The European Commission’s head says the Chinese Communist Party is seeking to make the world – including Russia – dependent on China.
A looming ban on Australian government devices is just the beginning of TikTok’s woes,with calls mounting to ban the app or force it to sell to new owners.
Chinese Communist Party figures have been installed in senior roles at TikTok’s parent company,prompting a fresh warning to a federal parliamentary inquiry.
If the India-Australia relationship were a chariot,it would be pulled by a pair of horses. One marked “China threat”,the other “economic growth”.
In his last year in office,Li Keqiang attempted to cast himself as the counterbalance to Xi Jinping’s ideological crusade. By Sunday,it was clear he had failed.
Li Keqiang said the military should intensify training under combat conditions by 2027. That’s when the US thinks China will move on the island.
Australia’s monarchists,apoplectic that King Charles III’s visage won’t feature on the five-dollar note,shift into top-gear condemnation.
Jiang Zemin led his country out of isolation after the crushing of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and supported wide-ranging economic reforms.
China’s economic heydays are behind it. Optimism is turning to pessimism. People are losing faith that their quality of life will improve. Urban youth unemployment has reached a record 20 per cent. The social contract is fractured.
Musk has proposed solving the war in Ukraine by letting Russia keep territory and won praise from a top Chinese diplomat for suggesting China take control of Taiwan.
The imprisonment of Xiao Jianhua brings to an end a long-running saga that has seen many of the tycoon’s business interests reined in since he was seized in Hong Kong more than five years ago.