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August 20, 2024

In US lockstep, Philippines ‘de-risking’ from China

The Philippines and China have capped their tensions in the South China Sea after a series of incidents brought the two rival claimants dangerously close to armed conflict. But the fragile sea truce masks a more fundamental shift in Philippine-China relations. The Ferdinand Marcos Jr administration is quietly yet proactively “de-risking” relations with China in line with US-led decoupling and in
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Published on August 20, 2024 02:33

Beijing to Bangkok train just a few links from reality

A Bangkok to Beijing train journey became one clickity-clack link closer with the completion by Thailand and Laos of a Mekong River railway bridge and tracks last month, enabling cross-border rail transport with Laos for the first time and only a few kilometers remaining as the last trackless gap to reach China. With the Thai-Lao railway’s new opening, a 12-hour-long train trip now runs from
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Published on August 20, 2024 02:31

August 19, 2024

Survey of Chinese Espionage in the United States Since 2000

This updated survey is based on publicly available information and lists 224 reported instances of Chinese espionage directed at the United States since 2000. It does not include espionage against other countries, against U.S. firms or persons located in China, nor the many cases involving attempts to smuggle controlled items from the U.S. to China (usually munitions or controlled technologies)
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Published on August 19, 2024 13:27

Modi to visit Ukraine, weeks after Kyiv condemned Indian PM for hugging Putin in Moscow

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Ukraine, officials said Monday, weeks after he made his first trip to Moscow since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. His forthcoming visit to Ukraine - also his first since the start of the war – comes at a crucial moment, as Kyiv’s troops push further into Russian territory in a shock military
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Published on August 19, 2024 13:16

China’s one-child policy hangover: Scarred women dismiss Beijing’s pro-birth agenda

«What are your parents’ names?» Fang, then a third grader, hemmed and hawed at the simple question as her teacher waited impatiently, unaware the 9-year-old was caught in a dilemma. Since preschool, Fang had been officially registered as the daughter of her eldest uncle – an attempt by her birth parents to circumvent harsh penalties for having a second baby under China’s controversial
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Published on August 19, 2024 13:13

Young people in China aren’t spending on romance. That’s a problem

During China’s go-go years, young couples holding enormous bouquets of roses were a familiar sight during the Qixi Festival, an ancient holiday celebrating love and loyalty. People would flock to social media to show off brand-new iPhones and Louis Vuitton handbags gifted by their partners, as well as photos of dinners at fancy restaurants, during the Chinese version of Valentine’s Day, which
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Published on August 19, 2024 11:46

August 18, 2024

Poland overtakes China as sales market for German products

German exporters sold more goods to Poland than to China in the first half of the year, an analysis showed on Friday, marking the success of a diversification drive by major German companies as they look to reduce their dependence on the Chinese market. Major German exporting companies in sectors such as industrial goods and autos have long been pillars of the country's economy and account for
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Published on August 18, 2024 03:23

China, Vietnam eye boost to rail links as top leaders meet

Rail links will be high on the agenda when Vietnam's newly appointed leader To Lam travels to China to meet President Xi Jinping next week, officials said, as the neighbours seek to boost trade.Seamless rail links are seen as crucial for supply chains, as a growing number of Chinese manufacturers move some export-oriented operations to Vietnam amid trade tensions between China and the United
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Published on August 18, 2024 03:21

August 17, 2024

Vietnam top leader To Lam arrives in China, set to meet Xi Jinping

Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrived in China on Sunday for a three-day visit, according to Chinese state media, which Beijing's foreign ministry has said will include meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. The Vietnamese president, who was elevated this month to the nation's top position, general secretary of the ruling Communist Party, arrived in Guangzhou, state broadcaster
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Published on August 17, 2024 18:00

In Retrospect: The 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War and Its Consequences

In a grand struggle with the Soviet Union for the leadership role of the global communist movement, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) waged a full-scale war of aggression against communist Vietnam in February and March 1979. Vietnam had abandoned Beijing and joined Moscow as a mutual defense-treaty ally and invaded and toppled China’s Maoist puppet government, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The war
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Published on August 17, 2024 16:30

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