A Chinese company’s purchase of an American farmland near a military base has sparked concerns among US lawmakers who have shot off a letter to the Government Accountability Office, highlighting the security implications of such deals.
Earlier this month, around 130 lawmakers requested the agency to analyse the security implications of the Chinese ownership of US agricultural land.
The most significant event on the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) political calendar is now taking place. Around 2,300 delegates from all over China have gathered at Beijing's Great Hall of the People for the appointment of the CCP's top leadership, the amendment of its constitution, and the approval of the nation's policy directions for the following five years.
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China has been placed first in self-reliant defence production, while India has been ranked fourth among 12 countries in the Indo-Pacific, according to a study of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an independent research institute on global security.
Japan is second, South Korea is in third place, and Pakistan is at eighth place, according to the study, which measures self-reliance until 2020.
"China dominates the ranking, reaching a self-reliance score more than two and a half times higher than Japan’s," the study said.
Chinese pork prices rose to a record high in August, forcing the government to use the nation's meat reserves for the first time this year to secure supplies for the holidays.
Last month, prices for pork in China increased on average by 22.5% compared to the same period in 2017. It came after the largest recorded month-over-month increase of 25.6% in July, when the CPI also reached a two-year high of 2.7%. Despite an unexpected drop in CPI inflation to 2.5%, August's increase nonetheless took place.
A trade event in Malaysia became another flashpoint for Taiwan and China after a Taiwanese beauty queen was not allowed to wave the island's flag on stage.
The incident took place on Tuesday during the opening ceremony of the 2022 World Congress on Innovation and Technology (WCIT).
A photo of Miss Taiwan Kao Man-jung crying with other contestants in a beauty pageant on stage waving their flags went viral, triggering strong reactions from Taipei.