The United States will submit a UN Security Council resolution next week to extend an arms embargo on Iran despite opposition from Russia and China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday. A …
China crackdown on shadow banking sector prompts warning
China’s efforts to curb predatory lending to the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises could harm the sector rather than helping it by cutting off access to crucial fin …
Google pulls 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation
Google says it has deleted more than 2,500 YouTube channels tied to China as part of its effort to weed out disinformation on the videosharing platform.
China is exporting its digital authoritarianism
CHINA’S SYSTEM of digital authoritarianism is a great danger to those living within that country’s borders. It’s also a danger to the rest of the world. Two recent reports offer a sharp look at how …
Fact check: Steve Daines worked for P&G in China, but wasn’t responsible for its US cuts
A short video on Facebook from the Montana Democratic Party makes claims about GOP Sen. Steve Daines and China. We rate the video partly false.
The West must assert its values in the battle with China over TikTok
There was certainly something remarkably hypocritical about Beijing’s response to the American government’s attempts to force TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media app, to sell its US operations to …
Mongolian government to continue economic support for vulnerable groups amid pandemic
ULAN BATOR, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — The Mongolian government has decided to continue its economic support of vulnerable groups until the end of this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s Finance …
Pakistan approves most expensive China-aided project to date
Pakistan’s economic body has permitted the largest and costliest project of $6.8 billion to upgrade railway infrastructure to enable trains to run at 165km/hr.At $6.8 billion, the ML-1 project alone i …
Taiwan sends marines to reinforce South China Sea outpost amid reports China plans to practice invading it
Beijing considers Taiwan to be a wayward province that must be returned to the mainland fold — by force if necessary.
Brunei reports no new COVID-19 cases for 90 straight days
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, with the national tally of cases standing at 141. It marked the 90th consecutive day without new cases …