Category: International Relations

Japan, China to Restart Reciprocal Visits of Defense Officers After 4 Years

Japan and China will restart mutual visits by their defense officers in July after a four-year hiatus to establish a mutual understanding amid strained relations, the program’s organizer said on May 30. Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) will send 10 senior officers to visit China in July, while the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) members will visit…


AFP Invites Chinese Police for Cooperation Visit While Ending Agreement With Beijing

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has invited Chinese police to Australia for an enforcement cooperation meeting while confirming that it will end an agreement with China over human rights concerns. “At the invitation of the Australian Federal Police, from April 25 to 28, 2023, the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China…


Chinese Muslims Clash With Police Over Partial Demolition of Mosque in Yunnan

Chinese Muslims in Yunnan Province clashed with armed police in an attempt to stop the communist regime’s forced partial demolition of a local mosque. Several viral videos on social media showed that many protesters gathered at the entrance of Najiaying Mosque in Nagu Town of Yuxi City in China’s southwestern province Yunnan on May 27….


Chinese Ambassador Tries to Give Australia a Tax Lesson

Commentary It is consoling to learn that the Chinese ambassador to Australia is concerned about how we spend our taxes. What, I wondered, could he impart to us about the expenditure of taxes by the Chinese authorities? Perhaps we could be building dozens of coal-fired power stations, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is doing?…


Taiwan Believes China Won’t Shift Australia on Trade Pact

Taiwan’s Trade Minister John Deng has said he does not expect the Australian government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, will bow to pressure from Beijing to block Taipei’s bid to enter the newest and largest trading block in the Pacific region. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a free trade agreement…


Chinese Fighter Jet Intercepts US Plane Over South China Sea

A Chinese fighter jet aggressively intercepted a U.S. aircraft earlier in the month, risking the lives of its crew and escalating tensions between the two nations. A J-16 fighter pilot “performed an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” against a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance plane on May 26, according to a statement released by United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)…


ANALYSIS: China Hoodwinking the World via Technologically Advanced Coal Mines

News Analysis China has persisted in pursuing a policy of modernizing its vast number of coal mines using the latest technologies in a bid to make them more productive, while Western nations are cutting down on traditional energy sources in order to meet climate change goals set by global entities. In the 2015 United Nations’…


IN-DEPTH: The CCP Fears US Containment—Is This What Washington is Doing?

When Rep. Mike Gallagher defended his title of “fastest man in Congress” for the sixth straight year in May, he wasn’t exactly in a celebratory mood. Winning the 3-mile race with a respectable 20 minutes 3 seconds, the Wisconsin congressman found himself turning his mind to post-Cold War America. “On paper, this was a victory….


Japan Remerges From 30 Years of Economic Malaise

Global chip makers are expanding their operations in Japan as the East Asian nation’s economy recovers from a 30-year low. According to the Nikkei Chinese website, Japan’s stock market has been on a winning streak, closing at 31,086.82 on May 22—the first time it exceeded 31,000 points since July 26, 1990 (31,369.75). It was the…


Japan Emerges From 30 Years of Economic Malaise

Global chip makers are expanding their operations in Japan as the East Asian nation’s economy recovers from a 30-year low. According to the Nikkei Chinese website, Japan’s stock market has been on a winning streak, closing at 31,086.82 on May 22—the first time it exceeded 31,000 points since July 26, 1990 (31,369.75). It was the…