Category: Chinese

Taiwan Reports 11 Chinese Aircraft in Defense Zone

HONG KONG—Eleven Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Friday, including eight fighter jets, the island’s defense ministry said. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained over the last few months of repeated missions by China’s air force near the island, concentrated in the southwestern part of its air defense zone near the Taiwan-controlled…


Taiwan Says May Shoot Down Chinese Drones in South China Sea

TAIPEI—Taiwan has spotted Chinese drones circling the Taipei-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea and may shoot them down if they stray too close, a government minister said on Wednesday, a move that could dramatically increase tensions with Beijing. Speaking at parliament, Lee Chung-wei, who heads the Ocean Affairs Council under whose purview the…


O’Toole Condemns Violence Against Asian Canadians, Says CCP Doesn’t Represent Chinese Culture

Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole condemned violence targeting Asian Canadians across the country, adding that Chinese Canadians have faced a “double threat” by hate groups and foreign influence operations from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) taking place within Canada. O’Toole, in a video message on Tuesday, urged Canadians and Conservatives to “defend our Asian neighbors…


Johnson and Biden Share UK-US Concern About Chinese Response to Sanctions: Spokesman

LONDON—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden expressed concern on Friday about the Chinese response to the imposition of sanctions on its officials, and saying Iran had to come back into compliance with the nuclear deal. On Monday, the United States and Britain together with the European Union and Canada imposed sanctions…


Remains Found in Park Believed to Be Missing Chinese Woman

COLUMBIA, Mo.—Missouri authorities say they believe that human remains first spotted by someone out walking in a state park Thursday afternoon are the body of a Chinese woman who has been missing since October 2019. The skeletal remains, some clothing, a driver’s license and some credit cards with Mengqi Ji Elledge’s name on them were…


China Insider: U.S., Chinese Diplomats Clash Publicly in First Meeting Under Biden

The first U.S.-China meeting under the Biden administration got off to a rocky start on March 18, when the diplomats of both countries traded sharp criticism against each others’ policies in front of reporters.


Braised Pork Belly That Melts in Your Mouth

Legend attributes the creation of dongpo rou, a traditional Chinese braised pork belly dish, to Su Dong Po, a celebrated Song Dynasty poet and scholar. Half-fat, half-lean chunks of pork belly are slowly simmered with wine, soy sauce, rock sugar, scallions, and ginger for hours, until the jiggly, gelatinous squares are soft enough to pull…


Analysis: ‘Chinese Business, Out!’ Burma Anger Threatens Investment Plans

“China’s gas pipeline will be burned,” chanted a group of protesters in Burma (also known as Myanmar) this week on the route of a Chinese pipeline. Hailed by the Chinese regime as a symbol of “mutually beneficial cooperation”, the pipeline has become a target for public anger over perceptions Beijing is backing the junta that seized…


German Industry Urges EU to Toughen Response to Unfair Chinese Trade Practices

BERLIN-The European Union should take a tougher approach to protecting companies from unfair Chinese trade practices as Beijing is not keeping its promise to further open up its economy, Germany’s BDI industry association said on Thursday. China has become Germany’s most important trading partner and exports of “Made in Germany” goods to the country have…


China Insider: Less Than 4 Percent of Chinese Have Received Covid-19 Vaccine

The Chinese regime has been touting the effectiveness of Chinese-made vaccines, and claimed that all representatives attending Beijing’s Two Sessions had received a COVID-19 vaccine before the political meeting. However, it was reported that the current vaccination rate in the country is only 4 percent, indicating that Chinese citizens don’t have much trust in domestic…