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Three weeks into President Vladimir Putin’s military campaign against Ukraine, Chinese officials still do not to call it an invasion and rarely use the word “war.” At the highest levels of government, Beijing continues to support Moscow’s position on NATO, to abstain at the United Nations and to allow its Foreign Ministry and state media to peddle Russian conspiracy theories about U.S. biological weapons in Ukraine. Behind the scenes, however, something is beginning to shift....

The December 3 note verbale, a semi-formal notification, was recorded on the website of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs. In it, China’s Mission to the UN asked Secretary-General António Guterres to remind the United States about responsible activities in space. Tianhe, the 55-foot-long core module of the Chinese space station Tiangong, was launched into orbit on April 29 and maintained a stable altitude of around 242 miles, said the note....

AFP reported Friday that the Chinese Communist Party had congratulated Biden, following comments by foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin at a daily press conference in Beijing. “We respect the American people’s choice and extend congratulations to Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris,” Wang told reporters, according to China’s state-backed Global Times newspaper. “We also understand that the U.S. election result will be decided in accordance with U.S. laws and procedures,” he added, referring to President Donald Trump’s ongoing legal battle against the result....

At least 38 people were killed on Sunday in one of the bloodiest days since the military launched a coup to depose the democratically-elected government last month. The military junta has now declared martial law in six areas as troops try to crush massive protests against the coup with mass arrests, disappearances, and shootings of unarmed protesters. At least 126 people are believed to have been killed by security forces to date, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners....

First, the concept of “peaceful reunification” is meaningless, given that the CCP simultaneously states that it is prepared to use force. That threat of force would be triggered by separatist “elements” and “activities”: And who are these separatists, a word that the white paper uses a whopping 23 times? In the eyes of the CCP, they are Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The paper accuses “[t]he DPP authorities” as having “adopted a separatist stance, and [having] colluded with external forces in successive provocative actions designed to divide the country....

Marvel tentpoles Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania now have confirmed release dates of February 2 and 17, the company said on its official Weibo account on Tuesday. The Black Panther sequel was released in the United States last November, but the third Ant-Man installment will debut at the same time in North America. Black Panther and Ant-Man and the Wasp, the second in the series, grossed $105 million and $121 million in China, respectively, according to IMDb’s Box Office Mojo....

Pence pursued multiple lines of attack in his speech on Thursday, including the assertion that China was restricting “rights and liberties” in Hong Kong, criticism of its human rights abuses in Xinjiang and repetition of American support for Taiwan. He also took aim at the NBA for “siding with the Chinese Communist Party and silencing free speech” over recent comments made by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey. Pence said the organization “is acting like a wholly-owned subsidiary of the authoritarian regime....

Six people have been detained, and eight lower-level Communist Party officials have been fired in the incident, which has been the subject of a provincial-level investigation, the Associated Press reported. The video was filmed by a blogger trying to obtain donations for poor rural families, but people immediately began asking questions and expressing concern about the mother, especially since the blogger said she had eight children. Nationally, the public has grown increasingly frustrated and outraged—and has demanded accountability—as local officials responded to the concerns with a string of inconsistent statements, according to the AP....

As foreign investors took fright at Xi’s expansion of power, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was down 2.02 percent on Monday, at 2,977.56 points, while the Shenzhen Component Index closed 2.05 percent lower at 10,694.61 points. The ChiNext Index was down 2.43 percent and closed at 2,336.84 points, according to China Daily. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index in Hong Kong fell as much as 7.4 percent, the index’s worst tumble since the 2008 global financial crisis....

The U.S. Department of State continues to document China’s human rights abuses, and recently imposed sanctions against the nation for detaining over a million Uyghurs—a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority in the East Asian nation, as well as other Muslim minorities—in internment camps. The U.S. alleges the Chinese Communist Party is inflicting “torture, physical and sexual abuse, mass surveillance, family separation, and repression of cultural and religious expression.” China has repeatedly dismissed allegations of mistreating Uyghur Muslims and is now accusing America of human rights violations....

Washington and Beijing remain lightyears apart even on some of the most basic language that attempts to define the rules of the extraterrestrial road. But the fact that the two rivals leading in this domain both seek to strike a deal among nations means there may be hope yet. And China’s rapid rise as a space power puts the nation in a position to have a say on the issue....

Liu Zhongtian was accused by federal prosecutors of helping to orchestrate a plot which allowed China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., Asia’s largest aluminum extrusion company, to evade certain aluminum tariffs imposed on Chinese imports in 2011. The indictment was returned under seal on May 7 and made public for the first time this week. “This indictment outlines the unscrupulous and anti-competitive practices of a corrupt businessman who defrauded the United States out of $1....

The use of QR codes is ubiquitous around China, utilized for everything from adding friends on social media, buying groceries, and even for donating to panhandlers. Hundreds of millions of people in China use the QR code in their everyday lives, often for payment using apps made by tech giants including Alibaba and Tencent. RELATED: Chinese Grandpa Has Completed 300 Video Games The illuminated QR code, comprised of roughly 1,500 drones, was put on by Chinese video streaming company Bilibili....

The U.S. also accused China this week of complicity in a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email software that harmed thousands of organizations. No sanctions were put on China, who accused the U.S. of making “groundless attacks” against it regarding cybersecurity. Earlier in the year, the Biden administration made repeated accusations at Russia for granting safe haven to criminal gangs trying to steal from government agencies and private organizations. Sanctions were enforced in April for a range of activities including hacking....

The double world champion fractured his ribs in a crash at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 20 and the governing FIA’s medical team then ruled him out of the subsequent race in Bahrain. He will undergo more tests at the Chinese circuit on Thursday before the third round of the 21-race season. “It was disappointing to be told I couldn’t race in Bahrain, but I fully respected the decision of the FIA medical team,” he said on Tuesday in a team preview for the race....

The world No.1 completed his Grand Slam request and came out the fifth male paddler to do so in table tennis after winning an All-Chinese final over defending champion Zhang Jike here on Thursday at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, reports Xinhua. He was handed a national flag, spread it out and showed it to the audience together with Zhang. “To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a table tennis player,” said Ma after the 37-minute final....

In the first match of the day Sourabh Verma took on Japanese R Takeshita. It was a close fought match right from the word go. The first game was a close fought one with both players fighting for each point. The Indian held his nerves winning the first set 21-19. In the second game both players fought for each point till 21-21. Takeshita held his nerves to win the second set 23-21 to force the match into the decider....

Acer Swift 3 Loved for its Herculean performance, the AMD version of the Acer Swift 3 is ra premium looking Windows laptop you cannot resist. Armed with comfortable keyboard, an AMD Ryzen 7 4700U processor and Radeon Graphics, the Swift 3 is giving stiff competition to likes of the MacBook Pro 13 and the XPS 13 with aplomb. The laptop has excellent battery and promises great graphics performance. It has a staying power with over 11 hours of battery life....

James’ comments sounded well-intentioned, but, at the moment, he has not talked with one integral part of the Heat franchise. Chris Bosh, the other part of Miami’s old Big Three, has not spoken with James since he decided to leave for the Cleveland Cavaliers. MORE: Durant: Stars ‘worth more’ | Human element of free agency | Familiar faces in new places Bosh’s rationale for their lack of communication with James was simple and somewhat predictable, even if it is true....