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7May

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Japan Cost Guard Shot Chines vessel.

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa —According to a Japanese media report, The Japan Coast Guard shot a Chines research vessel near their economic zone.The Japanese government lodged a protest with Beijing through diplomatic channels the same day, the Yomiuri newspaper reported Monday.A Japanese patrol boat from Naha, Okinawa, found the Chinese vessel, the Marine Geology No. 12, at 9:35 a.m. 102 nautical miles south of Hateruma Island and inside Japan’s 200-mile exclusive economic zone, the newspaper reported. The coast guard regarded the research activity as unauthorized, according to the report.Hateruma, the southernmost inhabited island of Japan, is part of Okinawa prefecture.The newspaper reported the Chinese vessel had a wire-like object extending into the sea, which led the coast guard to believe

New Zealand’s PM says differences with China becoming harder to manage

5May

By Nectar GanNo Comments

Business, China, Politics, World

New Zealand’s PM says differences with China becoming harder to manage

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that the differences between New Zealand and its top trading partner China are becoming harder to reconcile as Beijing’s role in the world grows and changes.The comments come as New Zealand faces pressure from some elements among Western allies over its reluctance to use the Five Eyes intelligence and security alliance to criticise Beijing.In a speech at the China Business Summit in Auckland, Ardern said there are things on which China and New Zealand "do not, cannot, and will not agree", but added these differences need not define their relationship."It will not have escaped the attention of anyone here that as China's role in the world grows and changes, the differences between our systems – and the interests and values that shape those syste

5May

By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

Business, China

China again in the Lawsuit.

China is being sued in the initial days of pandemic by Mississippi and Missouri for several class action lawsuit against Bejing.The virus is believed to have originated in Wuhan, and the secretive communist government was accused of downplaying the virus and misleading the world in the early days of the pandemic -- leaving other countries, including the U.S., exposed and without time to prepare.Legal experts have warned that the cases face long odds because foreign governments are generally granted immunity from domestic suits. But that doesn’t mean the Republican states plan on giving up holding the Chinese behemoth accountable."Mississippi families and businesses deserve to be made whole for China’s malicious and dangerous actions," Attorney General Lynn Fitch said in a statement this w

Response delayed by Chines Embassy when asked for comment on Blinken’s interview.

5May

By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

China

Response delayed by Chines Embassy when asked for comment on Blinken’s interview.

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...

Chinese hackers invading into Southeast Asian country.

5May

By Nectar GanNo Comments

Asia, China

Chinese hackers invading into Southeast Asian country.

Beijing: People from China are hacking into army and government organisation Southeast Asian countries since last two years.The Chinese hackers, known as the Naikon group, have been conducting espionage against the organizations and stealing data from the victims since at least June of 2019, the researchers said in a blog post on the campaign, reported Cyber Scoop.Bitdefender researchers, however, did not identify victims by name in its report. It’s just the latest evidence security researchers have gathered in the last several years that Naikon, which was first exposed in 2015, is still actively conducting espionage years later.Just last year Check Point revealed the suspected Chinese hackers were running a hacking campaign targeting government entities in Australia, Indonesia, the Ph

Bhutan rejects the suggestion of boundary talks by China

5May

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Asia, China, Politics

Bhutan rejects the suggestion of boundary talks by China

NEW DELHI: Bhutan has rejected the offer of chines to alter the terms related to the China and Thimpu talksThe 10th Expert Group Meeting (EGM) between China and Bhutan, held in Kunming from 6 and 9 April, was marked by Chinese assertiveness and impatience because of Bhutan’s insistence on sticking to the existing framework on boundary talks instead of adopting a new formula, informed sources have revealed.For instance, China wants Bhutan to amend the clause in the ‘Guiding Principles’ that mandates both sides to maintain the status quo on the boundary as it existed in March 1959. The Bhutanese delegation, however, pointed out to their Chinese counterparts that the clause about maintaining status quo was included in the existing framework on boundary talks at the insistence of the then Chi

4May

By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

China, Conflict, World

Australia to increase Military Budget.

Canberra, Australia: Amid China's growing military aggression Australia has increased id defence budget and will be conduction more joint exercise with US.Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Canberra would work with allies including Washington to focus on "pursuing peace, stability and a free and open Indo-Pacific," South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported."Working with the United States, our allies and Indo-Pacific neighbours, we will continue to advance Australia's interests by investing in the Australian Defence Force, particularly across northern Australia," Morrison said, SCMP cited agencies.This comes days after Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton raised the alarm about the possibility of Australia becoming embroiled in a regional military conflict.Dutton last week sa...

China investment deal not welcomed by EU lawmakers.

4May

By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

China

China investment deal not welcomed by EU lawmakers.

Brussels, Belgium: Brussels lawmakers did not welcome China's efforts to "gag" European pledged to block the EU-China investment deal.According to South China Morning Post, at a debate in the European Parliament on Wednesday, more than 30 members took the floor to denounce the sanctions imposed by Beijing last month, moves that targeted a host of elected officials, ambassadors, academics and think tanks.They warned China that the investment deal was "on ice", and also took aim at European Commission officials who they claimed had prioritised commercial ties with the world's second-largest economy at the expense of human rights."If we want to show once and for all that the EU is not just a supermarket but rather has principles … we have to come up with some tangible action, and that means

Indo-Pacific strategy to be put at loggerheads with China: EU

4May

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

China

Indo-Pacific strategy to be put at loggerheads with China: EU

Manila, Philippines: Unique Indo-Pacific strategy was introduced by European Union which declared to put the EU at loggerheads with China.The Council today adopted conclusions on an EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, setting out the EU's intention to reinforce its strategic focus, presence and actions in this region of prime strategic importance for EU interests. The aim is to contribute to regional stability, security, prosperity and sustainable development, at a time of rising challenges and tensions in the region.The 10-page document comes as China continues to threaten the security of the area by claiming sovereignty in most parts of the region.Richard Javad Heydarian writes for Asia Times that the timing and the language of the policy paper show that rising concerns ove...

Chinn to answer on Australia’s comment on ‘dumb of wars’

3May

By Nectar GanNo Comments

China, Conflict

Chinn to answer on Australia’s comment on ‘dumb of wars’

Beijing, China: Australian Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo said "drums of war" are beating in the region. Agfetr which China has hit back at it.Beijing has accused Canberra of operating with a "Cold War mentality" against China.In his Wednesday press conference Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called Australia's politicians the "real troublemakers" and declared Australia's hyping of a China threat "unethical", Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.He also said Australia had long benefited from its relationship with China, which in recent times has deteriorated since Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne called for an investigation into the origins of COVID-19."As a country that has long benefited from cooperation with China, it is unethical for Australia ...

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