Southern China faces heavy floods, and landslides kill at least 9
BEIJING (AP) — Southern China was reeling Tuesday from heavy rains that triggered landslides killing at least nine people, knocking out power for entire villages and burying crops.
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South China Sea: Philippines slams Beijing for ‘dangerous manoeuvres’, raising tensions
Referring to the resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal, Manila’s name for the reef, the statement on Monday by the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea slammed the actions of the vessels of the People’s Liberation Army-Navy, the Chinese coastguard and Chinese maritime militia.
China is trying to rescue its property market. Prices are still plunging
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China opens tit-for-tat anti-dumping probe into European pork
BEIJING (Reuters) -- China has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imported pork and its by-products from the European Union, a step that appears mainly targeted at Spain, the Netherlands, France and Denmark in response to curbs on its electric vehicle exports.
China says one of its ships bumped by Philippine vessel in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) -- A Philippine supply ship dangerously approached a Chinese ship resulting in a slight collision after it illegally intruded into waters adjacent to the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, the Chinese coast guard said on Monday, a claim which Manila's military said was "deceptive and misleading."
Online rumours of civil war in Philippines tied to China’s covert agenda
Analysts link such efforts to a broader cognitive warfare strategy by China, leveraging disinformation through social media and traditional channels in an attempt to sway public sentiment and destabilise the Philippines’ political landscape.