Fentanyl crisis takes center stage in US-China trade negotiations: Here’s why

Fentanyl crisis takes center stage in US-China trade negotiations: Here’s why

The ongoing US-China trade talks have placed fentanyl—a deadly synthetic opioid—at the heart of economic diplomacy, underscoring how a public health emergency has become a central bargaining chip in global commerce. The Trump administration has repeatedly accused China of enabling the flow of fentanyl and its chemical precursors into the United States, leading to a…

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Philippine Coast Guard Intercepts Chinese Spy Ship

Philippine Coast Guard Intercepts Chinese Spy Ship

A Philippine Coast Guard cutter intercepted a Chinese Navy spy ship within Manila’s western exclusive economic zone over the weekend. BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) met the Type 815G electronic surveillance ship Tianwangxing (793) and the escorting China Coast Guard Zhaojun-class cutter 4203 around 70 nautical miles west of the Philippine archipelago on Saturday morning. The…

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Forget the West – China think tanks must be ‘self-centred’ to project soft power: expert

Forget the West – China think tanks must be ‘self-centred’ to project soft power: expert

China’s think-tanks should pay more attention to the nation’s actual conditions and rely less on Western knowledge, according to a leading Chinese scholar, who said policy advisers could better reflect and project the country’s soft power by incorporating “Chinese characteristics”. Professor Zheng Yongnian, a political economist with the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, who…

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