Michael Burry rocketed to fame after earning a $1 billion profit shorting the market during the housing market bubble in the 2000s. His hedge fund is now betting big on China and has increased stakes…
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China Built A Legal Great Wall. Congress Can’t Break It With PowerPoint
The Department of Defense has recognized the threat of China’s lawfare. Congress’s request for a briefing is woefully insufficient to counter the threat.
See aboard China’s new massive assault ship that can launch fighter jets or drones
China unveiled the new amphibious assault ship it has been secretly building this past year at a launching ceremony at a shipyard in Shanghai. The Sichuan, the first Yulan-class landing helicopter assault (LHA) ship, has…
China’s faith in Djibouti is paying off, but could Red Sea crisis muddy the waters?
Djibouti’s key location has buoyed Chinese firms in ports and transport, but some fear the Red Sea crisis may not be all silver lining.
Spy bosses ‘silenced’ Defense Department, FBI scientists from briefing Biden on COVID lab leak evidence
Key proponents of the COVID-19 lab leak origins theory were reportedly left out of a major August 2021 briefing President Biden had ordered to apprise him and his aides of how the pandemic began.
Boost for Hong Kong-Shenzhen connections as new railway line starts operating
Initial section of the first phase of Shenzhen Metro line 13 stretches from checkpoint station at the border to city’s Hi-Tech Central.
Top Chinese diplomat meets visiting Iranian FM in Beijing, emphasizes enhanced coordination and cooperation
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday in Beijing, during which Wang said that enhancing coordination and cooperation between China and …
China’s top economic planner sets up department to boost low-altitude economy
BEIJING — China’s top economic planner has established a department to support the development of the burgeoning low-altitude economy, as the country strives to foster new growth drivers.
Southern China to allow cross-city robotaxis as part of Greater Bay Area development
After having registered and been certified in one area, autonomous-driving cars can travel on open roads in other regions.
China is building new detention centers all over the country as Xi Jinping widens corruption purge
China has built or expanded more than 200 specialized detention facilities nationwide to interrogate suspects ensnared in Xi Jinping’s widening anti-corruption drive, a CNN investigation has found, as …
China to cut import tariffs on some recycled copper and aluminium raw materials
China will reduce import tariffs on ethane and certain recycled copper and aluminium raw materials from next year, the government said on Saturday.
China unveils new futuristic fighter jets in surprise flyby
Viral images on Chinese social media show the sophisticated jets flying at low altitude. Analysts say it could mark a breakthrough in Beijing’s military modernization.
5 years later, smoking gun points to China’s Wuhan lab in search of Covid-19 origin
CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 disease, first emerged in China’s Wuhan, the evidence so far makes a convincing case for a laboratory-origin of the virus, indicting Chinese researchers and their …