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China Plans to Force 85% of Citizens to Use Mandarin by 2025
(Headline USA) China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025.
The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien under even greater pressure, along with minority languages such as Tibetan, Mongolian and...
Biden Pokes Chinese Bear by Inviting Taiwan to Democracy Summit
(Headline USA) The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its Summit for Democracy next month, the State Department announced, prompting sharp criticism from China, which considers the self-ruled island as its territory.
The event is aimed at gathering government, civil society and private sector leaders to work together on fighting...
Armageddon?: NASA’s Hopes to ‘Nudge’ Asteroid from Hurtling Toward Earth
(Headline USA) NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.
Or so it claimed.
The mission comes amid renewed diplomatic and military tensions with...
Japan, Vietnam Express Serious Concern about South China Sea
(Headline USA) The leaders of Japan and Vietnam expressed serious concern on Wednesday about the situation in the South China Sea and any unilateral actions aimed at altering the status quo, and agreed to work together to sustain free and open sea lanes as tensions escalate in the region...
Focus Intensifies on Hunter Biden’s China-Based Investment in Congolese Cobalt Mine
An investment company co-founded by President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden engineered a "$3.8 billion purchase by a Chinese conglomerate of one of the world's largest cobalt deposits," according to a report in the New York Times.
In 2016, according to the Times, "Chinese mining outfit China Molybdenum" sought to...
Chinese Dictator Rewrites Nation’s History to Consolidate Power, Reject Western Influence
As Chinese dictator Xi Jinping seeks the first-ever third term as the President of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, he has rewritten the nation's history to put himself at center stage, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The Chinese Communist Party on Nov....
Rubio Blocks Jill Biden’s Chief of Staff as Ambassador Nominee to Spain
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., placed holds on President Biden's nominees to be U.S. Ambassadors to Spain and China, The Hill reported.
Senator Rubio released a statement after placing holds on R. Nicholas Burns and Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, President Joe Biden’s nominees to serve as U.S. Ambassadors to #China and #Spain.
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Quid Pro Joe Agrees to Greater Access for Chinese Spies Under Guise of ‘Journalism’
(Headline USA) In what will, no doubt, prove to be the first of many lopsided concessions and capitulations to the Chinese government stemming from Tuesday’s virtual summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, the two countries have agreed to ease restrictions on each other's journalists.
For...
US Urged to Help Fix Repercussions of Biden’s Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal
(Headline USA) A coalition of organizations working to evacuate people who could be targeted by the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan appealed Monday for more assistance from the U.S. government and other nations as conditions deteriorate in the country.
The situation in Afghanistan has grown exponentially worse after the disastrous and deadly...
Taliban Seen Parading in New U.S. Military Gear
As American struggle with supply chain issues at home, the Taliban recently displayed an overabundance of American goods in a military parade that helped highlight how it’s become more than just a ragtag militia, but a real army.
“Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul using captured American-made armored...
Biden Admin Sets Low Bar for Likely Trainwreck Virtual Summit w/ Xi Jinping
(Headline USA) Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping have slurped noodles together in Beijing.
They've shared deep thoughts about the meaning of America during an exchange on the Tibetan plateau.
They've gushed to U.S. business leaders about developing a sincere respect for each other.
The American president has held up his relationship...
As U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taiwan, China Flies Combat Patrols Nearby
As a U.S. delegation of lawmakers and staff convened in Taipei, Taiwan, the Chinese military conducted a “combat readiness patrol” near the island nation with some planes entering the Taiwanese defense zone, Reuters reported.
The #CCP has been designing its military to invade Taiwan & counter the U.S. since the...
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