The polls predicted a re-election victory, maybe even a landslide. But a couple of weeks before the vote, Kenny Chiu, a member of Canada’s Parliament and a critic of China’s human…
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Central Asia: China Opens “Super” Monitoring Station on Tajik-Afghan Border
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerTajikistan The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that China has opened a “super observation station for climate and the environment” near the Tajik city of Shahrtuz in the southeastern Khatlon region.…
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Seoul Lodges Protest with Beijing, Moscow Over Air Defense Zone Incursion
by Elis Carterby Elis CarterSouth Korea’s defense ministry said Wednesday that it had lodged a protest through diplomatic channels with Moscow and Beijing over an incursion by their aircraft in the country’s air defense…
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US to Cambodia: AUKUS Sub Deal Is Not Nuclear Proliferation
by Cody Doyleby Cody DoyleWASHINGTON — The United States, responding to remarks made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier in the week, said on Tuesday that the trilateral security alliance between Australia, the United…
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G7 Finance Chiefs Caution Economic Outlook as U.S. Debt Crisis Looms
Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations warn about the U.S. debt crisis and urge caution amid mounting global economic uncertainty in a three-day meeting ended Saturday. However,…
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China’s Recovery Lifts U.S. Companies’ Sales as Domestic Consumers Pull Back Spending
by Elis Carterby Elis CarterChina is leaving behind pandemic lockdowns, and U.S. companies like Procter & Gamble, Starbucks and MGM Resorts International say the country’s recovery is boosting their overall sales as consumers in their home markets watch their…
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European Union Wants to ‘Re-Calibrate’ Position on China
by Cody Doyleby Cody DoyleEU foreign ministers agreed on Friday on the need to ‘recalibrate’ Europe’s position on China, reducing dependencies and coaxing Beijing to take a tougher stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine,…
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Tajikistan’s Pamirs: A Perfect Political Storm on the Roof of the World
The table is set for the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast to remain a geopolitical hotspot, as important as it is distant. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), eastern Tajikistan, is many things. It…
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President of Kazakhstan to Pay State Visit to China This Year
by Travis Foxby Travis FoxPresident Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is expected to pay a state visit to China this year, the Akorda press service reported, following Tokayev’s meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Zhang Xiao, on…
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China and U.S. Navy Clash Over Guided Missile Destroyer in South China Sea
China’s defense ministry said on Friday that it yet again had to monitor and drive away the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Milius that entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea near the…