Beijing rejects ‘false’ US claim that China may arm Russia
The United States accused China of considering arming Russia in its war against Ukraine, a claim Beijing said was “false”. Secretary of State Antony Blinken levelled the allegations as US-Chinese relations have been further tested…
Vivian urges China to restore flights and connections to that of pre-Covid-19 times
China lifted most entry restrictions in early January, although it is still not issuing tourist visas. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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