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China is lifting its neighbors past western countries in energy tech

WEST’S REAL CRISIS IS ENERGY, NOT POLITICS THE NATIONS of southeast Asia are about to follow China in overtaking the United States and Europe in modern electrification, a new study showed. China already overtook the OECD, a club of mostly rich western nations, in 2015, but the rest of the region is following suit,…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China’s No.2 leader brings moon samples and message of peace to United Nations

CHINA BROUGHT A GIFT to the United Nations’ 80th General Assembly session yesterday: soil and rocks from "the dark side of the moon”. It was powerfully symbolic. The country was as poor as the least developed African nations in the 1960s, when the super-rich US was making its pioneering voyages to the moon—but China has…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China’s ‘dragon man’ skull forces re-think of man’s journey from Africa

SCIENTISTS ARE IN SHOCK today after the discovery of a million-year-old early human skull in China. The finding of the Homo longi (“dragon man”) skull in China will force a re-examination of long-held beliefs about the journey of modern humanity across the world, from its roots in the Australopithicine proto-humans which originated from Africa.…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Chinese history Culture Hong Kong News

7 things worth knowing about China’s National Day on Oct 1

1. National Day is not a day – it’s a week. It starts on National Day, 1st of October, but the State Council adds another six days of holiday to turn it into Golden Week in the Mainland China. 2. Many people wrongly believe that the first National Day was Mao Zedong’s proclamation of the…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Culture Opinion

Trump’s Department of War and China’s forgotten letter

‘U.S. Department of war’ is a more honest title—and that is proved by the extraordinary story of a forgotten 1964 letter from China TLDR SUMMARY: The world knows the importance of the nuclear “no first use” pledge but forgets that only two countries signed it, neither of which are in the west IN 1964,…

September 6, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Culture Features

The hidden message in the names of China’s new military weapons

IF AN ENEMY ATTACKS, the Chinese will defend their nation with the East Wind, a hurricane of power that will destroy his ship. Then from the waters will rise a Giant Wave. And from the skies will fall a Sudden Thunderbolt. If any enemies survive to continue their assault, a Cloud Arrow and a fire…

September 5, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture Opinion

Is God antisemitic?

The Jewish people, some Jewish people say, have suffered so much over the years that it appears that God Himself may be antisemitic. Richard Cullen examines a curious debate. THE SHRILL ESCALATION in claims of antisemitism since October 7, 2023, explained by David Dixon, former Dean of Law at the University of New South Wales…

August 25, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

Culture Hong Kong News Opinion

Judiciary spent 2 ½ years examining which toilet a person should use

Asia has largely avoided the unhelpful “which toilet should ‘x’ use?” debate that has divided the west. But Hong Kong sometimes drifts in that direction, warns former top judge Henry Litton. THERE IS A LATIN MAXIM which says De minimis non curat lex: “The law does not concern itself with trifles”. This principle protects the…

August 12, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

News Opinion

The shameless new Washington Consensus is drenched in blood

A shocking Pentagon plan for the US's open-ended dominance of the world, leaked in 1992, remains the underlying end-goal for the cluster of countries supporting Washington. But while China demonstrated a new way of governance, lifting 100s of millions of people out of poverty, the US has clung to its need to dominate the…

July 28, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

China news

U.S. moves slowly towards planned war on China

THE U.S. IS CAUTIOUSLY MOVING AHEAD with long-held but risky plans for a war on China, exploiting Taiwan to justify a conflict. - Deputy US war minister Elbridge Colby asked Japan last week to define what role it would play in an upcoming conflict, the Financial Times reported. (1) - The request echoes a plan…

July 17, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China is lifting its neighbors past western countries in energy tech

China’s No.2 leader brings moon samples and message of peace to United Nations

China’s ‘dragon man’ skull forces re-think of man’s journey from Africa

7 things worth knowing about China’s National Day on Oct 1

Trump’s Department of War and China’s forgotten letter

The hidden message in the names of China’s new military weapons

Is God antisemitic?

Judiciary spent 2 ½ years examining which toilet a person should use

The shameless new Washington Consensus is drenched in blood

U.S. moves slowly towards planned war on China

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