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In its ongoing territorial dispute with Taiwan, China may be looking toward the sky as a new way to thwart the island’s attempts at building diplomatic ties. This week, China was accused of putting pressure on three African countries — Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar — to withdraw their permission to …
Read More »Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s top general spells uncertainty for world’s largest military
The surprise ousting of China’s highest-ranked general has the world’s largest military in turmoil and leaves the future of the Central Military Commission uncertain following years of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s sweeping purges. The ensuing investigation into Zhang Youxia — who was vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the …
Read More »China’s first reusable rocket launch fails | चीन का पहला रीयूजेबल रॉकेट लॉन्च फेल: ऑर्बिट तक पहुंचा, लेकिन बूस्टर पृथ्वी पर लौटते समय फटा; केवल अमेरिका के पास ये टेक्नोलॉजी
बीजिंग2 घंटे पहले कॉपी लिंक चीन की लीडिंग प्राइवेट स्पेस कंपनी लैंडस्पेस ने 3 दिसंबर को अपना पहला रीयूजेबल रॉकेट ZQ-3 Y1 लॉन्च किया। रॉकेट ने सफलतापूर्वक ऑर्बिट हासिल की, लेकिन फर्स्ट स्टेज बूस्टर की लैंडिंग के दौरान खराबी आ गई। यह रिकवरी साइट के ऊपर फट गया। यह चीन …
Read More »China’s lavish military parade could signal an attempted shift in world order
China’s massive military parade on Wednesday was an attempt to position itself as the leader of a new emerging international order as the United States is losing allies, experts told CBC News. The parade, the biggest in the country’s modern history, showcased powerful high-tech weaponry as Beijing marked 80 years since …
Read More »China’s Xi and India’s Modi vow to resolve border differences at summit
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged on Sunday to resolve their border differences and bolster co-operation, ahead of the opening of a regional summit in Tianjin. Modi is on his first visit to China since relations between the two countries deteriorated after Chinese and Indian …
Read More »Market sell-off deepens following China’s retaliation against Trump tariffs
Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched U.S. President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war. Not even a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market, which is usually the economic highlight of each month, was enough to stop the slide. The S&P …
Read More »GTA Liberal candidate apologizes for suggesting people claim China’s bounty on Conservative
A Liberal candidate running for re-election in a battleground GTA riding is apologizing after suggesting people attempt to claim a Chinese bounty on a local Conservative candidate. Paul Chiang — the Liberal candidate for Markham-Unionville — suggested during a local Chinese-language media news conference in January that people should claim …
Read More »China’s looming seafood tariffs just add to ‘craziness,’ says lobster organization
Nat Richard said he was stunned when he learned that China was hitting Canada’s seafood sector with 25 per cent tariffs. The tariffs themselves were not very surprising — Canada had placed heavy levies against Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum in the fall, and retaliation was expected. But Richard, the …
Read More »China’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports now in effect
19 hours ago News Duration 3:58 Shortly after tariffs on China imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect on Tuesday, China’s Finance Ministry said it would impose levies of 15 per cent on imports of U.S. coal and LNG and 10% per cent for crude oil as well as …
Read More »China’s non-specific response to Trump tariffs stands in contrast to Canada’s retaliatory measures
China’s government on Sunday denounced the Trump administration’s imposition of a long-threatened 10 per cent tariff on Chinese imports while leaving the door open for talks with the U.S. that could avoid a deepening conflict. Beijing will challenge President Donald Trump’s tariff at the World Trade Organization — a symbolic gesture — and …
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