Category: International Relations

House China Panel Calls for US to Surge Missiles, Troops to Taiwan

May 24, 2023
CCPChinaChina NewscongressInternational RelationsmilitaryNational SecurityPoliticsSelect CommitteeSpecial TopicsTaiwanThreat from Communist ChinaUSUS NewsUS-China relations
0 Comment

WASHINGTON—A congressional committee tasked with overseeing U.S.-China competition is recommending that the United States surge weapons to Taiwan and provide the island with military-to-military training to help prevent an invasion by China’s communist regime. The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on May 24 approved a report including a tranche of 10 policy…

Read More

British Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Chinese Genomics Giant Over Pregnancy Test Data

May 23, 2023
China NewsEurope-China RelationsInternational Relationspregnancy testUKWorld
0 Comment

A group of British lawmakers called for an urgent investigation into a Chinese company that sells pregnancy screening tests in the UK. The genomics company, BGI, had three of its subsidiaries blacklisted by the U.S. Commerce Department in March over their alleged involvement in military programs and the repression of ethnic minorities in China. Citing a Reuters report…

Read More

Australia Providing Phillipines with Drones, Training, and Tech as China Belligerence Continues

May 22, 2023
aerial dronesAsia & PacificAustraliaBusiness & MarketsChina NewsChina-Australia RelationsChina-PhilippinesCoast GuardInternational RelationsPenny WongUS-China relationsWorld
0 Comment

Australia will provide the Philippines with drone equipment, training, and other technology to strengthen its Coast Guard maritime domain, awareness, and protection capabilities. The announcement follows a visit to the Philippines by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on May 18 and comes as the Southeast Asian nation is engaged in an increasingly hostile maritime dispute…

Read More

China’s Xi Holds Central Asia Summit, Attempting to Challenge G-7: Analysts

May 22, 2023
Central Asia SummitChina Business & EconomyChina Human RightsChina NewsChinese RegimeG-7International RelationsXi Jinping
0 Comment

China hosted a Central Asia Summit in its historic city of Xi’an on May 18 and 19, one day before this year’s Group of Seven (G-7) Summit in Japan’s Hiroshima from May 19 to 21. The Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with heads of state from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in one-on-one meetings,…

Read More

Save the Timber for Australia, Not Beijing

May 21, 2023
Australiaaustralian exportsBusiness & MarketsChina NewsChina-Australia Relationschina-australia trade disputeInternationalInternational RelationsOpiniontimberViewpointsWorld
0 Comment

Commentary Dictatorships don’t make concessions unless they are forced to do so. They don’t make concessions as a unilateral goodwill gesture. Their concessions are only ever made out of self-interest. Therefore one can safely assume that the lifting of the ban on Australian timber exports to China, which was so spuriously imposed by the communist…

Read More

Russia Opens Far East Port Vladivostok to China

May 21, 2023
Asia & PacificChina Business & EconomyChina NewsChinese RegimeGlobal ExpansionHǎishēnwǎiHeilongjiangInternational RelationsJilinmilitaryport citySpecial TopicsVladivostokWorld
0 Comment

Russia has recently opened its far eastern port of Vladivostok, which it has occupied since 1860, to China for shipping in what observers say is a strategic exchange between the two nations as their actions in Ukraine, and around Taiwan and the South China Sea continue to worsen international relations. On May 4, the General Administration…

Read More

Australian PM Backs G7 Statement Against China’s Economic Coercion

May 20, 2023
anthony albaneseAsia & PacificAustraliaaustralia-chinaChina NewsChina-Australia Relationseconomic coercionG7InternationalInternational RelationsJoe BidenquadWorld
0 Comment

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed Australia’s support for the leaders’ statement coming from the G7 summit against China asserting its disputed claims in the Indo-Pacific region through force and coercion. “We have said for some time that China’s activity, and we expressed concern for ourselves as well, the chafing of one of our aircraft,…

Read More

Australian PM Backs G-7 Statement Against China’s Economic Coercion

May 20, 2023
anthony albaneseAsia & PacificAustraliaaustralia-chinaChina NewsChina-Australia Relationseconomic coercionG7InternationalInternational RelationsJoe BidenquadWorld
0 Comment

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed Australia’s support for the leaders’ statement coming from the G-7 summit against China asserting its disputed claims in the Indo-Pacific region through force and coercion. “We have said for some time that China’s activity, and we expressed concern for ourselves as well, the chafing of one of our aircraft,…

Read More

G7, Rescheduled Quad in Japan to Focus on Security

May 19, 2023
AustraliaAustralia national securityG7 alliesG7 summitInternational RelationsQUAD summitWorld
0 Comment

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to hold another round of key talks at the G7 summit in Japan as the world’s most powerful leaders convene, with a rescheduled Quad meeting also on the agenda. The three-day summit spans global peace, including tackling Russian and Chinese aggression, as well as the transition to clean energy…

Read More

Japan, France Agree to ‘Coordinate Closely’ on China Issues

May 19, 2023
Asia & PacificChinaChina NewsEuropeFranceGlobal ExpansionInternational RelationsJapanPrime Minister Fumio KishidaSpecial TopicsWorld
0 Comment

The leaders of Japan and France agreed on Friday to strengthen their bilateral economic and security cooperation and pledged to “coordinate closely” on issues related to China. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and French President Emmanuel Macron held talks ahead of a G-7 leaders summit in Hiroshima, Japan, during which they exchanged views on the…

Read More