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The US Is About to Blow up a Fake Warship in the South China Sea – But Naval Rivalry With Beijing Is Very Real and Growing

About one-third of the world’s shipping transits the South China Sea. In all, more than US$3.4 trillion worth of products is transported through its waters every year.

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Chinese Companies Reportedly Halt Rare Earth Mining in Myanmar After Protests

Protests broke out in Myanmar’s Kachin State following the Kachin Independence Organization’s decision to grant Chinese companies permission to mine in the area near the border with China’s Yunnan Province.

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Sports Film ‘Anime Supremacy!’ Romanticizes Overwork

Anime Supremacy! celebrates self-sacrificing teamwork in pursuit of a greater goal — even if it means working overtime.

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Military Violence in Myanmar Is Worsening Amid Fierce Resistance and International Ambivalence

The escalating violence in Myanmar can be attributed to a miscalculation by the military regime over the resistance of the people and the ambivalence from the international community.

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Macron Backs Down on Taiwan for Beijing’s Support on Ukraine, Experts Say

At a news conference during a state visit in the Netherlands, Macron said France’s position on Taiwan has not changed, and Paris favors the status quo for Taiwan.

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Germany-China: Struggling To Shake Off Beijing Dependencies

The economies of China and Germany are hugely intertwined. The dilemma is how to position Germany in the emerging geopolitical tensions with Beijing.

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How Yu Chang, Mocked as a Military Deserter, Defends Taiwan’s Home Turf at World Baseball Classic

Fully invested in the WBC, the MLB free agent defended himself against charges of selfishness — and Taiwan’s home turf.

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Smart City Expo's Asia Silicon Valley Pavilion Invites You to Create a Sustainable Future through Digital Innovation SPONSORED

TAIPEI, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2023 Smart City Summit & Expo (SCSE), Asia's largest smart city tradeshow, was held at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2, from March 28-31. To showcase the achievements of Asia Silicon Valley Development Plan 2.0 (ASVDP 2.0), the Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency…

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What Does China Want in Ukraine?

Beijing has reservations about Putin’s war, but seeing Moscow take a beating is not in China’s interests.

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Fearing China, Switzerland Sacrifices Scientific Ties With Taiwan

Switzerland has so far refused to strengthen scientific cooperation with Taiwan, citing respect for the One China policy and fearing economic repercussions from Beijing.

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Two Prominent Chinese Rights Activists Jailed for Over a Decade

The heavy sentences of lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are longer than Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s 11-year jail term.

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Do Americans Support Recognizing Taiwan?

Survey shows Americans who view China more positively are less likely to support recognizing Taiwan as an independent country.

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China Rehearses Taiwan Blockade as US Deploys Destroyer

Military drills close to Taiwan have continued for a third day as Chinese forces carried out simulated aerial and naval blockades.

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Phihong joins hands with Vinpower and Silanna to introduce the GaN charging iXCharger with 1TB storage and automatic backups SPONSORED

Phihong, through an alliance with Vinpower, Inc and Silanna Semiconductor, developed a 2-in-1 charging and saving solution, iXCharger. It is a boldly designed 65W compact charger with 1TB of built in storage to address users' problems and needs!

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Kishida’s Biggest Problem Is Japan’s Faltering Bureaucracy

Kishida’s leadership is characterized by a respect for collaboration with the bureaucracy, making his policymaking incremental and colorless.

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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Is a Fitting Conclusion to a Wild Ride

“John Wick: Chapter 4” runs nearly three hours, but if you hop onto its overserious wavelength, the time flies by like a bullet.

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House Speaker McCarthy States ‘Unwavering’ US Support for Taiwan

“This is not our intention to escalate,” McCarthy said. “We want to continue to build and foster democracy and freedom. There should be no fear.”

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Paying for a New Thai Democracy

The real winners are far from clear, but Thailand’s populist, party jumping election is Asia’s vote to watch this year.

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Ugly Half Shining Through — Kiwi Craft Beer Innovator Making Waves in Taiwan

Max Gilbert says he wants to push the benefits of local beer. “There’s an enormous difference in whether you’re consuming a product that tastes as intended when it leaves the brewery or not. The big thing is to encourage people to get behind local products and get to know the…

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Von Der Leyen To Lay Out EU’s Position on China

Ahead of her first official visit to Beijing, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses Europe’s fraught relationship with China.

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Japan Feels the Pinch As Fertilizer Costs Soar Thanks to Russia’s War

Russia’s war in Ukraine disrupted the flow of resources like natural gas, on which the production of chemical fertilizers relies heavily.

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Why Do We Need a New Logo?

We will share the mental journey of TNL brand redesign in terms of why, what to do and how to do it.

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Taiwan Tensions Fuel Anxiety on Japan’s Tiny Yonaguni Island

Yonaguni is the westernmost in a series of small Japanese islands, known as Yaeyama, that are gradually being transformed into a key line of defense as Japan embarks on its biggest military buildup since World War II.

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Xi and Putin Meeting Signals the Return of the China-Russia Axis and the Start of a Second Cold War

China’s and Russia’s roles have been reversed, and their ambitions restored — not in the name of communist ideology, but in light of an aggressive, militarist nationalism that animates both regimes.

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‘Cyber Heist’ Is a Regressive Take on the Smart City

A cyber security engineer accidentally falls into an online financial conspiracy and has to fight to prove his innocence.

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