China Shutters More than One Million Restaurants as Economy Withers
More than one million restaurants in China have closed since the beginning of 2024, as the poor economy turns consumers to cheap takeout.
More than one million restaurants in China have closed since the beginning of 2024, as the poor economy turns consumers to cheap takeout.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, had nothing to say about China during the first press interview of their 2024 campaign.
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan arrived in Beijing, China, on Tuesday for in-depth conversations with top Chinese diplomats that communist state media have hinted would focus on strong-arming Sullivan into accepting a “correct understanding” of his host’s interests – and helping advancing.
Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te on Thursday announced a proposed defense budget of $19.76 billion in U.S. dollars for the 2025 fiscal year.
A federal court in New York convicted naturalized U.S. citizen Wang Shujun of working as an agent for China’s Ministry of State Security.
Chinese state television broadcaster CCTV on Sunday pulled the plug on its Olympic coverage to avoid showing Taiwan’s badminton team winning the gold medal by defeating the top-rated Chinese team.
The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.
Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, who has been at the center of controversy after the International Boxing Association (IBA) chief claimed Khelif had male chromosomes, refused to answer any questions on Sunday about biological sex or fairness concerns at the Paris Games.
A spectator at the Paris Olympics was removed from the stands by security after snatching a banner that read “Go Taiwan” from a woman while she was being confronted by security for brandishing the name of the forbidden country.
Taiwanese government officials – including the nation’s first woman president, former head of state Tsai Ing-wen – united behind Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting on Tuesday after the eruption of an international controversy surrounding Lin allegedly not meeting the requirements to fight in a women’s match.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who ambushed a stunned U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during an early encounter in 2021 with allegations that America has a worse human rights record than China, gave Blinken one more political lecture on Saturday.
Lawmakers from at least six countries said Chinese diplomats were pressuring them not to attend a China-focused conference in Taiwan.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for a six-nation tour of Asia, derisively described by Chinese state media as his “farewell tour.”
The United States and Canada scrambled fighters on Wednesday as Chinese and Russian nuclear-capable bombers flew off the coast of Alaska.
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry detected 66 Chinese warplanes and seven Chinese naval vessels circling the island in a single day.
China lodged a formal complaint for “illegal and improper” actions by a Japanese destroyer that entered Chinese territorial waters on July 4.
The Taiwanese coast guard said on Tuesday that Chinese forces seized a fishing boat operating near Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen Islands.
The Chinese Communist regime in Beijing announced new regulations on Monday that will empower its officials to inspect smartphones and other personal electronics at will, including those belonging to foreign visitors.
A cybersecurity team called the Insikt Group found that Chinese hackers intensified their attacks on Taiwan during its presidential election.
Hu Xijin, ultra-nationalist former editor of China’s state-run Global Times, on Wednesday taunted that the United States would “definitely lose” a “war of drones” against the Communist tyranny he represents.
Taiwan held various public events on Tuesday to observe the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun rebuffed U.S. concerns about China’s “provocative” behavior toward Taiwan, and told the U.S. to stop sending “wrong signals” to “separatist forces,” at a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Singapore on Friday.
During an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, National Security Agency Director and U.S. Cyber Command Director Gen. Timothy Haugh stated that “increasingly, we see China’s actions to be threatening” and not just in Taiwan, but also in the South China
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said China’s aggressive military drills are intended to “nibble away” at the island’s territory.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is scheduled to meet with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun in Singapore this weekend, holding the first face-to-face bilateral defense meeting in 18 months.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Monday rejected a proposal to include Taiwan in the annual World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting.
During an interview with NBC News on Monday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) stated that China’s recent “surrounding” of Taiwan with an “armada of ships and airplanes” is China “preparing for what they would do in
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) stated that China has been emboldened by President Joe Biden “leaving our ally Israel and sending money to Hamas through humanitarian aid.” He also
North Korea on Monday lashed out at South Korea, Japan, and even Pyongyang’s patron China for supporting the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula at a summit in Seoul.
China stepped up its “punishment” military drill around Taiwan on Friday, staging mock missile attacks and bombing runs.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China on Thursday launched two days of aggressive military drills around Taiwan.
President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan, often known by his Western name William Lai, delivered his inaugural address on Monday morning.
A brawl erupted in the Taiwanese parliament on Friday during a heated debate over reforms to the legislature.
The Chinese Communist regime drafted a law that would require military training for children all the way down to the elementary school level.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week broke the uneasy silence among China’s leadership and offered public comments on the upcoming American election, which stands a good chance of returning outspoken China critic Donald Trump to the White House.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on the Senate floor Tuesday decried the $95 billion foreign aid package, calling it “legislative blackmail” to get Republicans to drop their demand for border security.
An Israeli parliamentary delegation visited Taiwan last week, led by Boaz Toporovsky, a sitting member of the Israeli Knesset and chairman of the Taiwan-Israel Friendship Group.
Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson is joining with the Democrat minority to pass a supplemental spending package of foreign aid without the will or consent of the Republican House majority elected by the people of our country.
The House of Representatives debates bills to fund the war in Ukraine as well as military aid to Israel and Taiwan that House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democrats are looking to pass on Saturday, April 20.
Salvadoran Economy Minister María Luisa Hayem announced on Tuesday evening the official start of El Salvador’s negotiations with communist China intended to culminate with the signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).