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Now Europeans move to support China peace plan

NEGOTIATIONS ARE TAKING place for talks between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Europeans are upbeat. “We very much hope that the phone call will take place as soon as possible,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told CNBC this week. Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a supporter of the peace…

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How Donnie Yen is quietly educating Hollywood

IT'S EVERY ACTOR'S dream to be in a hugely successful movie franchises such as John Wick and Star Wars. But when Donnie Yen sees the scripts for such movies, he sighs. You can probably guess what he tends to see, even in big budget productions with the highest paid writers and producers on board. For…

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New giant dinosaur makes giraffe look tiny

A HUGE DINOSAUR that makes a giraffe look small roamed northwest China 160 million years ago, scientists said yesterday. The massive beast had an enormous neck and would have weighed about 70 tons. The news came from a new analysis of bones found in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in 1987. Scientists realized they were…

ByNury VittachiMarch 16, 20230Comments

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BREAKING: China brokers surprise middle east peace deal

BREAKING NEWS: China brokered a surprise peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia yesterday. Representatives of the estranged Middle Eastern nations emerged from a meeting in Beijing with an agreement to reopen embassies and other long-severed ties. "This is a victory for dialogue, a victory for peace, offering major good news at a time of…

ByNury VittachiMarch 11, 20230Comments

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U.S. intellectuals speak out against Asia war

TOP INTELLECTUALS IN THE U.S. stood up this week to speak out for China—and demand a stop to the powerful militaristic country’s drive to start an unnecessary war in East Asia. The White House claim this week that they did not want conflict with China is “Denial and information distortion bordering on propaganda,” said Stephen…

ByNury VittachiMarch 10, 20230Comments

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West to follow China’s lead on moderating media

THE US AND UK are to follow China’s lead in moderating popular digital media, particularly for children and young adults. The west’s global leader in short-form video social media, TikTok, is adopting policies from its Chinese parent app, Douyin, as concerns rise in the west about the negative effects of social apps, including Instagram, Twitter,…

ByNury VittachiMarch 8, 20230Comments

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Thousands to meet in anti-Sinophobia protest

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE of all ethnicities, sexes and ages, are set to meet in London to protest against the demonization of Chinese people and others. Members of the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) in the UK will be a key part of the March 18 protest, in partnership with at least six other groups which…

ByNury VittachiMarch 7, 20230Comments

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China releases 12-point plan for peace in Ukraine

CHINA CALLED FOR an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine so that negotiations can begin for peace and rebuilding. It called for respect for sovereign borders – which seemed like advice to Russia to withdraw. But it also called for respect given to security concerns – which seems like acknowledgement that the west should fulfil earlier…

ByNury VittachiFebruary 24, 20230Comments

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Exclusive: West uses ‘atrocity fabrications’ to demonize enemies

Horrific false narratives are concocted to create animosity towards rivals, says 500-page study from top University of London researcher Technique has been used by West for more than a century, using "fake news" to shape world order China has been a major victim, with "Tiananmen Square massacre" and genocide of Uyghurs as examples of events…

ByNury VittachiFebruary 15, 20230Comments

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Actually, data shows firms are not leaving China: ADB

INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES IN GENERAL are not moving out of China despite press reports, a top bank’s top economists said yesterday. Data shows that most established firms are staying in China – and records indicate there has been a sharp rise in the number of foreign-invested companies in the country. Registration files show that there were…

ByNury VittachiFebruary 8, 20230Comments

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