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Some 6,000 Chinese nationals had returned to China in March after Beijing started a large-scale evacuation in Ukraine following Russia “special military operation” on February 24. The evacuation was triggered based on safety concerns as a result of increasing hostility from angry Ukrainians, who were targeting Chinese citizens due to China-Russia friendship. The Chinese […]
... written on Oct 19 2022In 2018, Donald Trump attacked Germany, Europe’s largest economy and one of NATO’s most important members. The U.S. president warned that the country was making a big mistake in totally dependent on Russian energy. Trump’s speech at the United Nations was laughed by Germany’s UN delegation. Today, Western media are mocking and laughing at Germany’s […]
... written on Oct 12 2022Seismic stations in Sweden, Norway and Finland registered two explosions on Monday (Sept 26). One of the explosions registered a magnitude of 2.3. Seismologists immediately knew it was not an earthquake, but undersea detonations. It was followed by a series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea […]
... written on Sep 28 2022For many years, military superpower the U.S. has been focusing on counter-terrorism. The rise of the dragon, however, has seen the Department of Defence shifted its resources to China. In fact, U.S. President Joe Biden admitted that the “reckless and hasty” withdrawal of U.S. forces in Afghanistan was done to allow Washington to shift its […]
... written on Sep 27 2022It’s one thing to express full solidarity with Ukraine and pledged to continue offering strong political, financial and humanitarian assistance. It’s another thing altogether to condemn Russia and bragged to continue imposing hard-hitting sanctions. The 27-nation leaders of European Union love to talk about solidarity that binds their countries together. But when even Bloomberg […]
... written on Sep 06 2022Energy crisis created by the Russia-Ukraine conflict isn’t over, even though the crude oil prices have dropped to below US$100 a barrel. The wishful thinking that sanctions imposed on Russia could cripple and defeat the Kremlin has boomeranged on the Western nations instead. The impact, either direct or indirect, is so bad that the West […]
... written on Sep 01 2022Since Vladimir Putin launched his “special military operation”, which the U.S. and its allies called an “unprovoked invasion”, in Ukraine, the Western nations have done nothing but add fuel to the fire. By supplying weapons to Ukraine, instead of taking steps to end the conflict, neither Ukraine nor Russia could end the war. Neither the […]
... written on Aug 29 2022All 11 sectors in the S&P 500 were in the red on Monday (Aug 22) with a whopping 480 stocks in red and just 23 in green. The Standard and Poor’s 500 lost 2.14% – biggest drop since June 28. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 643.13 points, while the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 2.55% – […]
... written on Aug 23 2022Last month, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) formally commissioned a new submarine to be deployed to China’s East Sea Fleet. The sub has raised eyebrows due to its strange design – a distinctive new conning tower or sail. Instead of being streamlined to improve water flow like more designs, the Chinese new sub is […]
... written on Aug 17 2022Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Malaysia Prime Minister Ismail Sabri and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen all had met with Nancy Pelosi during the U.S. House Speaker’s Asia Tour. But when Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, arrived in South Korea, the country’s president – Yoon Suk-yeol – only agreed to speak to Pelosi […]
... written on Aug 06 2022
