China is home to about 1.4 billion people, more than the population of Europe and North America combined. Such a large population inevitably demands large amounts of food. It is, therefore, no wonder that China is the number one producer of food in the world. However, not everything is safe and sound as far as ...
As of early 2020, China owned almost US$1.1 trillion in U.S. debt, which makes the country the second-largest buyer of American debt. Even though Japan is the number one buyer, this hasn’t generated any worries since Japan is seen as a friendly nation. In contrast, the communist government of China owning so much U.S. debt ...
Abdurahman Tohti is a Xinjiang-born Uyghur Chinese national who lives in Turkey. He has been cut off from his family for several years. In January this year, Tohti got the shock of his life when he spotted his son in a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda video. Brainwashing Uyghur children Tohti was a cotton farmer ...
China recently launched a Long March 4B rocket, carrying a new satellite to space. While the launch was successful, some parts of the rocket ended up falling back on a village. The satellite, Gaofen 11 (02), is an optical observation satellite that is said to be able to display high-resolution images with features as small ...
The U.S. government has legally charged seven members of a China-based hacking group called APT41. Of the seven members, five are Chinese nationals. They have been accused of compromising government networks, hacking company servers to get ransoms, and spying on activists from Hong Kong. Hacking criminal charges The five members are said to have ties ...
In recent months, there has been speculation that China is heading toward a food crisis and will soon be facing a food shortage. As if confirming these suspicions, Chinese authorities have reportedly begun instructing farmers to switch to cultivating staple crops like grains. Growing grains to offset the food shortage In April, the local government ...
At the heart of this era-hopping, original, and ultimately satisfying book is the journey of one good man who learns what is truly worth fighting for. Book of Bravery, by Australian author James Burke, plays out this adventuresome story over a two millennia stretch of history. In each of its 14 chapters, we start with ...
Following military clashes along the Himalayan border, the Indian government has stepped up its evaluation of Chinese influence in the country. New Delhi is said to be particularly interested in a group called the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU), which it has designated as an “entity of concern.” Curbing Chinese influence CAFIU is an ...
William Guo, born in Beijing in the late 1980s, is a Hong Kong drifter, one of a group of young, educated people from mainland China who live and work in Hong Kong. He once worked for the Alibaba Group and also served as a senior engineer for a Hong Kong IT company for many years. ...
The recent floods in China have caused widespread devastation. One Chinese official noted that the economic losses alone cost at least US$29 billion. Around 70 million people across 28 provinces have been affected. Amid the carnage, experts are wondering whether the much-touted Three Gorges Dam, which was built across the Yangtze River at a cost ...
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