A strongman who is stronger than ever or is this the point where Xi Jinping goes too far? A third term for China’s president sure to be a rubber stamped…
Continue ReadingEvery five years, the same ritual takes place in Beijing. Dissidents are ordered to stay at home, factories are shut to reduce pollution and huge flower arrangements line the major…
Continue ReadingDid the West misread China the way it misread Russia? Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd compares the ‘business first’ era of yesteryear with the nationalist bend as Xi Jinping…
Continue ReadingIt was the report that #China hoped would never see the light of day. Just minutes before her mandate ended, the office of now-former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle…
Continue ReadingChina Warns Of ‘Counter-Measures’ After Biden Approves $1.1bn Arms Sales To Taiwan China is “firmly opposed” to the Biden administration’s approval of more than $1.1 billion in arms sales to…
Continue ReadingMany of us have seen conventional farms with corn fields, cow pastures, rice paddies, or grape vines. But there are many other types of farms you’ve probably never heard of…
Continue ReadingIN THE PAPERS – Wednesday, August 31: We look at reactions in the front pages and illustrated press after the last Soviet leader Mikhail #Gorbachev passed away at the age…
Continue ReadingMariana Budjeryn of the Harvard Kennedy School explains that while there is plenty of behind the scenes diplomacy to enable an IAEA mission to access the plant, she warned that…
Continue ReadingPresident Emmanuel Macron starts a three-day visit Thursday to Algeria to help mend ties with the former French colony, which this year marks its 60th anniversary of independence. FRANCE 24’s…
Continue ReadingA crippling drought exacerbated by a record heat wave has spread out across half of China and reached the normally frigid Tibetan Plateau, according to official data released ahead of…
Continue ReadingFrench President Emmanuel Macron is heading back to work this week after what he called a "studious" holiday and is set to hold his first ministerial meeting in the next…
Continue ReadingChina’s military announced fresh military drills on August 8 in the seas and airspace around Taiwan – a day after the scheduled end of its largest ever exercises to protest…
Continue ReadingThe United States has accused Beijing of "provocative" and "irresponsible" actions after Taiwan said China rehearsed an attack on the island. Taiwan said it responded to the Chinese drills, now…
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Continue ReadingHaiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early Wednesday June 7th in an attack at their home, the interim prime minister announced, an act that risks further…
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