But there’s a caveat; while China could likely prevail, any victory would come at an extremely bloody price for both Beijing and its adversaries. CNN
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What ‘Pro-Life’ Means in Communist China
From 2012 to 2016, members of the well-known Reformed congregation took to the streets of Sichuan’s capital on Children’s Day to advocate against abortion. Throughout the year, the church organized anti-abortion public lectures. But activists frequently faced government pushback; police often blocked speakers from leaving their homes or broke into the venue to halt events. Christianity Today
China eases Covid restrictions after two months
The Chinese city of Shanghai, the country’s economic centre and a global trade hub, has eased Covid curbs after a two-month lockdown.
At midnight local time (16:00 GMT Tuesday), restrictions were relaxed to allow most people to move freely around the city of some 25 million people. YahooNews
China says it conducted ‘readiness patrol’ around Taiwan
China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up its military maneuvers around the island over the past two years or so, as it seeks to pressure Taipei to accept its sovereignty claims. MSN
The Rising Costs of China’s Zero-COVID Policy
Since China began market reforms in the late 1970s, its ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has rooted its legitimacy in improving livelihoods. But over the last two years, President Xi Jinping has seized on China’s success conquering the virus as proof of the superiority of its political system over the West. MSN
Team Biden’s approach to China is so soft it’s sinister
I wonder if Secretary of State Antony Blinken is thinking of resigning soon. How else to explain the long, rambling speech on China he recently delivered full of phrases like “competition need not lead to conflict.” Fox News
China propaganda found in 88% of Google, Bing news searches
The research team compiled daily data over a 120-day period on 12 terms related to Xinjiang and COVID-19 from five different sources: Google Search; Google News; Bing Search; Bing News; and YouTube, which Google owns. cyberscoop
At least one Chinese state-backed news outlet appeared in the top 10 results in 88% of searches, the researchers found. On YouTube, state media appeared even more often, showing up in 98% of searches.
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Is China or USA losing its grip on Asia?
Is US losing its grip on Asia? Or is China losing its grip on Asia? U.S. launched the IPEF to avoid a new world order led by China! Pascal Coppens
Taiwan FM: China preps to invade us, Israel can’t trust Beijing
“China is an authoritarian country and they do business in a very different philosophy,” Wu told The Jerusalem Post in a video interview from his office in Taipei. “Sometimes they use trade as a weapon, and we have seen them practicing their weaponized trade relations with many other countries. The Jerusalem Post
The U.S. Is Losing a Strategic, Nuclear-Armed Ally to China
Khan’s anti-American pitch marks the lowest ebb in U.S. relations with a country that used to be one of Washington’s strongest allies and a trusted Cold War partner. The decline of American influence in this South Asian country has been precipitated by the end of America’s Afghanistan campaign,… TIME