Taiwan Official Questions China’s Spending Billions on Military Parade
TAIPEI, Taiwan—The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is spending more than $5 billion to commemorate a war victory in which it played only a minimal...
Xi, Putin Hail Close Cooperation as Russia’s Gazprom Announces New Gas Pipeline Deal With China
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their deepening partnership during a bilateral meeting on Sept. 2, as Moscow’s energy giant...
New Zealand Should Copy Australia and Take an Axe to Government Agency Numbers, Think Tank Says
New Zealand should follow the example of Australia, where reforms in 1987 reduced 28 portfolios to 16 and created durable “consolidated ministries,” a think...
New Zealand Tax Office Puts Record Number of Companies Into Liquidation
Liquidations of New Zealand companies have increased significantly, despite positive lending trends and eased interest rates. The latest Centrix Credit Indicator shows a year-on-year...
Trump Says India Offered Zero Tariffs After Decades of ‘1-Sided’ Trade
President Donald Trump said on Sept. 1 that India has offered to cut its tariffs on U.S. products to zero, describing the move as...
Chinese EMP Strikes Could Rapidly Disable US, Allied Forces in Conflict, Expert Says
The Chinese regime could deploy nuclear warheads to cause electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks targeting U.S. military bases or allies in the Pacific, potentially securing...
South Korea Stops ‘Voice of Freedom’ Radio Broadcasts Aimed at North Korea
South Korea has stopped broadcasting a propaganda radio program into North Korea, the defense ministry said on Sept. 1, as part of wider efforts...
Experts Warn US of CCP Duplicity as Trade Talks Continue
As President Donald Trump pursues a trade deal with China, experts are cautioning that the regime has a history of breaking promises and can’t...
China’s 3 Food Delivery Giants Report Huge Drop in Profits in 2nd Quarter
The second quarter financial reports of China’s three major food delivery platforms have been released, showing a significant drop in profits. Although the companies...