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On June 8-9, Chinese leader Xi Jinping traveled to North Korea for his first overseas trip of 2026, drawing renewed attention to the evolving dynamics among Beijing, Pyongyang, and Moscow. The visit came less than a month after Xi met with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's
Shenzhen Civil Servants’ Pay Slashed as Chinese Government Sees Fiscal Shortages
China has seen pay cuts for civil servants in recent years. Since the second half of 2021, the more affluent...
China Isolates Foreign Olympic Athletes for COVID, Jeopardizing Their Participation in Games
More than 200 of some 8,000 foreign arrivals for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics have tested positive...
Hit by ‘Zero-COVID’ Policies, Chinese Manufacturing Crawls to Slowest Since Start of Pandemic
China’s manufacturing sector slowed to its weakest in almost two years as the country’s stringent “Zero-COVID...
Five Traditional Dishes to Eat During the Chinese New Year to Bring You Good Luck and Prosperity
This Lunar New Year, taking place today, will celebrate the Year of the Tiger, so invoke good luck and...
‘Brazen’ Chinese Espionage Against US ‘Felt Across the Country’: FBI Director Wray
The harm wrought by Communist China’s hacking, espionage, and other “unrestricted warfare” activities...
Japan Expresses Concern About Xinjiang Abuses Ahead of Beijing Olympics
On Feb. 1, Japan’s lower house of parliament adopted a resolution that expressed concern about the Chinese...
As US-China Tensions Simmer, State Department Offers Lunar New Year Greetings
According to the lunar calendar, 2022 is the Year of the Tiger, and Jan. 31 is Lunar New Year’s Eve.&...
Happy Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger!
As the Chinese, or Lunar New Year begins, we enter a new zodiac. This year, 2022, is the year of the...
White House Distributing Made-in-China COVID-19 Testing Kits in the US
The White House has begun distributing free COVID-19 rapid tests to its citizens, with millions of American...