Various Asian news outlets revealed on Thursday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and wife Ri Sol-ju received nearly $400,000 in personal gifts during their visit to Beijing last week. Chinese Communist Party head Xi Jinping reportedly offered the ruling couple expensive liquor, fancy tea cups, and jewelry in gratitude for their secret visit to China, Kim Jong-un’s first trip abroad as dictator of North Korea. … [Read more...] about Report: Xi Jinping Gave Kim Jong-Un Nearly $400,000 in Gifts During China Visit
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Trump to Urge Latin America to Reject China at Summit of the Americas
“President Trump has been very clear … in terms of his economic policies that the Chinese economic aggression in the region has not been productive for the hemisphere and that the United States should remain the partner of choice for them,” an administration official said on a conference call with reporters. … [Read more...] about Trump to Urge Latin America to Reject China at Summit of the Americas
China Panics over First Japanese Marine Unit Since World War II
The Chinese are very much aware that Japan can develop those options quickly, with its own industrial capacity and technological expertise plus assistance from the United States. China is currently spending over three times as much as Japan does on South and East China Sea military resources, but most analysts believe Japan could catch up to China’s capabilities within two years. It will now be important to see if Beijing declares the threat of resurgent Japanese militarism is so severe that it must step up its own military spending in response. … [Read more...] about China Panics over First Japanese Marine Unit Since World War II
Report: U.S. Says ‘China Has Deployed Military Jamming Equipment’ to South China Sea
“While China has maintained that the construction of the [artificial] islands [on the South China Sea] is to ensure safety at sea, navigation assistance, search and rescue, fisheries protection and other nonmilitary functions, electronic-jamming equipment is only for military use,” the DOD official noted. … [Read more...] about Report: U.S. Says ‘China Has Deployed Military Jamming Equipment’ to South China Sea
Scotland and China have ‘different perspectives’ but ‘common challenges’, says Nicola Sturgeon
The First Minister will say: “China and Scotland will inevitably sometimes have different perspectives and different starting points but we have a strong friendship and partnership, as I have seen throughout my visit here, and we also share many common interests and common challenges. … [Read more...] about Scotland and China have ‘different perspectives’ but ‘common challenges’, says Nicola Sturgeon
