A high-altitude tunnel is latest flashpoint in India-China border tensions
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New Zealand accuses China of hacking parliament following US, UK allegations
“Foreign interference of this nature is unacceptable, and we have urged China to refrain from such activity in future,” New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement. “New Zealand will continue to speak out – consistently and predictably – where we see concerning behaviours like this.”
Thai boy, 4, throws and pierces sister's head with scissors while imitating movie fight scene
It was a scene straight out of a movie.
China hands down terms of life to 8 years for sports officials convicted of taking bribes
BEIJING (AP) — The former president of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison amid a wide-ranging crackdown on sports corruption.
The dots connecting TikTok, US Steel and Chinese land buys
The House of Representatives passes a bill requiring China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American owner or be banned. President Joe Biden denounces Nippon Steel’s acquisition of US Steel, saying it must remain American-owned. Legislation to ban Chinese ownership of farmland is introduced in Washington and state capitals.
China’s maritime power cause for action and alarm
The People’s Liberation Army Navy is now, and has been for several years, larger than the US Navy with over 370 ships currently in commission. What’s more, in a few years, if it continues its current building rate, it will reach around 450 ships, making it larger than the US Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force combined.
New Zealand joins US and UK in claims of China-backed cyberespionage
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a state-sponsored operation that targeted New Zealand’s Parliament in 2021, the country’s security minister said on Tuesday.
Why is Japan changing its ban on exporting lethal weapons, and why is it so controversial?
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on Tuesday, its latest step away from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of World War II.