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Despite increasing military of Chinese Marine in South China Sea, US Navy vessel has crosse the Tiwan Strait."The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 18 (local time) in accordance with international law. The ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," the US 7th Fleet said in a statement."The United States military will continue to fly, sail, and operate anywhere international law allows," it said.This is the fifth time a US battleship has navigated through the waterway separating Taiwan and China since US President Joe Biden assumed office in January, Focus Taiwan reported.US warships, all Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, had made s...

After knocking Canberra again and again by Chinese, Australia has boldened its position by ripping up Australian state agreements with China and threatening to end Chinese ownership of critical infrastructure in Australia.Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced last month that the Victorian state government’s deals with China, which included a 2018 memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road Initiative were “inconsistent with Australia’s foreign policy or adverse to our foreign relations” and were therefore terminated.Chinese officials said the decision was “provocative” and would have serious repercussions.“This is another unreasonable move taken by the Australian side against China,” a spokesperson said. “It is bound to bring further damage to bilateral relations and wil

Beijing, China: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a "diplomatic boycott" of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds on which China has expressed strong dissatisfaction.Condemning her statement, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a routine press conference that some US individual's personal statements are "full of lies and fake information" and represent a typical American farce that is bound to fail, reported Global Times."Some people in the US hype themselves up as moral authority. I do not know where they got the nerve to say so," said Zhao.The run-up to the Olympic Games, set for 2022, is being dominated by recriminations over widespread allegations of abuse of China's Uyghur Muslims, which the US has labelled a "genocide".China cornere...

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...