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Some of the biggest players in the global south—including China, India, and South Africa—have consistently refused to sign onto resolutions criticizing Russia in U.N. forums. When Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Pretoria in January, his South African counterpart said NATO’s arms supply to Ukraine was aimed at bringing Russia “to its knees.”

No economic model can compete with Globalization. It has lifted billions out of poverty, virtually eliminated famine, and provided untold riches that our ancestors could only dream of. Despite the pros and cons of globalization, it is doomed to fail.

France is losing its factories and jobs, squeezing incomes and small ... So why are the French so convinced that things are falling apart?

According to IMF data, China holds roughly $30bn of Pakistan’s $126bn total external foreign debt. This is thrice its IMF debt ($7.8bn) and exceeds its borrowings from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank combined. So why is mighty China awaiting the green signal from American-led IMF before releasing some relief? Shouldn’t it at least reschedule Pakistan’s debt? Or, better, wipe it off?

China will not attempt to invade Taiwan before the end of the decade because it understands the high cost, the senior Pentagon official in charge of Indo-Pacific security said Thursday. “Deterrence is real; deterrence is strong” today and tomorrow, said Ely Ratner, the assistant secretary for the Indo-Pacific. The United States can likely deter Beijing from attacking the self-governing island 100 miles off the Chinese coast, he said.

The United States renewed a warning that it would defend its treaty ally if Filipino forces come under attack in the disputed South China Sea, after a Chinese coast guard ship allegedly hit a Philippine patrol vessel with military-grade laser that briefly blinded some of its crew.

Mr Putin says China's plan could end the war - but he claims Ukraine and the West are not ready for peace.

China has become an increasingly important trading partner for Russia as it seeks to soften the impact of economic sanctions imposed by some countries in response to its invasion. The United States has said Beijing is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to Russia, allegations which China strongly denies.

A rupture in Qatar-Russia relations is made more probable by the emergent economic competition between the two states.

The communist rulers of China are keen to destroy the culture and language of the Tibetans and the Tibetan way of life

The Ukrainian military has been conducting drills near the country's northern border with Belarus, aimed at showing preparedness to defend against any repeat of Russia's land invasion across that border. These drills on the northern front follow warnings that the Kremlin is planning a renewed offensive this spring.

The war in Ukraine is dominating global geopolitics this week as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion fast approaches. Officials in Moscow appeared unrepentant about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Tuesday that Russia was suspending its participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the U.S., a pact that limits the two sides’ strategic nuclear arsenals.

The UN report affirmed previous findings by international journalists, researchers, and rights organizations. Various exposés showed that detainees were forced to pledge loyalty to the CCP and renounce Islam, as well as sing praises for communism and learn Mandarin.

Turkey’s economic problems have deep roots but the most recent crisis was caused by Erdogan’s insistence on lowering interest rates in the face of galloping inflation — precisely the opposite tactic of what economists almost universally prescribe.

China expressed anger after the U.S. shot down a huge balloon China claims was a civilian airship. The incident has further strained relations.

The threat of Chinese aggression is producing a quiet revolution in Tokyo’s statecraft — and officials are pushing the nation to get ready for a fight.

China’s sweeping claims of sovereignty over the sea—and the sea’s estimated 11 billion barrels of untapped oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas—have antagonized competing claimants Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. As early as the 1970s, countries began to claim islands and various zones in the South China Sea, such as the Spratly Islands, which possess rich natural resources and fishing areas.

The hopes of China-optimistic investors that China will successfully combine socially restrained capitalism with “reformed” communism were shattered at the Communist Party congress in October, where it was as much as stated that China will aim to dominate the world under the eternal rule of the Great Leader Xi.

Yep, these ones, where the Chinese public actually asked the CCP and xi jinping to step down. This was actually the strongest opposition the CCP has faced since the Tiananmen square massacre. I guess it's understandable then that the CCP, when faced with opposition, gave into the public's demand. Sounds like a good thing, no? Well, the only issue was that the CCP was not prepared to change their policies at all, and now because of the CCP’s unpreparedness, hundreds of millions of chinese citizens are suffering. The situation is expected to get so bad that experts predict China could face up to 1 million deaths from this wave of covid alone. Just to put into perspective how hard it is to get treatment, there’s a video of a person just jumping off a building after testing positive for covid because he preferred the quick death over the hopelessness of any treatment in current china. I can’t show that video, youtube guidelines, and I am not sure if most of us even want to see something that sad. So in this video, let's go over what China is going through, and how the CCP is preparing to help its citizens.

NATO condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia's brutal and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine - which is an independent, peaceful and democratic country, and a close NATO partner. NATO and Allies continue to provide Ukraine with unprecedented levels of support, helping to uphold its fundamental right to self-defence.

Since the yen reached a record high against the dollar in mid-2012, the Japanese currency has lost 40% of its value in the intervening years. In the last few months alone, the Japanese currency has plummeted 20%. And forecasts suggest that we may only be at the beginning of a sharp correction. What is happening with the Japanese yen and what are the consequences of the collapse of Asia's most important currency? In this video we answer this and other questions.

Xi is the sixth man to rule the People’s Republic of China, and the first who was born after the revolution, in 1949. He sits atop a pyramid of eighty-seven million members of the Communist Party, an organization larger than the population of Germany.

In response to a barrage of Chinese trade infractions (intellectual property theft, forced technology transfers, cyber espionage and WTO violations), the U.S. government implemented a sanctions regime that has inflicted increasing pain on China's semiconductor industry and the future competitiveness of its commercial and defense customers.

It is clear that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is not a trustworthy partner in the fight against COVID-19 and will go to great lengths to protect their deceptive behavior. For months, the CCP has stifled vital lifesaving information, silenced doctors and expelled journalists attempting to report the truth, and allowed high ranking diplomats to spread false conspiracies about the origin of the virus.