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Aug282023 by adminNo Comments

China’s summer of climate destruction

Science

BBC/Joyce LiuBy Stephen McDonellChina correspondent China's summer this year has seen both extreme heat and devastating floods.And the flooding this time around has struck areas where such weather has been unheard of, with scientists - blaming climate change - warning that the worst is yet to come."I've never seen a flood here in my whole life," says 38-year-old Zhang Junhua, standing next to a vast patch of rice, now completely useless. "We just didn't expect it."His family and friends are safe, he says, because they were given plenty of warning to get to higher ground, but everyone in his village now has some tough months ahead.What's more, the devastation in north-east China's Heilongjiang Province has had a major impact on food supplies for the whole country. /* sc-component-id: sc-bdV...

Mar92021 by adminNo Comments

Report: China’s treatment of Uighurs breaches every provision of U.N. genocide convention

World

March 9 (UPI) -- China's treatment of its Uighur population violates each provision of the United Nations' genocide convention, according to a damning new report published Tuesday by dozens of international law, genocide and Chinese ethnic policies experts. The report, published by the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, is the first independent legal analysis comparing the United Nations' convention on genocide to the claims of human rights abuses committed by China against its Muslim minority Uighur population in northwestern Xinjiang region. Advertisement "This report concludes that the People's Republic of China bears State responsibility for committing genocide against the Uighurs in breach of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide based...

Mar12021 by adminNo Comments

Into The Grey Zone: China’s new technologies could ‘over-match’ the West’s strength, armed forces chief says

Technology

The UK needs to understand and deal with the risk of China developing new technologies that could "over-match" the West's military strength, the head of the armed forces has said.General Sir Nick Carter also talked about how the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force are adapting to operate in the "grey zone" between war and peace. He was speaking on Sky News' Into The Grey Zone podcast.Asked whether there is a risk a country such as China could develop a technological advantage over the West's military dominance, General Carter said: "China is an extraordinary country for innovation and technological innovation, for that matter."And of course, there is always, in the character of warfare, a constant competition between opposing technologies to try and get match or over-match. ...

Jan182021 by adminNo Comments

Despite pandemic, China’s economy grew 2.3% in 2020

World

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- China's economy grew faster than expected last year, making it one of the only major economies to see expansion amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Bureau of Statistics of China on Monday reported gross domestic product increased by 2.3% compared to 2019 as countries worldwide struggled due to lockdowns and border closures put in place to stamp out spread of the coronavirus. Advertisement "The performance was better than we expected," Ning Jizhe, head of the bureau, said during a press conference. The Asian nation was the original epicenter of the virus, which first emerged in its central Wuhan city in December 2019 before spreading the world over. In the first three months of the year, China posted a 6.8% contraction, its first on record, as it placed cities with p...

Dec72020 by adminNo Comments

China’s foreign minister calls for less U.S. ‘interference’ in domestic affairs

Finance

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a news conference after restoring diplomatic ties with Kiribati on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S. September 27, 2019.Mark Kauzlarich | ReutersBEIJING — The U.S. should reduce its "interference" in China's domestic affairs and development in order to improve relations between the two countries, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday.Wang also emphasized his hope for cooperation, while pointing out ways in which the U.S. could change its approach.The foreign minister was speaking to a group of U.S. business leaders via video on Monday, as the White House prepared for a transition of power. President Donald Trump has pursued a tough policy against China using methods such as tariffs and sanctions. Pres...