A report by a US think tank suggests that installations of facilities by Beijing in the Yellow Sea resemble the “creeping sovereignty” grey zone tactics that are employed for the Chinese militarisation of the South and East China Seas. The report released by CSIS on Dec. 9 revealed that 16 structures installed by Beijing in
Thailand reported fighting between the country and Cambodia continues despite US President Trump’s social media post that both sides agreed to a ceasefire. Thai Defence Ministry spokesman, Rear Admiral Surasant Kongsiri, briefed the press on the fighting between Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday after Trump’s post of the ceasefire between the two countries on Friday.
A US lawmaker said her biggest worry is that the world is not paying attention to human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during a human rights forum on Washington Capitol Hill. Young Kim said that “there are not enough people on the Hill listening” during the human rights forum which she helped
The Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTAF) have escalated their response to ongoing border clashes with Cambodia, targeting casinos and commercial complexes to cripple the financial structures supporting the conflict and dismantling Cambodia’s combat capabilities. RTAF claims the casinos and commercial complexes are implicated in cross-border crime, scamming, and human trafficking, and are now serving a
China’s trade surplus has topped $1 trillion for the 11-month period ending November, breaking the full-year 2024 record, amid warning of decoupling from the European Commission (EC) to protect the European domestic industries. China recorded a trade surplus of $1.1 trillion in the 11 months ending November as compared to the full-year period of 2024
The Thai army released on Facebook on Tuesday night images of the badly damaged Cambodian ancient Ta Kwai Temple after fierce battle between Thai and Cambodian troops.Thai Army spokesman Major Gen Winthai Suvaree said the Thai troops are continuing to push back Cambodian forces around Ta Kwai Temple and to secure the surrounding area, according
The Chinese Communist Party anti-corruption commission announced the purge of two former public security vice ministers as the fourth quarter of 2021 commenced. Sun Lijun was expelled from the Party and all government posts on Sept. 30. On Oct. 2, Fu Zhenghua was officially investigated for “serious violations of Party discipline and the law.”
On June 30, Didi Chuxing listed on the New York Stock Exchange and raised US$4.4 billion. The following day, its valuation exceeded US$78 billion. Things went downhill fast. On July 2, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced a cybersecurity review of the company. Two days later, Didi was removed from app stores, followed by
Throughout the world, scientific research and experiments involving ethical issues must first pass the scrutiny of ethics committees. In recent years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has conducted many experiments in the field of biomedical and genetic engineering that break human ethical boundaries. China began implementing the Ethical Review of Biomedical Research Involving Humans on Dec. 1, 2016. However, 122 Chinese scientists who co-signed an open letter
It’s no news that China’s top ranking officials own huge amounts of offshore wealth. Still, a recent report revealing details of high-profile Chinese leaders’ family assets in Hong Kong caused a public outcry in China. Xi Jinping and two other members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) most powerful body, have
At about 5am on August 4, a truck carrying 10 tons of pork collided with another vehicle on the highway and flipped. It was on its way from Shanghai to Shandong. The accident happened in Yancheng city, Jiangsu province. The tailgate of the truck broke, scattering boxes of pork on and off the highway. A
News Analysis Globalisation, which has shaped the world economic order over the past few decades, was already in trouble before the pandemic. And with the emergence of COVID-19, the retreat from global economic integration has gained momentum, setting in motion a global reordering that’s expected to play out over decades. For the United States, President
Tensions between China and India have intensified with the deadliest border clash in 45 years in Galwan Valley on June 15. Citing an unnamed source from U.S. intelligence, U.S. News & World Report said the skirmish is not a result of a tense situation spiraling out of control, but a pre-planned attack by Beijing to
American video company Zoom said on Thursday (June 11) that the CCP demanded to shut down four public meetings that commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Reuters quoted Zoom as saying: “The Chinese government has informed us that this event is illegal in China and asked us to terminate the meeting and
Smashing property, burning flags and chanting “Black Lives Matter” – protestors and activists triggered by the death of George Floyd have choked the streets of the United States and Europe as of late. What started out as peaceful protests has descended into rioting and looting. Branded stores including Target and Macy’s and non-branded retailers alike
“Xiao Qiang, you Hong Kong people have done enough for us. You must go back alive and tell the world all about this.” On 4th June 1989, lawyer Kenneth Lam witnessed the mass shootings at Tiananmen Square and the massacre of pro-democracy protestors. Back then, he could barely escape, if not for his Beijing classmates
US President Donald Trump announced an end to Hong Kong’s long standing preferential status as retaliation against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) controversial national security law to ban “activities” that endanger national security. Trump’s removal of Hong Kong’s special economic status has thwarted the regime’s plan to leverage the city as a global finance and
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) passed the national security law for Hong Kong on May 24, causing panic among the people of Hong Kong. Over the weekend, Google’s hot search keywords in Hong Kong and the number of VPN downloads in Hong Kong increased by 120 times on May 21 – the day the new
