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China’s government has been going ahead with its religious persecution without impunity. In its latest salvo, they have clamped down on all churches – Catholic and Protestant – in the country by ordering the pulling out of images of Jesus and his replacement with images of President Xi Jinping, according to a US government report…
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Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he would impose tariffs on China if China were to go into Taiwan. Washington: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he would impose additional tariffs on China if China were to “go into Taiwan.” “I would say: If you go into Taiwan, I’m…
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Beijing: China will prefer Kamala Harris to Donald Trump as the next US presidential considering that bilateral ties deteriorated sharply during the latter’s presidency leading to serious confrontation, a senior member of the Chinese national advisory body said on Thursday. The Chinese government prefers not to comment on the US presidential election because it doesn’t…
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The launch of China’s Zhongxing-11 satellite Beijing: China on Tuesday announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station and explore habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life to expand its space programme in the next few decades. China’s top space bodies unveiled a national mid- and long-term development programme for space science,…
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A giant sphere 700 m (2,300 ft) underground with thousands of light-detecting tubes will be sealed in a 12-storey cylindrical pool of water in coming months for an experiment that will shine new light on elusive subatomic particles known as neutrinos. After years of construction, the $300 million Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in China’s…
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China deployed planes and ships to encircle Taiwan on Monday, in drills Beijing said were aimed at sending a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces on the self-ruled island. Beijing has not ruled out using force to bring Taiwan under its control and Monday’s drills represent its fourth round of large-scale war games in the past…
Among all BRICS leaders, it’s perhaps Russian President Vladimir Putin who is waiting for this year’s summit, scheduled to be held on October 22-24 in Kazan, most eagerly. Last year, he skipped the summit in South Africa for fear of being arrested. In March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for…
Among all BRICS leaders, it’s perhaps Russian President Vladimir Putin who is waiting for this year’s summit, scheduled to be held on October 22-24 in Kazan, most eagerly. Last year, he skipped the summit in South Africa for fear of being arrested. In March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for…
Resource-geopolitics and security in the Indo-Pacific is a subject that is drawing the attention of countries in this region, which accounts for more than half the world’s population, 60% of global GDP, as well as two-thirds of global economic growth. Resource geopolitics and security were central to the colonial project. The prosperity of the West was…
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Ms Luo’s story has inspired many on social media. A 43-year-old woman in China is being praised online for her remarkable ability to climb cliffs exceeding 100 meters in height without safety gear. According to the South China Morning Post, Luo Dengpin, who has earned the title of “Chinese Spider-Woman,” is recognised as the world’s…
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