President Biden is expected to have a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, the White House said, calling the United States’ relationship with Beijing “one of the most consequential bilateral relationships in the world,” as U.S. officials double down on their warnings that China poses the greatest long-term threat to U.S. national security. […]
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Pelosi’s proposed Taiwan trip is causing a commotion in China
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not easily intimidated. And she has a long record of taking on China. So her current showdown with Beijing over a proposed visit to Taiwan is long in the making. The proposed trip is causing a commotion in China — and has the Pentagon and the White House concerned too. […]
Mass protest by Chinese bank depositors, demanding their life savings back crushed
Chinese authorities on Sunday violently dispersed a peaceful protest by hundreds of depositors, who sought in vain to demand their life savings back from banks that have run into a deepening cash crisis. Since April, four rural banks in China’s central Henan province have frozen millions of dollars worth of deposits, threatening the livelihoods of […]
US is watching China closely over Taiwan attack plans says Gen. Milley
China is clearly developing the capability to attack at some point, but deciding to do so would be a political choice, Gen Mark Milley told the BBC. China says Taiwan is a breakaway province that must be re-unified with the mainland, by force if necessary. It has accused the US of supporting Taiwan’s independence, and […]
US ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region started
Tough new US regulations on the import of goods from the Xinjiang region of China have come into effect. Under the rules, firms have to prove imports from the region are not produced using forced labour. US officials have said members of the minority Uyghur community in the region, who are predominantly Muslim, have been […]
Are the US and China heading to war over the island?
Weeks after the US president warned China over Taiwan, Beijing has delivered its sternest rebuttal yet, saying it would “resolutely crush any attempt” at Taiwan’s independence. On Sunday, China’s Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe essentially accused the US of supporting the island’s independence, saying it was “violating its promise on Taiwan” and “interfering” in China’s […]
30 Chinese Warplanes fly near Taiwan
The Chinese military flew at least 30 warplanes into the skies off southwest Taiwan in one of the largest air force exercises of the year, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said late on Monday. Twenty-two fighter jets and eight support aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force were involved in the training operation inside Taiwan’s […]
Leak: Pre-War preparation revealed by Chinese
A new report in the Times of India claims that China is well in the process of developing invasion plans to attack Taiwan, but there are fears one weakness could upset the country’s plans. The report said concerns center around the Pearl River area of Guangdong province. ”Stability of the Pearl River Delta would be […]
Biden warns China is “flirting with danger” over Taiwan
US President Joe Biden has warned China is “flirting with danger” over Taiwan, and vowed to intervene militarily to protect the island if it is attacked. Speaking in Japan, he appeared to contradict long-standing US policy in the region, although the White House insisted there had been no departure. Mr Biden drew a parallel between […]
A ‘cold-blooded’ alliance? China could be a pivotal force in Russia’s war against Ukraine
CIA Director William Burns recently offered a stark assessment of the alliance between Russia and China during a high-profile hearing on Capitol Hill. It is driven by “very cold-blooded” calculations, the U.S. spy chief – a former U.S. ambassador to Russia – told lawmakers on Thursday. Chinese President Xi Jinping may be “unsettled” by Russia’s […]
Worst Consequences: China Issues Warning To The World
Any country supporting Taiwan militarily would face the “worst consequences,” China’s government warned Saturday, adding that “no one and no force” would be able to stop the Communist Party if it took action against the island country, according to a report. China’s relationship with Taiwan has come into focus against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion […]
China asked Russia to wait until after Olympics to invade Ukraine
Chinese officials in early February asked Russian officials to wait until the Winter Olympics in Beijing had concluded before sending troops into Ukraine, U.S. officials said, according to a report. A Western intelligence service collected the information before the invasion and the U.S. considers it credible, according to the New York Times. The intelligence reportedly […]