South Korea has moved to partially suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea, which said it had successfully launched its first military spy satellite into orbit, the Yonhap news agency reported. “North Korea is clearly demonstrating that it has no will to abide by the 19 September [2018] military agreement designed to reduce military tension… Continue reading South Korea to partially suspend military deal with North after launch of spy satellite
For decades, the U.S. hasn’t had to worry much about China’s submarines. They were noisy and easy to track. The Chinese military, meanwhile, struggled to detect America’s ultraquiet submarines. Now, China is narrowing one of the biggest gaps separating the U.S. and Chinese militaries as it makes advances in its submarine technology and undersea detection… Continue reading The Era of Total U.S. Submarine Dominance Over China Is Ending
Investors in emerging-market stocks have profited this year by staying away from China. The MSCI China Index is down 8% this year through Nov. 15, while a broader emerging-markets benchmark that excludes China has risen 8% over the same period. Chinese stocks have been weighed down by the country’s shaky economic reopening, a pullback by… Continue reading Avoiding China Has Been a Winning Investment Strategy. But It Isn’t Easy.
SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping began their first face-to-face meeting in a year Wednesday, seeking to reestablish a “normal course of corresponding” ahead of crucial elections in Taiwan and the U.S. next year. Biden received Xi at the Filoli Estate, an historic country house surrounded by lavish gardens… Continue reading Biden and Xi meet in first summit in a year
Repressive regimes tend to use violence, intimidation and modern technology to silence dissent abroad. ‘Transnational repression’ has become more common nowadays. Unfavorable individuals are intimidated by way of harassment, digital surveillance and smear campaigns. Common tactics include withholding travel documents, denying consular services and threatening relatives back home. Pakistan is one such country that has… Continue reading Controversies surround Pakistan Diplomats in Spain
China passed a significant milestone last fall: For the first time since its economic opening more than four decades ago, it traded more with developing countries than the U.S., Europe and Japan combined. It was one of the clearest signs yet that China and the West are going in different directions as tensions increase over… Continue reading It’s U.S. vs. China in an Increasingly Divided World Economy
The espionage activities conducted by Communist China, which encompass the illicit acquisition of intellectual property within the realms of technology and other proprietary trade secrets, represent substantial menaces to Western nations and are deemed “unprecedented in human history,” as articulated by intelligence officials from the Five Eyes alliance during their interview with CBS News’s “60… Continue reading China’s Espionage Activities Represent Unprecedented Menace
Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers continue a widespread and systematic campaign of rape in Tigray despite the peace agreement signed in November last year, a new report reveals. In the first report to document sexual violence – using hundreds of medical records from the start of the conflict in November 2020 through to June 2023 –… Continue reading Rape still a weapon of war in Tigray months after peace deal
Mongolia, a nation abundant in natural resources and situated between China and Russia, is solidifying its collaboration with the United States concerning rare earth minerals. Experts suggest this holds considerable geopolitical significance, potentially disrupting China’s monopoly on these essential minerals. During a visit to Washington on August 2nd, Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrain engaged in… Continue reading Mongolia Is Gearing Up To Counter China
In phone call with Zelenskiy, Xi appears to pledge China will stay neutral in war, according to Chinese state media The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will send a delegation to Ukraine to hold talks with all parties on resolving the conflict there, after his first phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, since Russia… Continue reading Xi Jinping to send Chinese peace talks delegation to Ukraine
