It is no rocket science to figure out that by unilaterally renaming places in disputed areas, China is attempting to assert its territorial claims and undermine the claims of other countries When visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping toasted a glass of wine with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a reception at the Kremlin in Moscow on 21 March 2023, …
The recent 24-hour whirlwind visit to Taiwan by Ms Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has exposed like nothing else the extent to which the dictatorial regime running the People’s Republic of China can go with its bullying tactics at home and abroad and the fury with which it can lash out when democratic nations refuse …
China’s ruling Communist Party on July 1 marked its centenary with a massive parade in Beijing and a warning from leader Xi Jinping to “any foreign forces” that China would not be “bullied”. In an hour-long speech to a crowd of thousands on Tiananmen Square, Mr. Xi hailed China’s “national rejuvenation” — a theme he has emphasised since taking over …
Beijing CNN — China’s rise is a “historical inevitability” and it will no longer be “bullied, oppressed or subjugated” by foreign countries, its leader, Xi Jinping, said Thursday during an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. Leaning into the theme, Xi said that only under the party’s continued leadership could the country fulfill its “Chinese Dream …