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December 19, 2021
The pandemic forced Kim Jong Un into retreat. The world should brace for his resurgence
Ten years ago, the world watched as a young Kim Jong Unsolemnly walked beside his father's hearse on a snowy morning in Pyongyang as distraught North Koreans wailed in grief. Kim's long black coat and hairstyle, reminiscent of his late grandfather Kim Il Sung, were viewed as a superficial effort to emulate the authority of his forebears. But the 20-something heir to the North Korean leadership
Published on December 19, 2021 15:30
Hanne Skartveit: Norsk naivitet i møte med Kina
Det ser ut til at den nye regjeringen fortsetter der den gamle slapp - med en naiv tilnærming til Kina. Det kan komme til å koste oss dyrt. Igjen ser vi kinesisk maktmisbruk overfor nasjoner som ikke oppfører seg slik det mektige kinesiske regimet ønsker. Etter at Litauen i november i år ønsket Taiwans representasjonskontor velkommen i hovedstaden Vilnius, straffer Kina landet økonomisk. Ikke
Published on December 19, 2021 00:40
December 18, 2021
China: We’ll make US pay the price for sanctions
China has promised tough measures in retaliation after the US sanctioned more than 40 of its institutions and companies on Thursday over human rights issues in Xinjiang. “China is strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposes the US sanctions,” Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Friday. “China will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate
Published on December 18, 2021 23:49
Omicron knocking on China’s ‘zero Covid’ door
A trickle of Omicron cases is penetrating Hong Kong’s “zero Covid” defenses, worrying residents of a next viral wave and imperiling highly anticipated plans to reopen the border with the mainland later this month. As of Saturday, the city had identified 14 cases of the highly contagious variant. At the same time, China reported 125 new Covid-19 cases for Friday, of which 89 were local, according
Published on December 18, 2021 23:46
US comes a-courting in Asean as it pressures Beijing. What will it achieve?
There was widespread anticipation that the United States would offer more details on its Indo-Pacific security and economic plans in Southeast Asiaduring Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent visit to the region. But apart from criticising Beijing’s “aggressive actions” in Asia and ensuring competition with China does not veer into a “catastrophic” conflict, details on how the US plans to
Published on December 18, 2021 23:44
Retiring China Global Times chief Hu Xijin is a tough-talking act to follow
«Washington has greatly increased its presence in the South China Sea and intervened in the political process here,» said a middle-aged man seen in a video clip, speaking slowly and calmly in heavily accented English, his eyes fixed on the camera throughout.Wearing a dark teal shirt and sporting a simple front brush haircut, the man looked benign, almost humorous. But he didn’t mince his words,
Published on December 18, 2021 23:40
Laos opens scenic railway built on a mountain of Chinese debt
Laos opened a new US$6 billion (S$8.2 billion) rail link with China to much fanfare this month, but analysts warn the party could be short-lived as the government grapples with a potential debt crisis. The line will connect the capital Vientiane with the southern Chinese city of Kunming, and there are grand plans for a high-speed rail network running to Singapore through Thailand and
Published on December 18, 2021 23:37
Lao-China Railway feels ‘similar to when I rode the Shinkansen in Japan’
I went to the station at 6 a.m. on the morning of December 4th and waited in line to buy the ticket for the first train leaving at 8 a.m. On the first day of passenger train operations, many people could not buy tickets before the train left. There was widespread disappointment as the passengers demanded the station start selling tickets earlier. I was able to board the EMU CR200J train, a
Published on December 18, 2021 23:36
Chinese rights lawyer incommunicado after writing to Li Keqiang over travel ban
A prominent Chinese rights attorney is missing, believed detained, after he planned to attend an event linked to Human Rights Day at the EU representative office in Beijing on Dec. 10, RFA has learned. Tang Jitian has been incommunicado since texting friends a couple of hours before the event was due to start that it was "not safe" to attend, U.S.-based legal scholar Teng Biao said. Repeated
Published on December 18, 2021 23:33
University president warns Chinese students not to harass other Chinese on campus
A U.S. university president who is a former governor of Indiana has condemned Chinese nationalist students in his state who harassed a Chinese pro-democracy graduate student for openly praising Tiananmen Square protesters. Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University, a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, sent an email to members of the campus community on Wednesday
Published on December 18, 2021 23:31
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