China Loots Sunken British Warships From WWII

Malaysian media has reported that illegal Chinese salvagers have looted sunken British warships from World War II in the South China Sea. Malaysia’s maritime agency said Monday it found a cannon shell believed to be from World War II on a Chinese-registered vessel and was investigating if the barge carrier was involved in the looting […]

Is AUKUS Weaponizing Drone Swarms Against China?

The British defense minister hinted that AUKUS, a trilateral security pact between Australia, the UK, and the US, may involve the weaponization of drone swarms against China. The AUKUS military alliance has placed special emphasis on swarm drone technologies in what appears to be an effort to gain the upper hand vis-a-vis China in the […]

China Hacks US Navy

Microsoft was the first to identify a Chinese hacking group named Volt Typhoon, which targeted the US Navy. This finding has been subsequently confirmed by authorities in the US, UK, and other allied nations. An alleged campaign by Chinese state-sponsored hackers on targets in the US and Guam has raised fears that Beijing is preparing […]

3 Arrested Russian Scientists Accused Of Handing Hypersonic Missile Secrets To China

Anatoly Maslov, Alexander Shiplyuk, and Valery Zvegintsev, who worked at the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, have been accused of allegedly handing hypersonic missile secrets to China. A week ago, just as Ukraine was claiming to have shot down Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, three top Russian scientists who’ve […]

How US Farmland Became A Battleground In The Fight Against China

Farmlands in the US have become a battleground in the fight against China, as more than two dozen states have passed or considered legislation restricting Chinese purchases of U.S. farmland. Chinese investors own about .03 percent of America’s farmland, according to federal data. But their land purchasing is becoming a major issue as politicians at the […]

China Dominates Among Cities With The Most Skyscrapers In 2023

According to data from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), China dominates among cities with the most skyscrapers in 2023. When it comes to soaring skylines and architectural marvels, no country has embraced the vertical revolution quite like China. In this graphic, which uses data from the Council on Tall Buildings and […]

China’s Loans Pushing World’s Poorest Countries To Brink Of Collapse

An Associated Press analysis of a dozen countries most indebted to China found that China’s loans are pushing the world’s poorest countries to the brink of collapse. A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the […]

After COVID-19, Scientists Fear China-Laos Railway Could Spark Another Global Health Crisis

Some scientists fear that the China-Laos Railway could spark another global health crisis after COVID-19 because the accelerated development along its once-remote trajectory is causing tree loss and bringing humans into closer contact with bats. Deep in the forests of Laos, China has built a state-of-the-art high-speed railway. The link is supposed to bring prosperity. […]

China Begins To Erode US Dollar Dominance In Global Trade Agreements

China has also increasingly promoted the global usage of the yuan and expanded foreign investors’ access to its commodity exchanges in order to erode the dominance of the US dollar in global trade agreements. The US dollar is nowhere close to being dethroned as the dominant reserve currency and standard for global trade. But a […]