Australia has an “enviable economic record” but its “lucky streak” could come to an end due to domestic infighting and an over-reliance on Chinese trade, according to a report published today. Key points: China is Australia’s largest buyer of iron ore, copper, wool and wine If China chooses to boycott Australia it would shake Australian livelihoods Political infighting and a… Read more »
China’s Foreign Ministry says it has expressed serious concern to the United States after US warships passed through the strait between Taiwan and China. The US Pacific Fleet sent 2 warships through the Taiwan Strait on Monday.
A UN investigator looking into the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar says genocide against the minority is still going on. The leader of a UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar, Marzuki Darusman, told reporters on Wednesday that the remaining Rohingya community continues to suffer the most severe oppression, adding that nothing has fundamentally changed over the past year.
BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday called on China and Japan to work together to build more mature, steady and progressive bilateral ties. Li’s remarks came as he delivered a speech at a reception marking the 40th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship together with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo… Read more »
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese journalist returned to Tokyo on Thursday after being freed from more than three years of captivity in Syria, and was greeted at the airport with hugs from his wife and his favorite handmade rice balls from his mother. Jumpei Yasuda was released in Syria on Tuesday and taken to neighboring Turkey. Yasuda, wearing a black… Read more »
China on Tuesday issued an ardent defence of the alleged mass internment of minorities in its far west Xinjiang region, with a regional official insisting that authorities are saving Muslims from the lure of religious extremism. Beijing has sought to counter a global outcry against the facilities with a series of op-eds and interviews and a roll out of new… Read more »
Australia is considering moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Tuesday, following the lead of US President Donald Trump. Morrison called a press conference to say he was “open-minded” to proposals to formally recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move his nation’s embassy to the holy city, a sharp break with the policy of… Read more »
China’s President Xi Jinping launched the world’s longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China Tuesday at a time when Beijing is tightening its grip on its semi-autonomous territories. Xi announced the bridge officially open at a ceremony also attended by Hong Kong‘s and Macau’s city leaders at a new port terminal in the southern mainland city of Zhuhai.
China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest quarterly pace since the global financial crisis, with regulators moving quickly to calm nervous investors as a campaign to tackle debt risks and the trade war with the United States began to bite. Chinese authorities are trying to navigate through numerous challenges, as the trade war fears have sparked a blistering selloff in domestic stock… Read more »
Women are now 9% of what makes up one of the biggest military ships for Japanese marines. Women on the ship don’t face any discrimination when put to a job on the ship and have all the equal rights to tasks as men do. This is such a wonderful step in the right direction. They could be letting women work… Read more »