china, china threat, u.s. military

Get Serious About China, Warns Ex-Pentagon Official

A former official from the Pentagon has warned the U.S. to seriously consider making military improvements if it wishes to counter China’s rising power. According to David Ochmanek, former deputy assistant secretary of defense, China’s military has made rapid advancement over the past two years, so much that Beijing is preparing to exploit any perceived ...

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Chinese Village Is Fighting to Reclaim a Stolen Buddhist Statue

Villagers from Yangchun in China have pleaded to a Dutch Court for ownership of a 1000-year-old stolen Buddhist statue that it says is from their village. The idol is reportedly under the ownership of a Dutch collector, Oscar van Overeem. The sacred stolen Buddhist statue   “We grew up with the statue. He was there ...

Armin Auctor

Losing the Economy or Losing Face?

The Chinese stock market has been on a slump in recent times as tensions regarding growth keep investors away from betting on the economy. Experts predict that the situation could get worse if Beijing does not end the trade war with the U.S. and bring the economy back on track. Stock markets in trouble, economy ...

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No More Foreign Content in Chinese Textbooks

With the trade war against the U.S. still going strong, China is introducing new policies that seek to control foreign content in school textbooks and media. The move is a clear signal that Beijing would rather keep its public ignorant of global realities if it means that the Communist Party can continue in power. Controlling ...

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Writing Chinese characters.

Taiwan Venturing Boldly Into New Trade Markets

With Taiwan’s two biggest export markets, China and the U.S., engaged in an all-out trade war, the island nation is caught between two choices — it can either choose to side with China and risk being integrated with it or stand with the U.S. and operate as a free nation. Taiwan’s deepening trade with China ...

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Kenyans Racially Discriminated Against by Chinese

While Africans are known to be discriminated against in China, people from Kenya are facing the rude shock of being discriminated against in their own country by Chinese workers and employers. Unfortunately, the Kenyan economy is so desperate for growth that many locals are bitterly tolerating the racist attitudes. Racial discrimination against Kenyans Tensions between Kenyans ...

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The Global Fallout of the US-China Trade War

The ongoing U.S.-China trade war has the entire world on edge. Many see this conflict as a prelude to what could be a seismic shift in how the global economy functions. And the fallout of the trade war might not only lead to large-scale shifts in business investment preferences, but also a huge decline in global ...

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China and Germany Sign Trade Deals as U.S. Slaps Tariffs on Imports

With the U.S. slapping import tariffs on Chinese and German goods, both countries have signed trade deals with each other worth more than US$23 billion. And many experts believe that this might just be the start of less “America-centric” global trade negotiations. U.S. tariffs against Chinese imports hit German firms After complaining that the Chinese ...

Armin Auctor

Why the U.S. Is Restricting Visas to Chinese Students

The U.S. administration has passed a new policy that restricts visas to Chinese students to just one year in a few fields of study. While the move has garnered opposition from people who say that it is “racist,” the American intelligence community sees it as a necessary action to protect the country. Restricting visas to ...

Armin Auctor

Chinese students listening to a lecture in a classroom.