Author: Stuart White

Beijing, China: There has been a common point of concern for Hawaii's commercial fishermen and the US military about the China’s government subsidised ships which sail far in waters in search of sea food.According to Civil Beat, local longliners have reported seeing growing numbers of Chinese vessels near their islands, accusing them of overfishing and intimidating tactics."What are they fishing for? I don't know… But it's an example of them being close to Hawaii and, we believe, getting closer," said Eric Kingma, executive director of the Hawaii Longline Association.On the other hand, the US Coast Guard in September 2020 asserted that illegal fishing had eclipsed piracy as the most pressing security threat on the high seas."This exploitation erodes both regional and national security, un

Washington, US: "support trade-distorting policies to account" terms used for China by US and European Union and stated that they can be allies for dealing with a country like China.The joint statement was issued by US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, US Secretary of Commerce Gina M Raimondo, and European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis.They also announced the start of discussions to address global steel and aluminium excess capacity.Ambassador Tai, Secretary Raimondo, and Executive Vice President Dombrovskis acknowledged the impact on their industries stemming from global excess capacity-driven largely by third parties."The distortions that result from this excess capacity pose a serious threat to the market-oriented EU and US steel and aluminium industries and ...

London, UK: The recent investigation shows that the global production of solar panels depends upon forced labour from Uyghurs Muslims in China's Xinjiang province.A study conducted by United Kingdom's Sheffield Hallam University said Chinese "labour transfers" in the northwest Xinjian region, where the Chinese government has been accused of committing genocide, is deployed in "an environment of unprecedented coercion, undergirded by the constant threat of re-education and internment".The paper reveals the ways forced labour in the Uyghur Region can pervade an entire supply chain and reach deep into international markets.In the course of the research, the researchers identified 11 companies engaged in forced labour transfers, 4 additional companies located within industrial parks that have...

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been accused by Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), on May 9for deliberately creating tensions in the Taiwanese strait and using “cognitive warfare” to demoralize the Taiwanese people. Presenting its report to legislative Yuan, MAC stressed that Beijing continuously coerces Taipei into accepting its ‘One China’ policy along with the “1992 consensus” asserting that it was the only way to better cross straight relationship. While Taiwan has long been demanding autonomy, China claims sovereignty over the island asserting it to be a “sacred and inseparable” part of the country’s territory.Sharpening its language, the Taiwanese agency highlighted that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) frequently conducts military drills in the straight, only to safegu

The commitments was done to included regulatory changes on agricultural biotechnology and commitments to purchase some $200 billion in U.S. exports over two years is swept with the dealBlinken arrived in London on Sunday for a G7 foreign ministers meeting where China is one of the issues on the agenda.In the interview, Blinken said the United States was not aiming to "contain China" but to "uphold this rules-based order - that China is posing a challenge to. Anyone who poses a challenge to that order, we're going to stand up and - and defend it."Biden has identified competition with China as his administration's greatest foreign policy challenge. In his first speech to Congress last Wednesday, he pledged to maintain a strong U.S. military presence in the Indo-Pacific and to boost U.S. tec...