Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Saturday for international support to defend the self-ruled island’s democracy and way of life in the face of renewed threats from China. Tsai’s comments came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping said nobody could change the fact that Taiwan was part of China, and that people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should seek “reunification”.
Malaysia’s king abdicated on Sunday in a historic first for the country that ended weeks of speculation about his future after he took medical leave and reportedly married a Russian ex-beauty queen. Sultan Muhammad V’s decision marks the first time a king has stepped aside during his five-year term in Muslim-majority Malaysia. The national palace confirmed the resignation with immediate effect… Read more »
Malaysia’s Conference of Rulers will meet in about two weeks’ time to elect the country’s new constitutional monarch and his deputy after the King, Sultan Muhammad V, stepped down on Sunday in an unprecedented move. The 16th King, or Supreme Ruler, and his deputy will be sworn in at the end of the month, Keeper of the Royal Seal Syed… Read more »
SYDNEY • Highly venomous jellyfish have stung more than three thousand people on Australia’s north-eastern shores in just a few days, the authorities said yesterday, forcing the closure of several beaches. The massive influx of portuguese man-of-war jellyfish, whose stings are notoriously painful, has been described as an “invasion” by local media in the state of Queensland. Coastguard association Surf… Read more »
BEIJING – Trade talks between China and the United States are proceeding as planned, and both sides want to work together to reach an agreement on trade, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday (Jan 7). The start of the talks in the Chinese capital also buoyed investor sentiment, with Asian stock markets registering gains. The Nikkei ended 2.44 per… Read more »
HONG KONG/HARBIN (REUTERS) – At the Siberia Tiger Park in the frigid Chinese city of Harbin, visitors can learn about the facility’s successful breeding programme and buy chicken carcasses to toss to around 20 tigers pacing the snow flecked ground of their enclosure. At the park gates, a shop sells liquor soaked with tiger bones for up to $1,000 a… Read more »
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been pushing the East Asian realm closer and closer to the United States controlled Maritime Realm since he took office, now that he has declared himself President of China for life, the United States will have to worry about East Asian penetration of The Maritime Realm until he either dies or steps down from office…. Read more »
PHILADELPHIA, the United States, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — The Chinese community in the United States should continue to play their unique role as “positive energy” in cementing China-U.S. ties, a diplomat said here Sunday. Overseas Chinese in America have been participants in and contributors to the establishment of China-U.S. ties, Huang Ping, Chinese consul general in New York, said in… Read more »
BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — The year 2018 was destined to be extraordinary, as it marked a decade after the bitter global financial crisis swept the world and a century since the end of World War I, with rare and great changes lying ahead. Walking together away from the past crisis and calamity, human beings have yet to make choices… Read more »
BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — China on Monday voiced firm opposition to a U.S. warship trespassing into China’s territorial waters off the Xisha Islands, and urged the U.S. side to immediately stop such kind of provocative actions. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang told a daily news briefing that the USS McCampbell trespassed into China’s territorial waters off the Xisha Islands… Read more »