China's automobile exports increased by about 60 per cent in the first quarter, surpassing Japan as the world's top automotive exporter.
As per the most recent statistics from the General Administration of Customs, China's automotive exports increased by 58 per cent year on year to over 1.1 million units from January to March. Meanwhile, according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Japan exported 954,000 automobiles.
The president of Mexico claims that his nation has evidence of illegal shipments of the powerful opioid fentanyl coming from China.
According to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a shipment containing the drug was detained in the Pacific port of Lázaro Cárdenas, reported the BBC.
He said, "We already have proof," and said he will seek the Chinese government to assist in preventing the shipments.
According to US authorities, fentanyl is currently the primary cause of drug overdose deaths in the US.
"You can’t eat democracy. Human rights may sustain the spirit but not the body.”
This quote, from a speech by Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema at a US-sponsored Summit of Democracy, may be one of the most important keys to understanding why most of the world’s population live in countries whose leaders do not share Western values – and why a new world order now in the making might be dominated by China.
China President Xi Jinping is scheduled to travel to Moscow today (March 20), giving Russian President Vladimir Putin an important diplomatic boost. The visit by Xi comes in the midst of escalating East-West tensions over the 13-month-old war in Ukraine and is the most recent indication of Beijing's reinvigorated diplomatic goals.
The US declared on Friday it would oppose any attempt by China to establish a truce in Ukraine at the meeting that amounts to a "ratification of Russian annexation" of Ukrainian territory, reported the Associated Press.