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Russia Becomes China’s Top Oil Supplier

Russia has become China’s top supplier of oil as the two countries continue to build bilateral relations, both economically and politically, while the war in Ukraine continues. Last month, Chinese imports of Russian oil hit record numbers totaling 8.42 million tonnes, overtaking Saudi Arabia and marking a 55 percent increase over last year, according to the Chinese General Administration...

California Church Shooter Targeted Taiwanese Congregation, Motivated By Hate And Politics

Authorities say the shooter who killed a doctor and injured five others at a California Taiwanese church over the weekend was a U.S. citizen who was born in China who hated Taiwan. Continuing to add that the man drove from Las Vegas armed with guns, including two handguns, chains and numerous Molotov cocktails. He had chained the doors of...

American National Sentenced to Death in China

On the night of June 14, 2021, Chen Shijun, a 23-year-old female college student from the same university, was raped and stabbed to death in a grove of trees alongside Shiji Avenue, Yinzhou District, Ningbo. In the early hours of June 15, police arrested a suspect Shadeed Abdul Mateen, an African American English teacher at Ningbo University of Technology...

25 Million in Shanghai Face Another C19 Lockdown

Double the population of Ohio (~12 million), and you still don't get to the number of people who have been locked down in Shanghai (again). A central hub for commerce in China, business has been brought to a screeching halt. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials have gone to extreme lengths for exercising lockdown orders. Measures began in some districts in...

From Submarines to Hypersonics: An Evolving AUKUS

On September 15th, 2021, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia announced the birth of a new tri-lateral security alliance to focus on the Indo-Pacific region. While trilateral relationships between these three countries had been positive for decades, this announcement and the subsequent submarine deal were engulfed in controversy, mostly at the expense of the French Republic. The Submarine...

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Chinese Nationals Kidnapped in the Central African Republic

According to independent local sources, an undisclosed number of Chinese nationals working at a mining site in Gofo, Basse-Kotto prefecture, in the Central African Republic have been kidnapped.  What You Need to Know: Reports claim three...

Chinese Mining Operations Temporarily Suspended Following Animal Poisonings in Niger

A mission report published by a delegation of members from the commune of Tabelot, in conjunction with the Nigerien Defense and Security Forces (FDS), found that chemicals used in the processing of gold by...

Taiwanese Lawmakers Urge Increased Protection of Taiwan-Matsu Underwater Cables

A Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator, Hung Sun-han, urged additional protection for the underwater internet cables that run from Taiwan to the Matsu Islands at a National Security Bureau (NSB) meeting on Wednesday, May...