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To prevent China from dominating in South China Sea Vietnam builds up maritime militia
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To prevent China from dominating in South China Sea Vietnam builds up maritime militia

Beijing, China: as Beijing ramps up efforts to dominate the disputed waterway in South China sea, Vietnam is building up its maritime militia in the same waters. "Vietnam's maritime militia force and their activities in waters near Hainan, the Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands have threatened China's maritime law enforcement and national defence-security," Naval and Merchant Ships magazine said in an article published last week. The matter must be "taken seriously and dealt with in a timely manner", it said. Vietnam passed a law in 2009 that authorises its maritime militia to conduct sea patrols and surveillance and confront and expel intruding foreign vessels in defence of Vietnamese-controlled islands and reefs. While the European Union has estimated that about 8,000 fishi...
Taiwan is a “sovereign state” and it is not subordinate to China: Taiwan
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Taiwan is a “sovereign state” and it is not subordinate to China: Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan: Regarding the escalating aggression from Beijing in Tiwan, the Tiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te Said Taiwan is a "sovereign state" and it is not subordinate to China.Speaking during an event, Lai said that China's bullying and aggression against Taiwan are becoming more ruthless, Taiwan News reported.In his opening remarks at this year's "Global Taiwan National Affairs Symposium", Lai said: "It is an undebatable fact that Taiwan is not subordinate to China.""No one but the 23 million people who live on this piece of land are entitled to the rights to decide the future of the nation," he added."China's bullying and aggression against Taiwan are becoming more ruthless, such as by poaching Taiwan's allies and blocking the country's participation in the WHA (World Health A...
Xi Jingping killed dozens of people for leaking his daughter’s info.
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Xi Jingping killed dozens of people for leaking his daughter’s info.

Beijing, China: According to a report by Kyodo News the chines president Xi Jingping has prosecuted dozens of people for leaking his daughter’s personal information. He has charged those people under illegally collecting personal information.A 22-year-old man named Niu Tengyu, who is operators a website, has been declared as the main culprit by the Chinese authorities even though the lawyers and acquaintances of the accused continue to say that he was coerced into making a confession despite being innocent.According to the Japanese news agency, this story dates back to mid-2019 when an overseas website posted a face photo, name, address, date of birth, identification card and mobile phone number, claiming it to be of Xi's daughter.The Chinese authorities then detained people related to a
EDF to help India to built Worlds largest Nuclear Power Plant
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EDF to help India to built Worlds largest Nuclear Power Plant

French energy group EDF took Friday a key step towards helping to build the world's biggest nuclear power plant in India, a project blocked for years by nuclear events and local opposition.The company said it had filed a binding offer to supply engineering studies and equipment to build six, third-generation EPR reactors in Jaitapur, western India.Once finished, the facility would provide 10 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, roughly enough for 70 million households.Construction is expected to take 15 years, but the site should be able to start generating electricity before its completion.Finalisation of the contract was expected "in the coming months", an EDF statement said.EDF, which is in exclusive talks with Indian officials, would not build the power plant itself, but would provide the n...
China invading in countries digitally; cyberattacks needs to be stop
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China invading in countries digitally; cyberattacks needs to be stop

The Security Bureau of the National Police Agency revealed this month that, A member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was likely involved in massive cyberattacks on Japanese entities.From 2016 to 2017 the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and some 200 other companies and research institutes in Japan were hit by large-scale cyberattacks. Evidence suggests that the series of attacks were carried out by Tick, a Chinese hacker group affiliated with the PLA.The male CCP member in question was a systems engineer working for a major state-owned Chinese information and telecommunications firm. Police suspect that this individual, who was active in Japan at the time, used a fake identity when he contracted for the rental server used in the attacks.Police have forwarded charges to the p...
Mongolians in China are supported by Japanese lawmakers.
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Mongolians in China are supported by Japanese lawmakers.

Tokyo, Japan: A parliamentary alliance has been launched by Japanese lawmakers aimed at "protecting Mongolian culture from assimilation policies of the Chinese government".Citing Jiji Press, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported that the alliance will be headed by Sanae Takaichi, a former internal affairs and communications minister of Japan, with fellow members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).The cross-party Parliamentary Alliance in Support of Southern Mongolia will aim to "protect the language and culture of Mongolians in China", which is being threatened by the assimilation policies of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).Ethnic Mongolians in China's Inner Mongolia region had also protested last year against a new educational policy under which Inner Mongolia students needed to tak...
Alibaba’s influence over media assets making Chinese authorities unsettled.
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Alibaba’s influence over media assets making Chinese authorities unsettled.

Beijing, China: As the Alibaba grows influence of the e-commerce giant over media assets, the Chines regulators who fined Alibaba of 18.2 billion yuan (2.8 billion dollars) are getting unsettled.According to Nikkei Asia, Alibaba is best known for its online shopping platforms Taobao and Tmall. The Hangzhou-based company has also assembled a media empire. It includes newspapers, digital and broadcast media, a social-networking platform, video-streaming site, film production company and advertising agencies."For Alibaba, these media platforms are effective tools to help funnel users towards its other businesses at a time when big tech companies are competing to build sprawling ecosystems, from ecommerce to entertainment. But their growing influence over content creation and distribution, a ...
Australia minister stated that China’s road and belt deal is being used as Propaganda.
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Australia minister stated that China’s road and belt deal is being used as Propaganda.

Canberra's decision to scrap a state government's deals with Beijing was defended by a top Australian official on Thursday by saying China's Belt and Road Initiative deals are "used for propaganda".Australia on Wednesday overruled Victoria state's decision to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- the flagship of President Xi Jinping's geostrategic vision for the Asia-Pacific region -- saying the agreement was inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy.As relations between the two countries continue to nosedive, Defence Minister Peter Dutton said Canberra was "worried" about local governments entering into such agreements with Beijing."We can't allow these sort of compacts… to pop up because they're used for propaganda reasons and we're just not going to allow that to happen," he to
Chines demanded Darvin Port from Australia
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Chines demanded Darvin Port from Australia

Victoria's Belt and Road deals with the communist superpower, Chines Senator Jacqui Lambie has demanded to rip up an agreement to lease Darwin Port to a Chines company from Australia.In November 2015, the Northern Territory government leased Darwin Port to Land bridge Australia, a subsidiary of Shandong Land bridge, for 99 years for $506 million.The surrender of a key strategic asset next to a major military base caught then prime minster Malcolm Turnbull off guard and enraged US president Barack Obama whose administration said it was 'blindsided'.Independent Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie said the deal should be scrapped because it threatens the national interest.'I'm beyond why you would do that, I actually believe that should be torn up,' Senator Lambie told Sky News on Thursday morni...
China’s soft power has ‘collapsed globally’ due to ‘anger and hysteria’
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China’s soft power has ‘collapsed globally’ due to ‘anger and hysteria’

According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Michael Shoebridge. China’s reaction to the cancelling of the dangerous Belt and Road agreement in a “wolf warrior fashion” will end up being a large “own goal” for Beijing.Beijing and the Andrews government in Victoria was cancelled last night by the foreign affairs minister using the new foreign relations bill powers.The deal was amongst four agreements with countries such as Iran, Syria, and China that the federal government opted to cancel after they were deemed inconsistent with Australia’s national interests.Mr Shoebridge told Sky News the Chinese Ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, has already begun behaving in “wolf warrior fashion” by getting “highly incensed and critical”.“Threatening more economic coercion against Aust