Hasan Piker faces backlash after holding Chinese flag during livestream in Beijing (Image via Getty) Hasan Piker, the popular Twitch streamer and political commentator, has once again found himself in the spotlight. During his recent visit to China, Hasan attended the Chinese national flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. While standing in front of […]
Donald Trump; Xi Jinping (File photo) Optimism grew Monday that US President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping will end their bruising trade war during talks this week, as the US president touched down in Tokyo on the latest leg of an Asian tour. Trump said en route to close US ally Japan that he […]
This is Ray Hou. She’s a — — at Repair Sisters. Repair Sisters is an all-female home repair company in the city of Chengdu, the first of its kind in China. In China, if you needed something fixed, most likely a man would show up at your door. Ray and her colleagues are changing that. […]
BEIJING: China’s former minister of agriculture and rural affairs Tang Renjian was on Sunday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes amounting to $38 million.Tang, also a former secretary of the agricultural ministry’s leading ruling Communist Party members’ group, has been deprived of his political rights, the Intermediate People’s Court of Changchun […]
Super Typhoon Ragasa slammed into the southern part of China, prompting complete shutdown of schools and businesses in at least 10 cities along with flight cancellations on Tuesday. This came a day after it prompted the evacuation of thousands from northern Philippine villages and led to the closure of schools and offices in the Philippines […]
Taiwan detects 15 Chinese aircraft and 1 naval vessels near its territory Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Tuesday reported a surge in Chinese military activity around the island, with 15 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and one PLA Navy (PLAN) vessel detected by 6 am local time. According to the MND, 11 of […]
A strategic military map highlighting China’s AI system (AI generated Image) Psychological warfare has often involved touting technological superiority while suggesting that opponents are powerless against it. That might be the right context in which to view a new study about an advanced artificial intelligence-driven anti-submarine warfare (ASW) system out of China that can reportedly […]
An Indian couple claimed they were brutally attacked by a Chinese person at a hotel in Switzerland, unprovoked. A Canada-based, Indian-origin couple’s vacation in Switzerland turned into a nightmare as they were assaulted by a Chinese man at the hotel where they stayed. They were kicked and punched without any provocation when they pointed out […]
The White House on Thursday clarified that US President Donald Trump is not increasing the number of student visas for Chinese nationals, countering recent speculation over a supposed expansion in student entries. “President Trump isn’t proposing an increase in student visas for Chinese students. The 600k number refers to two years’ worth of visas. It’s […]
There’s an old Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times. Actually, there’s barely anything Chinese about said curse which is most commonly associated with late 19th century speeches of Joseph Chamberlain, which in turn was made popular by his son Austen Chamberlain, a man who won the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering peace between […]
