China’s Social Credit System

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A series of shootdowns of objects over the United States, including an alleged Chinese high-altitude spy balloon, has raised tensions between Washington and Beijing. BEIJING: China on Monday accused the United States of flying balloons over its territory, hitting back against Washington's claims that Beijing has been operating a fleet…

The picture shows the scene of the opening ceremony of multinational naval exercise AMAN (Peace)-23.   BEIJING, Feb. 13 -- On February 10, local time, the multinational naval exercise AMAN-23 initiated and organized by the Pakistan Navy officially kicked off in waters near Karachi, Pakistan. Representatives of Chinese participating troops…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) acknowledged it was "wild" the U.S. didn't know about the Chinese government's use of balloons "until a few months ago," during an interview on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. Catch up quick: Last week, the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that…

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) emphasized the importance of maintaining a "thorough and robust" line of communication between the U.S. and China in light of recent events during an interview on Fox News Channel's "Cavuto Live" on Saturday. Catch up quick: Last week, the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance…

Chinese funding for big infrastructure projects in Africa last year was the lowest since the Belt and Road Initiative was launched in 2013...Read More

Lendlease had sold its 20% stake in Salesforce Tower to its own office vehicle last year. Chinese property investment firm Ping An Real Estate has put up for sale its half stake in Sydney’s A$2.4 billion ($1.67 billion) Salesforce Tower, according to reports published this week. With the tower at…

MOSCOW: Russia will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day, or around 5 percent of output, in March, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday, after the West imposed price caps on Russian oil and oil products, according to Reuters. The price of Brent crude rose on the news…

A US official says a suspected Chinese spy balloon that the US shot down this week was able to gather communications signals. A senior State Department official revealed in a background briefing that it had numerous antennas capable of “intelligence collection operations.” Congressmen from the US passed a non-binding resolution…

China is ending COVID-zero.  At its heart, the reasoning behind the decision is economic. China spent decades making itself a critical link in global supply chains, and disruptions cascading from COVID-zero periodically made trade partners question the stability of relying on China into the future. Likewise, China spent decades asserting…