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Teacher Ye refused to retire

MEET AN ACTUAL COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBER. When teacher Ye Lianping hit retirement age, he felt he was still able to contribute to society, but had been left behind by the world. So he turned part of his home into a school and re-started work as a teacher, focusing on children “left behind” by society because…

July 5, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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The stats: Will fast-growing India overtake decelerating China?

INDIA HAS AN ECONOMY that is growing faster than China’s – six per cent versus four per cent - and it has a population that is expanding while that of its Asian neighbor is shrinking. Put these two facts together, and the implication is that India will surpass China in any race to become the…

June 29, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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The untold truth about Taiwan’s real legal position

The daily Western presentation of Taiwan as a functionally independent nation on the verge of being “invaded” by China flies in the face of the actual facts, as specified by global agreements recognized and codified by people on both sides of the strait. China’s governing constitutional instruments specify that the mainland and Taiwan are one…

June 28, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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US outsources its anti-China war machine… to China

OOPS. THIS WAS AWKWARD. In 2012, US defense planners made an embarrassing discovery. Lots of US military gear, or parts thereof, came from China. This included bits of their jetfighters, the glass in their nightvision goggles, a key chemical in their hellfire missiles, and so on. Buyers had chosen China for offering the right…

June 23, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China’s first home-grown cruise ship is readying for launch

CHINA'S FIRST HOME-BUILT cruise liner set sail from a Shanghai port for a trial voyage early this month, marking the country’s big stride into the floating holidays sector. Today’s cruise liners are depicted as floating cities where passengers can enjoy relaxing vacations at sea. It is not easy to build such a thing. Creating an…

June 21, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Failed rescue mission: amazing tale behind Dragon Boat Races

It started with a death in the river, the legend says. But no one could predict the scale of the repercussions - which are marked today, more than 22 centuries later, with international sports events. The original festival has deep mainland Chinese roots, but was popularized worldwide by the people of Hong Kong. The…

June 21, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Joy as China’s endangered ‘smiling dolphin’ seen growing

THE SMILING DOLPHINS are back! This critically endangered marine mammal is breeding in China’s legendary Yangtze river, new studies say. Scientists are cautiously optimistic that the tiny group of finless porpoises (江豚), has grown slightly, reversing a decades-long shrinkage in its numbers. The tiny group of finless porpoises has grown in Yangtze River in…

June 14, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Secret global empire: First whistleblower’s last interview

THE UNITED STATES is still running a covert global empire, said Daniel Ellsberg, known as the “father of whistleblowing”. And we are “on the edge of blowing up the world over Crimea or Taiwan or Bakhmut”, he warned. The U.S. has a long history of creating needless conflicts for its own advantage, and it is…

June 12, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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US expert: Chip war hits ordinary Chinese, not PLA

THE US BAN on provision of powerful computer chip equipment to China is not really aimed at the Chinese military, a top defence expert revealed. It is an attack on the development of China. Only a fraction of one per cent of the chips are used by the People’s Liberation Army, said Jon Bateman, a…

May 18, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Britain must not join US war with China: McDonald

BRITAIN "SHOULD NOT make an enemy of China”, a top British foreign policy expert said this week. The country should part ways with America if it starts a conflict in East Asia, said Simon McDonald, former head of the Foreign Office, in an interview with New Statesman. “This, for me, would be a break point…

May 16, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Teacher Ye refused to retire

The stats: Will fast-growing India overtake decelerating China?

The untold truth about Taiwan’s real legal position

US outsources its anti-China war machine… to China

China’s first home-grown cruise ship is readying for launch

Failed rescue mission: amazing tale behind Dragon Boat Races

Joy as China’s endangered ‘smiling dolphin’ seen growing

Secret global empire: First whistleblower’s last interview

US expert: Chip war hits ordinary Chinese, not PLA

Britain must not join US war with China: McDonald

Incredible story of how a farming province in China beat London, L.A. and Chicago in science rankings

In Xinjiang, I stepped into a different world

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