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by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong police on Thursday banned a planned protest against suspected triad gangs who beat up pro-democracy demonstrators, ratcheting up tensions ahead of what is expected to be another weekend of anti-government rallies. Protest organizers have vowed to go ahead with their march despite the police denying their request. Public anger has been raging since last Sunday when a gang of men in white […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, July 24, clarified China was both “in possession of” and “in position” in the South China Sea. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the clarification after National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said President Rodrigo Duterte merely stated China was “in position” in the area also claimed by the Philippines in his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22. “They are positionally in advantage […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four Chinese nationals have been indicted for financial dealings with North Korean companies sanctioned for involvement in the production of weapons of mass destruction, the US Justice Department said Tuesday. Ma Xiaohong, the head of Dandong Hongxiang Industrial Development Co. Ltd (DHID) and three top executives of the Chinese company were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey, the department said in a statement. The other three […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Tuesday that more than 600 jobs would be lost at a US unit as a result of “curtailment of business operations” caused by Washington’s sanctions on the firm and 68 of its subsidiaries. The layoffs will come at the Chinese company’s US-based research and development arm, Futurewei Technologies, which is incorporated in Texas, an email statement from Huawei said. Futurewei employs more than 750 people, […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets rose Tuesday, tracking gains on Wall Street with confidence given a boost by a positive earnings season and speculation top US and Chinese negotiators will hold face-to-face trade talks soon. A bipartisan agreement to raise the US debt ceiling to fund government for another two years — avoiding another painful shutdown — also provided some cheer. The gains across the board come a week before the Federal Reserve […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Retired superstar Floyd Mayweather has been named “special advisor” to China’s boxing team as they look to improve their medal count at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese Boxing Federation said. The federation said American legend Mayweather had pledged to “go all-out to use his influence and resources to support the Chinese boxing project in achieving excellent results at the Tokyo Olympics.” It made the announcement in a post dated Sunday […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, defended the giving of fishing rights to China in the Philippines exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. According to Duterte, in the first place, what he was giving were “traditional fishing rights” which were allowed by the arbitral ruling in 2016 for as long as the provisions there are followed. “It is in the arbitral ruling, ayaw niyo lang tignan. People had been fishing there […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Elaine YU HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Anger soared in Hong Kong on Monday over a vicious assault against pro-democracy protesters by a mob of suspected triad gangsters that left dozens wounded, one critically, in a dramatic escalation of the political violence plaguing the financial hub. The city’s roiling unrest took a dark turn late Sunday when gangs of men — most wearing white t-shirts and carrying bats, sticks and metal […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from a huge explosion that rocked a gas plant in central China has risen to 15, state media said Saturday. Friday’s blast at the Henan Coal Gas Group factory left another 15 people seriously wounded and more with light injuries, said the state-run People’s Daily. The blast shattered windows and doors of buildings in a three-kilometre (1.9-mile) radius. It occurred in the air separation unit of Henan […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam has accused China of trespassing and demanded a Chinese survey ship in the South China Sea withdraw in the latest flashpoint over the disputed territory. The two countries have long been locked in a maritime disagreement over the resource-rich waters, with the Chinese claiming nearly all of it. But the international community has largely sided with the other claimants — Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei — citing […]
by Sébastien RICCI BEIJING, China (AFP) — Pork prices have been sent soaring and herds devastated as African swine fever tears through China’s massive pig-farming industry, forcing the country to ramp up imports to satisfy demand — but analysts warn worse is yet to come. More than 1.1 million pigs have been killed or culled so far as authorities scramble to contain a virus that has spread to neighboring countries since the first cases emerged […]
by Jerome Taylor HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A peculiar legacy of Hong Kong’s colonial past has emerged as a focal point of rage for anti-government protesters: a dwindling band of expat police officers now vilified for doing the bidding of the city’s pro-Beijing leaders. Hong Kong’s 32,000-strong police force have found themselves fighting unprecedented running battles with protesters for the past five weeks following a huge backlash to a now-suspended plan to […]
