China has moved its army, naval, air force and rocket force units to surround Taiwan for military drills, warning outside forces against supporting Taiwanese independence. The operation, dubbed “Just Mission 2025”, aims to test Beijing’s combat readiness, and will involve live-fire exercises on Tuesday. China’s Eastern Theatre Command said five zones surrounding Taiwan would be…
German Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil is set to chair talks between his Social Democrat Party (SPD) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing next month, even after Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul was forced to postpone a trip to China after being unable to arrange enough meetings. Klingbeil is the leader of the SPD, but also…
A key Chinese Communist Party (CCP) meeting next week to decide a strategic plan is expected to include a major shake-up of President Xi Jinping’s inner circle. Analysts expect a record political purge at the four-day plenum meeting of the CCP’s 205-member Central Committee that starts in Beijing on Monday. The meeting is to flesh…
With the ever-contested debate of who is going to be the successor of Xi Jinping, another widespread speculation about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s health has intensified in recent weeks, with some observers suggesting he may be facing the most serious crisis of his political career. On October 13, 2025, Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan,…
An official Chinese news network recently reported that General Secretary Xi Jinping of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee gave an address Sept. 29 calling for steps to be taken to further force religions in China to “adapt to socialist society.” In the address, which took place during a group study session of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers and activists across the political spectrum called on American tech firms to stop selling surveillance equipment to Chinese police and for Congress to examine the issue after The Associated Press reported that U.S. technology had played a far greater role than previously known in enabling human rights abuses by Beijing. Republican…
このページを 日本語 で読む China showcased its latest weaponry, potentially intended for a Taiwan invasion, during a military parade in Beijing on September 3. The day marked the 80th anniversary of what they call victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. President Xi Jinping’s speech that day carried a notably more bellicose tone. Ten years…
Claims by the head of the FBI that China is a threat to the Indo-Pacific are groundless, Beijing said as the American security agency opened its first permanent office in New Zealand. “We strongly oppose any attempt to make groundless assertions or vilification against China out of the Cold War mentality,” the Chinese embassy in…
Beijing imposes exit bans on foreign nationals as a coercion tool (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images) China is barring a U.S. citizen who works for the Department of Commerce from leaving the country after he traveled there to visit relatives—the latest instance of Beijing’s controversial use of exit bans on foreign nationals. The Chinese-American man,…
The head of a US congressional committee on Thursday, warned Panama over Chinese influence on the Panama Canal, following reports that leading Chinese state-owned conglomerates are bidding for port concessions there now for sale by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings. In his letter to Minister of Maritime Affairs and Administrator of the Panama Maritime Authority…