A Chinese professor has sparked a public backlash after he asked a visiting Kazakh diplomat how to make Chinese women “have children obediently, early and in large numbers” at a think tank event. Wang Xianju, a professor at Renmin University and a former counsellor at the Chinese embassy in Belarus, was speaking to Erlan Qarin, … Read more
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This three-part series looks at how Beijing is using its military and coast guard to put pressure on Taipei. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, … Read more
Britain’s prime minister and leader of the main opposition party spar almost daily on everything from immigration, taxation to spending. But this week the two battled over a new subject – whether sandwiches make a good lunch. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch raised the subject in an interview with right-leaning weekly magazine The Spectator by questioning … Read more
A Chinese fund manager has touted its fund’s cryptocurrency exposure in an effort to draw investors amid a historic bitcoin boom, even as Beijing maintains a hostile stance towards the digital assets. A fund advertisement that read “Cryptocurrencies soaring, start investing with 10 yuan” was spotted on Alipay, Chinese fintech giant Ant Group’s mobile wallet … Read more
The United States has its first three-Michelin-star Korean restaurant, and New York its first new entrant to the dining guide’s highest rank in 12 years. Modern Korean restaurant Jungsik, opened by Seoul-born chef Yim Jung-sik, opened in the city’s Tribeca neighbourhood in 2011 and earned a first Michelin star within a year. In 2013, it … Read more
The southern Chinese island of Hainan – promoted by Beijing as the country’s next free-trade port – has been hit by another corruption scandal, with the Communist Party boss of the provincial capital the target of a disciplinary investigation. Luo Zengbin, 57, party secretary of Haikou and a member of Hainan’s provincial party standing committee, … Read more
The stress on China’s rural cadres to meet Beijing’s targets has multiplied in the past decade, raising a serious risk to stability in the countryside, a researcher specialising in rural governance has warned. In an article posted on social media last week that was swiftly taken down, Luo Shan, a researcher from the Rural Governance … Read more
However, more than a decade later, the party has come to realise many have exploited this to make false accusations against officials. At a major party conclave in July, Xi and other top officials pledged to “take stronger steps to handle false accusations”. Observers say unfounded claims about corruption waste resources, undermine careers, dampen morale … Read more
Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te’s popularity has slid to a new low, weighed down by a wave of social discontent and political turmoil that has amplified public dissatisfaction with his administration. Lai’s approval rating dropped to 42.8 per cent this month, well down from the 58 per cent recorded in May when he assumed office, … Read more
