HONG KONG, March 28 (Reuters) – China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing’s latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters … Read More
China has set an economic growth target for this year of “around 5%” and pledged to pump billions of dollars into its ailing economy, which is now facing a trade war with the US. Its leaders unveiled the plan as … Read More
China’s tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods came into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates and US President Donald Trump threatens to hit more countries with tariffs. Beijing announced the plan … Read More
Trump made a preliminary determination that ‘control of the Chinese Communist Party’ over canal is a threat, the US state department said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino that Washington will “take measures … Read More
Nuclear fusion, which is the source of the energy released from the Sun is considered the ultimate energy source even on Earth. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) – also called ‘artificial sun’ – has achieved the milestone of 1,006 … Read More
Jan. 17 (UPI) — The Supreme Court on Friday voted unanimously to leave in place a law that would ban TikTok from U.S. app stores unless it s Chinese parent company divests from the platform and sells it to an … Read More
Shandong Port Group, operator of key oil ports used by China’s independent refiners, has prohibited access and services to tankers sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury, a move that could curb Chinese oil imports and raise costs for local refiners, trade … Read More
Jan. 7 (UPI) — At least 126 people are dead and 188 injured after a strong earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet in China on Tuesday morning. A 7.1-magnitude temblor struck at a depth of about 6 miles just … Read More
Jan. 2 (UPI) — China’s Ministry of Commerce Thursday targeted dozens of American companies for punitive trade actions as U.S.-China tensions increase. The ministry added also 10 U.S. companies to its unreliable entities list, sanctioning them for arms sales to … Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government and Sberbank, Moscow’s largest state-owned bank, to collaborate with China on developing AI technology in what is likely an effort to challenge the U.S., according to Reuters. In instructions on the Kremlin’s … Read More