The foreign ministers of New Zealand and Australia have refused to respond to questions over Taiwan’s application to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Speaking at a joint press conference in Canberra, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and NZ Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta both refused to answer questions about Taiwan’s upcoming application, instead…
NZ and Australia Refuse to Comment on Taiwan Application to Trade Deal
December 6, 2022
admin
Asia & PacificAustraliaBusiness & MarketsChinaChina Business & EconomyChina-Australia RelationsChinese RegimeCPTPPeconomic policiesInternationalInternational RelationsSpecial TopicsTaiwanWorld
0 Comment
Booming Coal and Gas Prices Brings Rosy Budget Outlook: Economist
Australia’s budget deficit will see a “remarkable recovery” this year on the back of soaring coal and natural gas prices, according to economist Chris Richardson. In September, Treasury said higher commodity prices improved the federal budget’s bottom line for the 2021-22 financial year by $50 billion (US$75 billion) from higher commodity prices, but warned that…
Finland Seeks to Enhance Ties With Australia
Finland is seeking stronger bilateral relations with Australia, with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin calling for the two nations to join their common lifelines and increase cooperation. Marin is the first Finnish leader to have visited Australia. Speaking at Lowy Institute on Dec. 2, Marin said Finland would like to increase cooperation around clean energy, critical…
Separation of the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox Church: Freedom of Religion in Times of War
Commentary On Nov. 24, 2022, a draft law to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was registered in the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament. According to Ukraine’s European Solidarity Party, the draft law prohibits all activity of any religious organisation that is somehow associated with, or accountable to, the Russian Orthodox Church “in canonical, organizational, and…
Kyiv Slams French Proposal to Address Russian Security Fears Over the Expansion of NATO
December 5, 2022
admin
ArchivedEmmanuel MacronEuropeInternationalNATONewsRussiaRussia-Ukraine WarUkraineVictoria NulandWorld
0 Comment
Kyiv has decried a French proposal to provide Russia with “security guarantees” aimed at addressing the latter’s longstanding concerns over further eastward expansion by the NATO alliance. According to Ukrainian officials, Moscow—not NATO—should provide security guarantees. “[The] civilized world needs ‘security guarantees’ from [the] barbaric intentions of post-Putin Russia,” Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian…
Estonia to Buy US Rocket Artillery System in $200 Million Deal
HELSINKI—NATO member and Russia’s neighbor Estonia is boosting its defense capabilities by acquiring an advanced U.S. rocket artillery system in the Baltic country’s largest arms procurement project ever, defense officials said Saturday. The deal signed Friday for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is worth more than $200 million and includes equipment such as…
Concerns Raised Over CCP Programs Dominance in Australian Multicultural Radio Station Programing
December 5, 2022
admin
ACMAAustraliaAustralian Department of Home AffairsCCP infiltrationChinaChina Radio InternationalChina-Australia RelationsChinese RegimeCRIInternationalInternational RelationsMichelle RowlandThreat from Communist ChinaUS-China relationsWorld
0 Comment
A veteran radio journalist has raised concerns about the effect propaganda from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is having on Chinese-speaking Australians after he discovered that state-sponsored propaganda had been hitting the airwaves for over twenty years in Sydney. Nick Wong, a former Wellington-based Chinese newspaper publisher, as well as a former member of the…
US Designates Iran, China as Countries of Concern Over Religious Freedom
December 4, 2022
admin
blinkenChinaChina Human RightsExecutive BranchInternationalPoliticsreligious freedomUSUS NewsUS-China relationsWorld
0 Comment
WASHINGTON—The United States on Friday designated China, Iran, and Russia, among others, as countries of particular concern under the Religious Freedom Act over severe violations, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Blinken in a statement said those designated as countries of particular concern—which also include North Korea and Burma (also known as Myanmar)—engaged in…
Saying No to a Cashless Society to Teach Children Proper Spending Habits
Commentary A mother gave her 8-year-old daughter $20 to spend at a theme park. The child—let us call her Nancy—wanted to buy a colourful T-shirt with her money. The mother, who had also prepared a delicious lunch box, chaperoned her excited child. At lunchtime, the child observed other children eating luscious chips, and she asked…
52 Hong Kong Groups Around the World Support China Protests
December 3, 2022
admin
ChinaChina Human RightsChinese RegimeHK Current AffairsHong KongInternationalprotestWhite Paper RevolutionWorld
0 Comment
After the deadly fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, angry crowds took to the streets in different cities in China, the largest wave of protests in three decades, protesting the stringent pandemic restrictions and chanting for the resignation of Xi Jinping. 52 Groups Signed the Statement Including NY4HK, a New York organization that supports Hong Kong, 52…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta