President Xi Jinping has called for stronger legal backing in areas related to foreign affairs so that China can better manage its opening up and mitigate risks. Xi described this as an “urgent task for advancing high-level openness to the outside world and addressing external risks and challenges”, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday. … Read more
Days after a top US general publicly predicted that the US will be at war with China by 2025, the Pentagon has confirmed that a Chinese spy balloon is currently floating over the continental US — it was spotted over Montana as recently as yesterday — with officials also briefing reporters that they’ve decided not … Read more
DUBAI: China on Saturday (Dec 9) lodged a protest after calls at the UN climate talks in Dubai to include Taiwan, the self-governing island claimed by Beijing. Two of the dwindling number of countries that recognise Taiwan – Guatemala and the tiny Pacific island of Nauru – both hailed support from Taipei in addresses at … Read more
A total of 17,000 people were indicted for taking part in overseas cyber syndicates in the first 10 months, up 5.3 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year. Their victims were mostly in mainland China. Myanmar cybercrime kingpin dead, family handed over to China China also stepped up its crackdown on human smugglers … Read more
The WeChat post listed lithium, gallium, germanium and rare earths as precious mineral resources – saying they had fuelled the development of strategic new industries, such as new energy, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and aerospace. “Strategic critical minerals have become an important engine for speeding up the building of a modern industrial system and promoting high-quality … Read more
The year-end is a time of widespread wage arrears, and local governments should investigate such cases to identify hidden problems so that all dues are settled as soon as possible, Shen told the conference. State Councillor Shen Yiqin (centre) addresses a national teleconference on clearing wage arrears for migrant workers, in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: … Read more
The inhalers, which are also marketed as an alertness aid for long-distance drivers, cost between 10 and 20 yuan (US$2.70) and are selling in their thousands. “Most of our consumers are secondary school students. Some primary school pupils also use them, although it is not meant for them – perhaps they bought it out of … Read more
Microsoft President Brad Smith recently met with China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao to discuss important topics including artificial intelligence (AI), economic cooperation and trade relations between Washington and Beijing. According to a CNBC report, key details about this meeting are mentioned in a Chinese government announcement, which has been translated using the Chinese search … Read more
The initiatives first introduced in 2018 have turned the once-specialised subject into a discipline that is now accessible to the wider public and admits students from diverse academic backgrounds. Previously, the curriculum was mostly focused on academic training for military, security and law enforcement officials. National security courses in Chongqing’s Southwest University of Political Science … Read more
SHENZHEN, China — China’s surge in respiratory illness is caused by known pathogens and there is no sign of new infectious diseases, a health official said Saturday as the country faces its first full winter since lifting its strict COVID-19 restrictions. The spike in illness in the country where COVID emerged in late 2019 attracted … Read more
