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China ups e-commerce delivery fees to stave off harmful price spirals
China’s express delivery industry is responding to a broad government push to limit downward price spirals by raising courier fees in e-commerce hubs , a move analysts said could ease pressure in the short term, though weak demand could cause the fierc…
Gloomy opening on the European markets after Friday rally in the US
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As investors digested the news of a potential rate cut from the United States’ Federal Reserve in the coming months, European markets saw a correction on Monday morning. Benchmark stock indexes dipped into negative territory except for th…
Promoting ‘Shanghai Spirit,’ deepening cooperation across all fields
BEIJING, Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A report from People’s Daily:
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tianjin Summit will be held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1. Leaders from more than 20 countries and heads of 10 international organizat…
Sergio Gor and the new US Great Game in Asia
US President Donald Trump announced Sergio Gor as the new Ambassador to New Delhi on August 23. An ethnic Russian immigrant born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Sergio ‘Gor’ Gorokhovsy, 39, is the youngest US envoy to New Delhi.…
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China bets on military industrial might to outproduce and outlast rivals like the US
China is on a mission to turn its military into a modern fighting force. In the second of this four-part series , we look at how its massive defence industry can support China’s military goals, and during wartime could be further bolstered by the civil…
Ted Cruz Gets Played Off Fox News By Hilariously Loud Background Music
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared Wednesday on Fox News for a softball interview, and spent several minutes railing against Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and the Democratic Party — before the channel’s jingoistic background music practically played him o…
US Navy sailor Jinchao Wei convicted of spying for China
A US Navy sailor has been convicted of espionage for selling military secrets to China for US$12,000, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.
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Jinchao Wei was found guilty by a federal jury in California on Wednesday after a five-day t…
North Korea has ‘undeclared’ ICBM base near Chinese border – report
SEOUL — North Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China that may house Pyongyang’s newest long-range ballistic missiles, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank said.
RISE HIGH Hwasongpho-19, North Korea’s latest intercontinental ba…
The Economist: ‘Dutertes resurgent’
FIRST published 182 years ago, the London-based The Economist has built up a track record as the voice of the West’s ruling class, now mostly with the neoliberal, globalist and centrist ideological stance.…
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Taiwan eyes raising defense budget to over 3% of GDP
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s government plans to increase its 2026 defense budget to more than 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the island’s premier said on Thursday, as it faces United States pressure to invest more in its own protection.…
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