Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has warned that Chinese espionage activities could target German research institutions involved in cooperation with Chinese universities, citing insufficient awareness of security risks within parts of the research
Oil prices rose sharply in Asian trading on Monday after US President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear negotiations with Washington. The move came as fresh Chinese data showed industrial profit
A Chinese medical doctor with a PhD has left a prestigious hospital career to work as a food-delivery rider, breakfast seller and pub singer,
Southeast Asian businesses are looking to China’s newly opened Pinglu Canal to reduce transport bottlenecks and provide direct access to markets deep inside the
by Xinhua writer Chen Dongshu The 3.7-km breakwater of Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port City, while stretching out like an arm to embrace the coastal area from high above, resembles a flourishing garden
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Editorial In 1997, George F. Kennan, a key architect of post-World War II American diplomacy, issued a striking warning that should have reverberated through history but was, tragically, ignored. He warned that
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Editorial Note: This column is based on remarks made by the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka during the Chinese Food Carnival held on 4 December 2024 at the China Cultural Center in
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The United States has unveiled a new set of stringent export controls aimed at stifling China’s progress in developing an advanced semiconductor industry and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with military applications. These
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In the past four months, following the ousting of the Sheikh Hasina government in August and the rise of a new regime in Bangladesh, attacks on Hindus have seemingly become commonplace. Hardly
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The United States has long relied on covert operations to infiltrate and undermine China. Yet on October 2, 2024, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) posted a video in Mandarin titled “Securely
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Two recent developments have excited lovers of traditional Chinese culture — internet sensation Li Ziqi made a comeback after her long hiatus, and the video game hit “Black Myth: Wukong” won multiple
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The remains of 43 Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were laid to rest on Friday in Shenyang,
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The ongoing standoff over Ukraine is increasingly becoming a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO, raising serious concerns about the risk of nuclear escalation. In this new phase, both Moscow and the
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In Kathmandu, I observed that Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli’s visit to China has become a hot potato in the chilly Kathmandu valley. The China visit is being portrayed by his Unified
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A committee in the US Congress has raised serious concerns about Hong Kong’s role in facilitating money laundering and sanctions evasion, urging Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to take action. The letter, sent
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In a lecture at a lecture at the India International Centre [IIC] on ‘Future Wars and the Indian Armed Forces’. India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, the senior most military
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Between November 15 and 16, 2024, the government of Peru hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. This 21-country gathering that first started in 1989 brings together the major countries in the
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with a high-ranking Chinese delegation today, led by Ms. Sun Haiyan, Vice Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (IDCPC), at
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RISE OF ADOLF HITLER TO POWER Hitler’s rise to power traces to 1919, when he joined the German Workers’ Party that became the Nazi Party. With his oratorical skills and use of propaganda,
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