International Relations

Blocked shipping lanes hammer China’s exporters while Iran and Washington sideline Beijing’s mediation push.

Lynas Rare Earths CEO said Australia should produce more mining engineers, consider tax credits, and push for more purchases from non-Chinese supply chains.

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has downplayed concerns of pushback from China over a proposed security pact between Australia and Fiji.

The visit comes as the US presses China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ahead of President Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping.

The Chinese regime intends to use increasing imports from the United States as leverage over the important issues in the summit, according to an insider.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, ‘China, let’s see them step up with some diplomacy and get the Iranians to open the strait.’

The news comes as local Shen Yun presenters say the company is facing an aggressive campaign of intimidation and interference by the CCP.

The European Union’s revised Cybersecurity Act would exclude Chinese suppliers from the bloc’s networks.

The lease with China’s Landbridge is supposed to run until the year 2114.

Iran has continuous support from the ‘axis of evil’ led by the CCP, but the Iran war has exposed weakness in Beijing’s hard-power projection, analysts said.

China is Australia’s top source of jet fuel, responsible for 28 percent of supply.

The countries accused China of attempting to ‘politicize maritime trade and infringe on the sovereignty of the nations’ in the hemisphere.

Threats and intimidation forced the cancellation of a Shen Yun performance in Toronto, a first for the CCP’s campaign to stop the group.

David Brat is a PhD in economics, a Master of Divinity, and a firm critic of the CCP, and he could be the next US ambassador to Australia.

The ambitious plans include bolstering the army’s shore defence and attack capabilities and basing anti-drone weapons in the Top End.

The spending will be used to acquire 268 new Bushmasters and upgrade the Defence Force’s current Hawkei armoured vehicle fleet.

She will also visit South Korea and Japan ahead of the Japanese Prime Minister’s forthcoming visit to Australia.

The secrecy imposed by the regime is intended to mask the true state of China’s technological prowess, which is weak, insiders say.

The bridge stands near a rail bridge already blocking China’s access. It also enables Russia to exert more influence on the Korean Peninsula, analysts said.

The exercises are in the crucial Bashi Channel, where America and allies could block the CCP’s attempt to break through the first island chain, analysts said.

Blocked shipping lanes hammer China’s exporters while Iran and Washington sideline Beijing’s mediation push.

Lynas Rare Earths CEO said Australia should produce more mining engineers, consider tax credits, and push for more purchases from non-Chinese supply chains.

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has downplayed concerns of pushback from China over a proposed security pact between Australia and Fiji.

The visit comes as the US presses China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ahead of President Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping.

The Chinese regime intends to use increasing imports from the United States as leverage over the important issues in the summit, according to an insider.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, ‘China, let’s see them step up with some diplomacy and get the Iranians to open the strait.’

The news comes as local Shen Yun presenters say the company is facing an aggressive campaign of intimidation and interference by the CCP.

The European Union’s revised Cybersecurity Act would exclude Chinese suppliers from the bloc’s networks.

The lease with China’s Landbridge is supposed to run until the year 2114.

Iran has continuous support from the ‘axis of evil’ led by the CCP, but the Iran war has exposed weakness in Beijing’s hard-power projection, analysts said.

China is Australia’s top source of jet fuel, responsible for 28 percent of supply.

The countries accused China of attempting to ‘politicize maritime trade and infringe on the sovereignty of the nations’ in the hemisphere.

Threats and intimidation forced the cancellation of a Shen Yun performance in Toronto, a first for the CCP’s campaign to stop the group.

David Brat is a PhD in economics, a Master of Divinity, and a firm critic of the CCP, and he could be the next US ambassador to Australia.

The ambitious plans include bolstering the army’s shore defence and attack capabilities and basing anti-drone weapons in the Top End.

The spending will be used to acquire 268 new Bushmasters and upgrade the Defence Force’s current Hawkei armoured vehicle fleet.

She will also visit South Korea and Japan ahead of the Japanese Prime Minister’s forthcoming visit to Australia.

The secrecy imposed by the regime is intended to mask the true state of China’s technological prowess, which is weak, insiders say.

The bridge stands near a rail bridge already blocking China’s access. It also enables Russia to exert more influence on the Korean Peninsula, analysts said.

The exercises are in the crucial Bashi Channel, where America and allies could block the CCP’s attempt to break through the first island chain, analysts said.