On a Caribbean island just 220 miles from the shore of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a black-clad Chinese security guard swept an arm at more than a thousand acres of woodland and a glittering, aqua-green marine reserve beyond. “It’s like a small country,” he said in Chinese. This natural paradise on the island of Antigua, […]
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China’s ageing population is becoming a crisis
Ask 72-year-old farmer Huanchun Cao about his pension and he reacts with a throaty cackle. He sucks on his home-rolled cigarette, narrows his brow and tilts his head – as if the very question is absurd. “No, no, we don’t have a pension,” he says looking at his wife of more than 45 years. Mr […]
House votes on Tik-Tok ban; China not happy
China has warned that a proposed ban on TikTok would “come back to bite” the US, ahead of a congressional vote that could lead to the app being banned. The bill in the House of Representatives would force the Chinese-owned app to sever ties with China or become unavailable in the US. US officials have […]
Biden’s Bro changes tune when shown receipts
James Biden altered his story during a closed-door interview with lawmakers on Wednesday after congressional investigators presented him with evidence directly contradicting his claims, according to a source familiar with the interview. Joe Biden’s younger brother, in closed-door testimony to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, initially told his interviewers that he was not part […]
Pelosi tells protesters to ‘Go Back To China”
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shouted back at anti-Israel protesters outside her home, telling them at one point to “go back to China” and claiming that was where their “headquarters” were located. Shouting back at protesters who were apparently calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing war between Israel and the Iranian-backed terror group Hamas […]
China’s ominous threat to US over Taiwan
Chinese commentators have accused the U.S. of “interfering” in its politics by arming Taiwan—and warned that Beijing would retaliate “swiftly, accurately, powerfully… [and] painfully.” The claims were made in an editorial published on Sunday in the Global Times, an English-language publication launched by the Chinese government to address Western readers. The opinion piece said that […]
China’s Xi says China & Taiwan will be reunified
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China would “surely be reunified” with Taiwan during his televised New Year’s address, renewing Beijing’s threats to take over the self-ruled island, which it considers its own. Taiwan split from China amid civil war in 1949, but Beijing continues to regard the island of 23 million with its high-tech economy […]
Chinese media support Biden in Impeachment
Chinese state-run newspaper The Global Times published an editorial defending President Joe Biden against House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry. The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted on party lines to formalize the impeachment inquiry into Biden following months of investigations into whether he benefited from his son’s business dealings with China and Ukraine while he served […]
China confronts US Navy warship, “driven away”
China’s military said it had driven a U.S. warship from waters it claims in the South China Sea at the weekend and accused the United States of being the “biggest destroyer” of peace and stability in the region. The incident highlighted the tensions in the flashpoint region and was the first such confrontation since Chinese […]
US makes pact with XI to shut down Fossil Fuels
U.S. energy experts are warning of the economic and national security implications of President Biden’s pact with China this week to move towards shutting down fossil fuel production in favor of green energy. The State Department announced this week it had struck a deal with its Chinese counterparts pledging to “accelerate the substitution for coal, […]
Congress wants Biden to press Xi on Covid orgins
The congressional investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic are casting a shadow over the face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday. Although Biden and Xi have many topics to discuss at this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, Republicans in the House and Senate believe […]
Joe Biden received laundered $40,000 from China
New bank records obtained by the House Oversight Committee purportedly show a complicated series of money transfers that ultimately resulted in President Biden receiving $40,000 that originated with a Chinese company affiliated with CEFC China Energy. Biden received a $40,000 personal check from an account shared by his brother, James Biden, and sister-in-law, Sara Biden, […]