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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

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 ...

Washington, US: Former US Secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Sunday said the evidences suggests the coronavirus came from the lab of Wuhan city in China. He further added that the risk of bioweapons and bioterror arising from the region is "very real".Pompeo told Fox News that the Chinese Communist Party "covered up" the origins of COVID-19 and that evidence continues to mount despite their efforts to deny access to the Wuhan Institute of Virology."We worked to get every bit of evidence that we could, we tried to deliver this to the CDC, tried to work with the Chinese. They covered it up terribly," Pompeo said.He said the combination of circumstantial evidence and China's intense effort to deny any information relating to the lab suggests to him that the virus originated in that lab."I h...

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 ...

Hong Kong: The HKD 500 million of Jimmy Lai’s assets has been freezes but it is being said that it has nothing to do with jailed media tycoon claimed by Hong Kong administration.The Hong Kong Stock Exchange temporarily suspended trading of shares belonging to jailed media tycoon Lai's Next Digital before the market opening on Monday, two days after the Security Bureau froze nearly HKD 500 million of his assets.Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu refused to go into details about the frozen assets, saying the government would make use of all legal measures to prevent and suppress any activities that endangered national security, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported."Any activities that contravene the law, then the individuals or the related organisation will have to face the full fo

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...

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...

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...