https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/23/uighurs-in-turkey-call-for-boycott-of-beijing-winter-olympics Demonstrators from China’s Uighur Muslim ethnic group have protested in Istanbul, calling for a boycott of next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s poor treatment of the minority in Xinjiang province. The protesters gathered outside the Turkish Olympic Committee building, waving the blue and white flags of the independence movement of East Turkestan, a group China says threatens… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/20/china-stalls-us-bid-to-sanction-north-koreans-at-united-nations China and Russia have delayed a US effort at the United Nations to impose sanctions on five North Koreans in response to the recent missile launches by the country, diplomats on both sides said. The move by the two countries came prior to a closed door UN Security Council meeting on North Korea, the second in two weeks, following… Read more »
https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-flies-dozens-warplanes-near-taiwan China launched 39 aircraft, mostly fighter jets, near Taiwan Sunday, the single largest show of force in months. The launch came following the sailing of two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers along with other equipment, including a pair of amphibious assault ships, alongside allies in the Philippine Sea. It is not clear what caused the provocation but it is suspected… Read more »
Link to article: https://english.news.cn/20220118/b39c9f4a4e244f69ae7a2c7210f50f2e/c.html A new cargo train, loaded with 445 tons of goods headed for Moscow Tuesday morning. It departed from Quanzhou, in China’s Fujian Province. This is the first China-Europe train route from Quanzhou, which is an important starting point on the Maritime Silk Road. The train is scheduled to reach Moscow, Russia, via the border station of… Read more »
