Tag: China

Chinese media is in a state of chaos after an Islamic State threat against China made its way into Phoenix Weekly, a Hong Kong-based publication, Foreign Policy reports. The Phoenix Weekly article translates a July 4 speech from Arabic to

China’s National Bureau of Statistics revealed data on August 13th that the nation’s credit plunged by a dramatic and wildly unexpected 86% in July, down to the slowest pace since the 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the start of the

A stealth fighter designed by a group of Japanese companies, and using “similar technology to US-made F-35 fighters,” will undergo its first test flight early next year. This jet is “the first homegrown stealth fighter” built by the Japanese. According

Wednesday, Pope Francis departed from Rome for Seoul, South Korea, on his first visit to Asia – and Protestants have already rallied in opposition. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, about 10,000 people attended an event Tuesday at

The Chinese government is stepping up its international humanitarian efforts in Africa, sending almost $5 million-worth of medical supplies to the three countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak: Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. This as China tests another eight

(AFP) The United States stressed Tuesday it welcomes the rise of China and wants to work constructively with Beijing as it signed a deal to deploy 2,500 Marines to Australia as part of its “rebalance” to Asia. China bristled when

Chinese officials have deemed it appropriate to punish drivers who are misusing their headlights by forcing them to stare at high beams for five minutes straight. The offenders must sit on a small plastic stool in direct alignment with the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China rebukes John Kerry’s South China Sea ‘freeze’ proposal Belarus to be the big winner in Russia’s food import ban Iraq’s PM al-Maliki orders troops and tanks into Baghdad China rebukes John Kerry’s South

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (UPI) — Apple Inc. products were removed from a list of Chinese government procurement lists, as accusations between China and the United States over cyber-espionage continue. Despite Apple’s sales growth throughout Asia, ten products of the California-based

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government tightened control over popular instant messaging services Thursday after telling South Korea access to some foreign services was blocked because they were used to exchange terrorism-related information. The government announced that only established media companies

The city of Karamay, in China’s Xinjiang region, “has banned people with large beards or Islamic clothing from traveling on public buses.” This move comes after imam Jume Tahir was attacked and stabbed to death in Xinjiang and after Chinese

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel and Hamas agree to a 3-day Gaza humanitarian ceasefire Syria war spills into Lebanon, as ISIS attacks town of Arsal China reasserts its sovereignty over the South China Sea Israel and Hamas agree

LUDIAN, China (AP) — About 10,000 troops used pickaxes and backhoes to clear roads and dig residents from collapsed homes Tuesday after an earthquake in southwest China that killed 410 people. Groups of volunteers, meanwhile, used their bare hands. Jackson

Reports surfaced this weekend of the worst ethnic violence experienced in China since 2009, with more than 100 people killed in attacks by individuals the government claims are Uyghur Islamist extremists in Xinjiang. Chinese state media report the government is

(Reuters) Southeast Asian foreign ministers this week hold security talks with counterparts, including those from the United States and China, in Myanmar, with escalating tensions over maritime disputes in Asia likely to be a major issue. The Philippines will propose

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A day of militia fighting over control of the international airport in Libya’s capital killed 22 people, the country’s interim government said Sunday, part of the worsening chaos gripping the country. Libya is seeing its worst

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake in southern China’s Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 175 people and injuring more than 1,400. About 12,000 homes collapsed in Ludian, a densely populated county located around 366

On July 30, Jume Tahir–the imam of China’s largest mosque–was stabbed to death in Kashgar. Tahir was chief imam of the Id Kah mosque, “deputy president of the Xinjiang Islamic Association,” and “a former deputy to the Official National People’s

On the centennial of World War One, perhaps the most urgent question is this: Could we fall into another such global war? Could we end up in another conflict such as the one, a century ago, that took 20 million

Sixty prominent members of Vietnam’s Communist Party, including a former ambassador to Beijing, signed a letter on July 29 urging political and economic reforms that would divorce Vietnam from reliance on China, according to a July 30th report by the

(Reuters) – Three suspected Islamist militants armed with knives and axes killed the imam of China’s biggest mosque in the western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday, the authorities said, days after a knife-wielding gang attacked state buildings in the same

(Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry accused Canada on Thursday of making irresponsible accusations lacking any credible evidence after Canada singled out Chinese hackers for attacking a key computer network and lodged a protest with Beijing. Officials said “a highly sophisticated

On May 19, the U.S. government took a highly-publicized stand against state-sponsored cybercrimes by formally indicting five Chinese military officers who had infiltrated various American companies’ systems in order to steal trade secrets for the benefit Chinese companies.  The compromised