China’s population continues to decline for the second year in a row. Births in the People’s Republic are fewer and fewer. Data released by the National Institute of Statistics speak of a population of approximately 1.409 billion people at the end of 2023 (a number that excludes the inhabitants of Hong Kong and Macau and […]
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Towards the vote It’s not just peace or war with China: What’s changing in Taiwan’s elections The presidential elections in Taipei are being watched closely by China and the US because they boil down to a simple question: peace or war in the Taiwan Strait? global effects. Relations with Beijing are not the only concern of Taiwanese voters, many of whom are more concerned with domestic issues.
When a Chinese spy balloon was shot down in U.S. skies a year ago, the world became aware of a tool the Beijing government had been using to monitor the intelligence and military movements of its long-time rival. Among the inferences and speculations, the hot air balloon offered by China as a meteorological instrument became […]
China, Xi flexes muscles on reunification with Taiwan: “Inevitable”
The world is increasingly ravaged by wars and clashes, with a global geopolitical situation on the boil. And the main protagonists do nothing to calm the tension. On the contrary. “Reunification” with Taiwan is a “historical inevitability”: this is a passage from the words of Chinese President Xi Jinping in his end-of-year speech, in which […]
The number of Christians in China has stabilized
According to an analysis by the Pew Research Center, the number of Christians in China has stabilized after rapid growth in the 1980s and 1990s. These figures, human rights activists and scholars told the Catholic News Agency, are not surprising given the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) actions in recent years to suppress Christianity. China saw […]
EU-China summit. Xi Jinping warns against competition
– China and the EU should not see each other as rivals, argues Xi Jinping. A one-day EU-China summit took place in Beijing on Thursday, where Xi Jinping met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel. This is the first such event in the past four years. During […]
EU-China summit. Xi Jinping warns against competition
– China and the EU should not see each other as rivals, argues Xi Jinping. A one-day EU-China summit took place in Beijing on Thursday, where Xi Jinping met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel. This is the first such event in the past four years. During […]
Italy officially left the Chinese Silk Road
After months of rumors and evaluations that a way would be followed to avoid infuriating China, Italy officially left the Silk Road with a note sent to Beijing recently. The news that Corriere della Sera has been waiting for now removes all doubts about the Italian government’s desire to extend the memorandum of understanding on […]
China, there is a race between Mattarella and Meloni to “conquer” Xi Jinping
Dear Director, come, I saw it and missed it. Having hastily shelved the global failure of Rome’s bid for Expo 2030, “In Search of the Lost Dragon” is now being broadcast in the corridors of power: the protagonists are King Sergius and Super Giorgia, who compete to go to China to pay homage supreme leader […]
China is outraged by what Joe Biden called Xi Jinping
US President Joe Biden said after a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that he still considers him a “dictator.” The Foreign Ministry in Beijing responded immediately. After four hours of talks with Xi on the outskirts of San Francisco, California, Biden held a news conference in which he was asked whether he still stood […]
“Is Xi a dictator?”: Biden fell again when asked about the Chinese president
The resumption of dialogue between US President Joe Biden and his counterpart Xi Jinping serves to ease tensions between the two countries, but is unlikely to bring the two leaders closer together. Asked by a journalist whether he still sees Xi as a dictator, Biden replied, “yes, he is as the leader of a communist […]