How Travel Advisories Influence the Shaping of Travel and Tourism Trends
Recent travel advisories are re-shaping where tourists go for vacation, making less prominent destinations more desirable because of a…
Tag: China
New Intelligence Assessment Suggests Just One of Three Iranian Nuclear Sites Destroyed
According to “five current and former US officials familiar” with the latest intelligence assessment on Iran’s nuclear program, just…
Consequences of Israel-US Attack on Iran to Reverberate Across East Asia
Story at a glance… Following the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran’s civilian nuclear program, key security paradigms in…
‘Cracks in Time’ Documents the Pandemic Through the Brushstrokes of Chinese Artists: Screening in Basel
Art has served many needs and many functions over its ageless history, and if one of its most important…
Global Space Economy Rockets Towards Half-Trillion Valuation Led by SpaceX’s 138 Launches Last Year
Space is no longer the domain of dreams and fiction. Particularly regarding the Earth’s orbital zones, it’s a domain…
New S. Korean President Discusses Closer Ties and Peaceful Peninsula with China’s Xi
The newly-elected President of South Korea, Lee Jae-myong, called Beijing today to solicit help in bringing about his policy…
He Put the Tariffs on, They Took the Tariffs off, They Put the Tariffs on—Economies Are Shaking all About
Mass uncertainty surrounds the near term future of US-Asian trade, so much so that businesses in some economies including…
America’s Weaponization of Space Continues Whilst NASA Sees Budget Cuts
Story at a glance… NASA is seeing flagship missions stall from lack of funding at the same time the…
Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing
Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…
Shanghai Gold Exchange to Set Up Warehouses for International Deliveries and Favored Pricing in RMB
In major eastern financial news, the Shanghai Gold Exchange could soon be delivering specific products to overseas partner warehouses…
Chinese Scientists Successfully Test Non-Nuclear Hydrogen Bomb
According to results published in a Chinese military-science journal last month, chemists have detonated a non-nuclear hydrogen-based bomb that…
What Is “Geological Heritage” and How Do These UNESCO Sites Promote it?
At the recent conclusion of a meeting of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, 16 new sites from North Korea…
04/09 End of the Empire: Economic Madness Descends on Washington
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
Trump Doubles Down on Biden-Era Policy of Missiles in the Philippines
In his first major trip to Asia since taking the role as civilian leader of the US military, Sect.…
China Believes it’s Found World’s Two Largest Gold Deposits Totaling 2,000 Tonnes—Right Within its Own Borders
Geologists in China have now reported that they have identified two new large gold deposits inside the country that,…
Chinese 6th Generation Fighters Hint that the US Has Fallen Behind a Competitor for the First Time
It was December 26th, 2024—Chairman Mao’s Birthday—when a pair of unmarked, unidentified warplanes screamed across the skies above Chengdu,…
Bamboo Panels on World’s Longest Sea Crossing Withstand 6 Years of Sun and Typhoons–Still Solid as Ever
Six years after their installation on the world’s longest sea crossing, thousands of bamboo panels have withstood six years…
3,500 Years of Climate History Show Arid Periods Linked to Periods of Turmoil and Depopulation
A recent study analyzing tree ring data has produced a 3,500-year-long record of precipitation rates on the Tibetan Plateau,…
Russia, China, Iran Will Wait and See When it Comes to Trump 2.0.
Following Donald Trump’s clinching of the presidential office for the next four years, spokesmen in nations for whom US…
10/22 End of the Empire: BRICS+ Summit Kicks off in Kazan as World Leader in Multilateralism Seems Set to Grow
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…