THE PEOPLE OF ECUADOR revealed on Monday that China had slashed their debt by more than US$1 billion. Cash saved will go to social programs for the needy.
By restructuring the developing country’s bailout, the Chinese are effectively foregoing US$1.4 billion in repayments—which is good for Ecuador. “It’s a positive deal. There is an important…
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A U.S. UNIVERSITY LECTURER who expressed despair at the impossibility of fighting negative media “framing” of China got a nice surprise today. A range of supportive voices on social media encouraged her not to quit.
A few hours ago, Dr Lin Zhang of the University of New Hampshire posted a sad lament on Twitter, saying…
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 1957, the most famous woman in the world cleared her throat and made the first of what would become a series of televised annual speeches.
“In the old days the monarch led his soldiers on the battlefield and his leadership at all times was close and personal,” said Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen…
THE CHINESE HAVE FINALLY gone to war. After decades of peace, the world’s most populous nation has launched a series of battles with other countries – but all the skirmishes are street dance fight-outs.
Top TV show Street Dance of China has become an international hit, with people around the world tuning in as dancers…
UK-China exchange focuses on story said to contain ‘very worst and very best of humanity’
A WOMAN IN THE UK wrote to Chinese leader Xi Jinping and received a personal reply, it was revealed today—and their exchange revived memories of one of the most dramatic events of the shared history of the two nations.
Denise…
Huge disinformation campaign ran for almost five years, study shows
Network blackened reputation of Chinese, Russians, Iranians
Agents used AI to generate photos of fake humans for Facebook and other media
Falsified accounts pushed stories in tandem with US govt media VOA, RFE and others
A TORRENT OF DISINFORMATION about the Chinese and other communities…
AN AMAZED DINER DISCOVERED the footprints of a large dinosaur while eating at a downtown restaurant in a city in China.
Ou Hongtao, a stone worker with an interest in palaeontology, realized that the indentations on the floor of the courtyard formed footprints. He was dining at a forest-themed restaurant in Leshan, Sichuan, in the…
THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA are joining folk around the world to speak out against the policy of insisting that western liberal democracy is the only acceptable form of government.
Democracy is vital – but we specifically don’t want the western kind, said more than half the people interviewed in a major survey of 15 countries…
YOUNG ADULTS FROM 15 African countries see China as the foreign power with the biggest positive impact on their lives, a new survey shows. More than 70% gave the Chinese an upbeat review. This matters. By 2050, 80% of the world’s youth will be from Africa.
Why the love? The Chinese make promises of expensive,…
The clock is ticking on which of the two superpowers will gain primacy over the planet - a lead which last indefinitely, becoming unassailable, a stunning new study shows
U.S. leadership over the planet would lead to a colonial model as seen in recent centuries, with the west assertively pushing its values, says a book…