Author: Nectar Gan

Amid tension in relations, Chine’s students asked to avoid studying in Australia
20May By Nectar GanNo Comments

Amid tension in relations, Chine’s students asked to avoid studying in Australia

Canberra, Australia: A survey has found that some Chines agents have influenced the decision of Chines students who wanted to take admission in Australian Universities amid worsening relations between Beijing and Canberra.According to The Australian Financial Review (AFR), the report follows anecdotal evidence in February that agents outside the major cities had been instructed by the government to direct students away from Australia.The survey of 900 agents in 73 countries was conducted in March by Navitas, a global education provider.Jonathan Chew, head of strategic insights and analytics at Navitas, said that if the Chinese market, which is worth USD 10 billion to the Australian economy, continued to divert to other countries, it would be impossible to make up the lost revenue from cou...
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China’s to buy heroes of 21st century battlefield.
19May By Nectar GanNo Comments

China’s to buy heroes of 21st century battlefield.

Beijing, China: Kamikaze drones were all over the 21st century battlefield and China is now planning to buy it.Michael Peck in an article in The National Interest said that the US ally Israel first taught China about suicide drones. Now Beijing is looking for its own. China got its first taste of suicide drones when Israel sold it the Harpy in the 1990s, to the displeasure of the US government.The Chinese military wants two types of suicide drones, according to an announcement posted on a Chinese military procurement Web site. The desired technical specifications of the drones, or the number to be purchased, are classified, reported The National Interest.As per Peck, Chinese drone manufacturers do have products that might satisfy the demands of the People's Liberation Army.In 2018, China ...
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Pandemic pauses the housing trade in northeast China.
19May By Nectar GanNo Comments

Pandemic pauses the housing trade in northeast China.

Beijing, China: Covid-19 pandemic has paused the fastest growing project between North Korea and China in the district of Dandong.The latest Chinese government numbers showed Dandong's house prices in March recorded a mere four per cent increase on last year.A new three-bedroom flat with a river view in New District today costs 7,000 yuan per square metre (USD100 per square foot) - not much higher than it would have been worth when speculation stalled in 2019, South China Sea.According to the report, the demand has dropped since the hopes for roaring trade with North Korea were dashed by the outbreak of the pandemic last year which prompted Pyongyang to seal off the country. Travel was banned and trade by road, rail and sea almost entirely suspended.However, three years back New District ...
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China urges US to create normal exchange conditions.
19May By Nectar GanNo Comments

China urges US to create normal exchange conditions.

Beijing, China: US denied visa to a Chinese undergraduate student whose father works for the police. After which China has urged the US to normalise the conditions for exchang of personnel between two countries.The letter from the United States embassy informing the student of the refusal said visa issuance for senior Chinese officials employed by four intelligence and law enforcement departments, as well as their spouses and children, had been suspended."In accordance with the US logic, should China deny visas to US intelligence and law enforcement personnel and their families?" Global Times quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying as saying at a press conference on Thursday.In recent years, the US has introduced policies making it more difficult for Chinese nationals wi...
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Chinese sand dredger capsizes in Taiwan Strait.
19May By Nectar GanNo Comments

Chinese sand dredger capsizes in Taiwan Strait.

Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese sand dredger capsized around 60 nautical miles southwest of Qimei Island in Taiwan on Saturday because of which one person died and three are still missing.According to Taiwan English News, four people have been rescued.Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (TCGA) dispatched several patrol boats, and the National Airborne Service Corps sent a helicopter after a notification from the National Rescue Command Centre.The rescued crew members were flown to the Chiayi Airport where they were met by Fire Department personnel wearing personal protective equipment, and taken for medical examination and quarantine, reported Taiwan English News.The rescued crew members said that the ship had an original crew of eight, and a search is still being conducted for three missing crew m...
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Persons spat on, painted graffiti on Chinese consulate: Canadian police in search.
17May By Nectar GanNo Comments

Persons spat on, painted graffiti on Chinese consulate: Canadian police in search.

Vancouver, Canada: Some people spat on and painted graffiti on the Chines consulate. The Vancouver police is searching for those people. In one incident a man spat on the consulate's name plate then obstructed an employee; 13 days later a different man sprayed graffiti on the front gates, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP). "These are such disrespectful and intolerable acts," said Constable Tania Visintin of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD). The VPD released video and photographs of the incidents on Friday, as it sought help from the public to identify the culprits. On March 22, police said, a man parked a dark Ford Escape in front of the consulate near Granville Street and West 16th Avenue, reported SCMP. "He approached the front gate and spat on the plaque dedi...
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Beijing developing second-strike capability.
17May By Nectar GanNo Comments

Beijing developing second-strike capability.

Beijing, China: After the report that China may be capable of second nuclear stick capability, the US and China arms have raced up.Francesco Sisci, writing in Asia Times said that the US commentariat is ringing alarms about China's nuclear rearmament and apparent new second-strike reaction capability.In recent days, two American journalistic heavyweights, David Ignatius and Fred Kaplan pointed to the ongoing nuclear and missile rearmament process in China. The fundamental point is that according to opinion-makers China has acquired second-strike nuclear reaction capability.This is a fundamental point in the balance of nuclear terror. The ability to react after a first nuclear strike means that even if an enemy were to attack first with a nuclear offensive, the attacked country would retai...
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China threatens Australia over its big defence budget.
16May By Nectar GanNo Comments

China threatens Australia over its big defence budget.

Australia announced big amount for defence in its federal budget which was read on Tuesday, reacting to which China threatened Australia to bring 'economic carnage'.has threatened to bring upon Australia in response to big defence spending announced in Tuesday's federal budget.The government outlined a huge boost for the defence force, more funding for spies and help for exporters to find new markets in a massive push back against an increasingly assertive Beijing.In response, Chinese newspaper the Global Times - a mouthpiece for the Communist Party government - has warned that Beijing will block more Australian exports after already banning a range of goods including barley, wine, beef and coal.In an article titled 'Canberra's defence spending means more economic carnage', the publicatio...
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China and many other countries are suppressing religious freedom: US
16May By Nectar GanNo Comments

China and many other countries are suppressing religious freedom: US

Washington, US: US blamed China and other countries that they are supressing freedom of religion in their countries. They also said that for America human rights are first and foremost which could be seen in US’s foreign policy.The condemnation was similar to that lodged by the Trump administration, which had been criticized for prioritizing religious freedom over other rights, and reflected continuity in the U.S. position that China´s crackdown on Muslims and other religious minorities in western Xinjiang constitutes "genocide." Yet, a senior official said religious freedom is just one element in the administration's broader human rights strategy.Much as his predecessor did, Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the release of the State Department´s annual International Religious Freedo
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China’s ‘relatives policy’ emerging as part of broader crackdown on Uyghurs
12May By Nectar GanNo Comments

China’s ‘relatives policy’ emerging as part of broader crackdown on Uyghurs

Hong Kong: major constituent of a broader crackdown on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang turned out to be the cadres who are sent in the region to promote harmony among people.Chinese media depicts the policy as a blend of community service and education by using rosy images of the home stay programme. However, several people who have fled Xinjiang said that the host families greeting each other as 'relatives' are actually hostages.Over 1.1 the government will conclude that we are against their 'relatives' policy, according to Xinhua news agency.Zumrat Dawut, an ethnic Uyghur from Urumqi, who fled China in 2019 to escape the alleged repression of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang said that the people had to pretend that they were happy, otherwise the government will conclude tha...
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