But by inviting Israel and others to peace ceremony, mayor is making moral statement for sake of humanity despite pressure from West.
Subservient to the United States while being antagonistic to China, the EU-Nato axis is guaranteed to end up with the worst of both worlds.
Ban not only failed to isolate Chinese advances in AI, but also gave companies such as SMIC and Huawei the chance to become global powerhouses.
While world looks on in horror at Gaza, lawyers linked to Pentagon see possibilities opening up in military conduct, especially against China.
Fulfilling the pledge would be a violation of international law, as Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank is universally recognised as illegal.
Canada, China and the European Union are among those waking up to the need to remove long-standing domestic barriers to trade and commerce.
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Chinese citizens enjoy public safety in exchange for compromised privacy. In the United States, people are facing an increasingly unchecked state.
While Talisman Sabre with its line-up of Western allies is provocative, Asean nations who drill with the Chinese military are also involved.
Through sanctions and intimidation, the United States and Israel are chipping away at their foundations and attacking their representatives.
The awarding of the world’s most prestigious prize has been twisted and perverted by politics and often has nothing to do with peace.
The Trump administration’s actions at home and support for horrors abroad raise the question: is America becoming a fascist police state?
Adopting mainland standards to build the mass transit links for the Northern Metropolis can reduce construction costs by up to 30%.
A UN report has exposed dozens of corporations making money from the atrocities being committed across Palestinian territories.
BN(O)ers and ‘streamers’ are no longer welcome. Too bad that the respective governments just will not or cannot say that out loud.
Democrat Congressman Jared Moskowitz says China is following the ‘Nazi playbook’ by using TikTok to ‘brainwash’ American youth.
No one should underestimate Donald Trump and his party’s ability to subvert America’s foundational institutions like the US Federal Reserve.
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’ US$55 million nuptials in the Italian city of Venice say as much about the 1 per cent as the world we live in today.
Despite increasing pressure from Washington and its Nato allies, Asean countries – even the fence-sitters – are not tilting back towards the West.
Rutte needs to hype the ‘China threat’ to justify Nato nations boosting military spending, returning the welfare state to the warfare state.
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US president and the ayatollah deserve a joint Nobel Peace Prize for averting a third world war or at least Iraq 2.0, if general ceasefire holds.
They welcome Trump’s imperial presidency and unchecked executive power, seeing parallels with a transition from republicanism to empire.
And, contrary to the views of famed economist Stephen Roach, so will great places such as Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Chongqing.
Spheres of influence are emerging that will slowly but surely erode America’s global power from East Asia to the Middle East.
Experts say the fungus Fusarium graminearum is more of a pest than ‘a dangerous biological pathogen’, as FBI director Kash Patel has claimed.
Report exposes how the Pentagon propagated alien myths to distract the public from secret weapons programmes during the Cold War.
In his new book, the seasoned China watcher argues the nation’s entire governance is permeated by the engineering mentality.
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The West’s unspoken assumption is that Asians cannot be trusted to manage their own affairs, at least when Western interests are involved.
The toxic fungus may be a legitimate research subject, but they have handed Washington the perfect excuse to hype up the China threat.
Far from being afraid, Hongkongers now do what sensible people would have done long ago – dine, shop and play on the mainland.
Ally or not, no one with a decent sense of self-preservation can afford to take a security guarantee by the United States at face value nowadays.