Donald Trump makes a strange comment during a belated verbal exchange with Elon Musk in X

Elon Musk claimed that the technical disruptions were due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, designed to force a website, computer, or online service to go offline. Read more »

Xi and Peng: an exemplary couple

Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan sit on a swing on their scale in Gujarat, India, in September 2014. [Photo/China. org. cn] The Qixi festival, which this year is celebrated on August 10,... Read more »

Xi congratulates Kagame on his re-election as Rwanda’s president

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping sent a message to Paul Kagame on Tuesday, congratulating him on his re-election as president of the Republic of Rwanda. In the message, Xi said that Rwanda... Read more »

Xi meets with Bangladeshi premier, bilateral relations intensify

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the People's Republic of Bangladesh at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the Chinese capital, on July 10, 2024. Read more »

Why is Xi Jinping building secret reserves of raw materials?

Huge new reserves of grain, vegetable fuel and oil point to the future Read more »

Kazimierz “Chuck” Konkel has turned his crime career into gripping novels

Konkel created gripping stories that informed readers about the history and misdeeds of undemocratic regimes. Read more »

Why Britain Should Say No (Again) to China’s “Super-Embassy” in London

The previous conservative government probably wouldn't have wanted to get involved in China's global ambitions, but at least it tried. Whether it's David Lammy's Stranger. . . Read more »

Xi Jinping admits China is “relatively weak” on innovation and wants more ability to dominate the technological “battlefield”

While generally hailing China's progress, Xi also said the country is keen to tackle problems such as skills shortages and "relatively weak" innovation. Read more »

Trump’s assassination attempt proves to Putin and Xi that the West’s surveillance of Biden is vulnerable and unclear

Putin in Russia and Xi in China have noted glaring failures in US security, especially following the attempted assassination of President Trump, for which they will most likely take credit. Read more »

Musk blames cyberattack on verbal exchange with Trump over X affected by technical issues

The verbal exchange planned for Monday night between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Elon Musk on the billionaire entrepreneur's X social media platform initially ran into technical difficulties, with some users... Read more »