Vietnam

China Warns Its Lonely Men Against ‘Buying a Foreign Wife’

The Chinese government issued a warning, the state-run Global Times reported on Monday, to its male citizens in Bangladesh discouraging the use of local matchmaking services or acceptance of offers to “buy” a wife — a growing threat to social stability as the nation’s marriage rate plummets and gender disparity skyrockets.

HARBIN, CHINA - JANURY 06: Newly-wed couples holding the mascots "Binbin" and "Nini" of th

Satellite Images Suggest China Built Military Base in Cambodia

Satellite images of the Ream naval base in Cambodia reveal what appear to be two 1,500-tonne Chinese corvettes docked alongside a Chinese-built pier that could handle much bigger warships, seemingly validating concerns that Cambodia would allow the Chinese to turn Ream into a base for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) despite constant denials from the Cambodian government.

People wave flags of Cambodia (R) and China (L) as Chinese training ship Qijiguang prepare