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South Korea’s days of appeasing its neighbor to the north are over, as South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk Yeol, said that any new talks between the two countries must be initiated by Kim Jong Un.

'A deliberate destruction of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait'

China's lockdowns are turning violent, and it's time for Americans to start paying attention. Also, there was yet another violent crime in NYC. Cam Newton had interesting thoughts about "boss b****es." And the guys say goodbye to a legend,

When Sun Chunlan, a vice premier of the Chinese regime, visited Shanghai earlier this week, where tens of ...

A Boeing 737 with 132 passengers and nine crew members on board crashed in China's southern province of Guangxi on Monday. What are the details? According to various reports , the flight — which was operated by China Eastern — was seen on

Mainland China reported 1,337 new domestically transmitted Covid cases with confirmed symptoms on March 13, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday. That brought the total this year to more than 9,000, compared with 8,378 in 2021, according to

Shanghai government is asking its residents not to leave the city unless absolutely necessary, the c

A tsunami of 1.2 meters was confirmed in the Amami and Tokara islands with the possibility of waves reaching 3 meters.

Chinese Communist officials have branded the constraints imposed on Hong Kong's electoral system as "the new practice of democracy" in the former British colony — a vocabulary for the ideological competition between Washington and Beijin

THE GLOBAL economy could be at risk after Chinese property giant Evergrande defaulted on its debts, leaving a $300billion black hole in the world economy.

China Evergrande's overseas bonds are officially in default, Fitch said on Thursday. Fitch cut the property developer's debt further into junk territory after

China Evergrande Group today again defaulted on interest payments to international investors. DMSA itself is invested in these bonds and has not received any interest payments until today's end of the grace period. Now DMSA is preparing bankruptcy pro

As the Delta variant puts China through one of its biggest Covid-19 outbreaks since it first closed off Wuhan in early 2020, new lockdowns and other strict controls are taking place across the country.

Factory activity in China has contracted for a second straight month as the country's economy loses steam.

China plans to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 3 years old.

Three Chinese astronauts have arrived at the space station China is building. They will stay for six months to help the set up of the station, as China is

"US remains concerned by China's provocative military act near Taiwan, which undermines regional peace,

The US President's conversation with his Chinese counterpart follows Beijing sending 148 military aircraft into Taiwan's air-defence zone over four days, leading Taiwan's Defence Minister to say tensions are the "most serious" in more

China flew 52 fighter planes toward Taiwan on Monday in the largest show of force on record, continuing the three days of sustained military harassment against the self-ruled island.

Taiwan, a strategic U.S. ally claimed by Beijing as sovereign territory, says 145 Chinese military planes have violated its air defense zone in four days.