A Shenzhen landlord was fined 500 yuan ($74) after police found that his tenant’s friend was at the rental property without being registered, according to a penalty notice shared online. The incident has highlighted increasingly stringent checks on people staying in rental housing in the southern Chinese city. The landlord recently shared the incident on … Read more
This year’s U.S.–South Korean joint military drills, taking place from Aug. 18 to Aug. 21, highlighted the First Island Chain security, with the official U.S. rhetoric showing that its strategic focus has shifted to war preparation against the Chinese communist regime and its allies along the critical island chain in the Asia-Pacific, according to analysts … Read more
A low-budget, homemade animated film has suddenly become a box office hit in mainland China, which analysts said has reflected the public’s aversion to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) control over film and propaganda. “Niu Lai,” released on Aug. 5, was initially mocked for its poor production quality and grossed a mere 7,169 yuan ($1,067) … Read more
A ballot that federal prosecutors allege was cast by a Chinese national using his former landlord’s identity was included in a Massachusetts city’s certified 2024 election count, according to the city clerk. “Yes, the ballot was processed as every other and was counted in the final certified vote,” Malden city clerk Carol Ann Desiderio told … Read more
Chinese authorities have raised the death toll from July’s Typhoon Maysak flooding in Guangxi to 159, more than four times the 39 deaths reported six weeks earlier. The Aug. 21 count, announced at post-disaster reconstruction meetings in Nanning and Guigang, also listed 10 people as missing. More than 1.65 million people were affected in the … Read more
The Trump administration is preparing another escalation of sanctions against Iran as Chinese refiners—the buyers of most Iranian oil exports—are already confronting tighter supplies and existing U.S. restrictions on the trade. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an Aug. 20 CNBC interview that Washington would announce the “toughest sanctions in history” against Iran on Aug. … Read more
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi/ Reuters BEIJING: China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, begins on Monday a four-day trip to Russia during which both nations are expected to pledge deeper mutual political trust, readying for a possible landmark visit by President Vladimir Putin to Beijing in October. Wang, who heads the foreign ministry as well as … Read more
The People’s Liberation Army urged Chinese military personnel to be careful about who they associate with, saying socialising with the wrong people is a key reason “some leaders” have been removed from their positions.Chinese military cadres should “purify their social circle,” a commentary published by the state-run PLA Daily said on Friday, without elaborating on … Read more
(Representative image: Reuters) BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry on Wednesday said China’s claims to the Paracel and Spratly Islands in the South China Sea were backed by “history” after Vietnam over the weekend repeated it had sufficient evidence to claim sovereignty over the islands. The Paracel and Spratly Islands, known as the Hoang Sa and … Read more
(Representative image: ANI) TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) has said that it has detected 10 Chinese military aircraft and five naval ships around Taiwan in the past 24 hours, till 6 am (local time) on Saturday, Taiwan News reported. Taiwan’s MND did not reveal whether the Chinese military aircraft crossed into China’s air … Read more