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Japan to China: ‘Sell us gear to make weapons to use against you’

“SELL US WEAPONS parts we need to make missiles and drones to use against you.” A bizarre argument is running in East Asia. Japan’s war-thirsty new leader Sanae Takaichi announced her country would remilitarize and threatened to go to war with China. Then came an “oops” moment. Takaichi seemed to have not realized that to…

January 13, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news

China actions likely caused steep fall in US, Canada opioid deaths: scientists

BREAKING NEWS: The number of opioid deaths in the US and Canada fell dramatically as the Chinese government took action to make life difficult for international drug labs, scientists discovered. Deaths were rising to huge numbers before “the trend began to sharply reverse in mid-2023, dropping the annual rate of fentanyl overdose deaths by over…

January 10, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

News Opinion

Six steps the world needs to take right now about the US and Venezuela: Jeffrey Sachs

[speech given to the United Nations security council on 5 January 2026] . Mr. President, distinguished members of the Security Council, the issue before the council today is not the character of the government of Venezuela. The issue is whether any member state by force, coercion, or economic strangulation has the right to determine Venezuela's…

January 6, 20260Comments ByJeffrey Sachs

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War and peace

The surge in China’s military capacity, especially over the last decade, has been the focus of increasing Western commentary, some of it measured, much of it alarmist. Many alarmists believe it is a truth universally acknowledged that any large nation possessed of a significantly upgraded stockpile of advanced martial equipment will want to use it…

December 31, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

Culture Hong Kong News Opinion

Yes, you’re half of a couple, but the law says that isn’t your spouse

While gay couples are welcome in Hong Kong, the city’s legal statues define “marriage” as the union of a man and a woman (as is true in communities which cover 80 per cent of humanity). So when one gay couple married overseas asked for legal “spousal rights” in Hong Kong, the answer could have been…

December 19, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

Hong Kong News Opinion

How I fell out of love with the Hong Kong pan-democrats

I SUPPORTED THE so-called pro-democracy party in Hong Kong for many years. I knew the main members personally and happily stuffed my hard-earned cash into their collection boxes. But I increasingly felt something wasn’t right. Then I did some digging. And then I backed off as fast as I could. Here’s the story. A NEW…

December 15, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Seven myths about Jimmy Lai

BREAKING NEWS: JIMMY LAI WAS TODAY FOUND GUILTY of illegal collusion with foreign forces to hurt Hong Kong. The decision follows lengthy trial in which overwhelming evidence was presented against him – a lot of which came from the Apple Daily publisher’s own phone, filled with secret messages from hostile political operatives in the US…

December 15, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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First Chinese medicine hospital launched in Hong Kong

ACTOR SELENA GOMEZ and five million other people are getting some good news from Hong Kong. Scientists in the city found that a root widely used in Chinese medicine can be combined with a western drug to enable it fight the incurable disease known as lupus. But that’s just one of about 200 Chinese medicine…

December 12, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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The US National Security Strategy positions country for global thuggery

The president’s latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty, writes Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs. It is an ominous document that will—if allowed to stand—come back to haunt the United States. THE 2025 NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY (NSS) recently released by President Donald Trump presents itself as a blueprint…

December 11, 20250Comments ByJeffrey Sachs

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How New York Times saw Hong Kong tragedy as chance to push anti-China narrative

Foreign media looked the other way when Hong Kong made a series of impressive achievements in recent years - but snapped into attention when they realized a fire tragedy could be twisted to push the fake narrative of Beijing ruining Hong Kong. Grenville Cross reports. CONCERTED EFFORTS WERE made to wreck Hong Kong's “one country,…

December 11, 20250Comments ByGrenville Cross

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Japan to China: ‘Sell us gear to make weapons to use against you’

China actions likely caused steep fall in US, Canada opioid deaths: scientists

Six steps the world needs to take right now about the US and Venezuela: Jeffrey Sachs

War and peace

Yes, you’re half of a couple, but the law says that isn’t your spouse

How I fell out of love with the Hong Kong pan-democrats

Seven myths about Jimmy Lai

First Chinese medicine hospital launched in Hong Kong

The US National Security Strategy positions country for global thuggery

How New York Times saw Hong Kong tragedy as chance to push anti-China narrative

Chinese legal system growing fast, with continuous refinements

China has opposed the idea of killer robots but others are pressing ahead

Behind the China EV advance, there’s a network of issues to consider