China conducts test flight for airborne unmanned swarm carrier
Published: Apr 07, 2021 07:01 PM
An unmanned swarm carrier system developed by Chinese company Zhongtian Feilong conducts a test flight in late March. An aerial mother ship drops nine smaller drones in the test flight. Photo...
Leaders of Russia and China tighten their grips, grow closer
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and KEN MORITSUGU
April. 7 2021
MOSCOW (AP) — They’re not leaders for life — not technically, at least. But in political reality, the powerful tenures of China’s Xi Jinping and, as of this week, Russia’s...
China's growth set to drive global economy in post-pandemic years
The U.S. and India will be the second and third-biggest contributors to global growth in the period, according to the IMF, with Japan and Germany rounding out the top five
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For the second time, China has ‘fared well’ in a major crisis: IMF
PUBLISHED TUE, APR 6 202110:31 AM EDT
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“China is really an impressive example of an outlier in the positive sense,” the IMF’s Tobias Adrian told CNBC Tuesday.
Its GDP (gross domestic product) came in at 2.3%...
Foreign investment in China up 81 pct in 2020
in World Economy News
06/04/2021
China last year attracted 520.6 billion U.S. dollars of foreign investment, up by 81 percent from 2019, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said in a report.
Amid China’s steady economic recovery...
How China saved more than 20,000 Jews during WW2
One of the most extraordinary stories in Shanghai's history took place the neighbourhood of Tilanqiao, which served as "a modern-day Noah's Ark" for Jews during WW2.
BBC
By Ronan O'Connell
5 April 2021
In the 1930s, Shanghai was one of the...
Pakistani public pay tribute to the Chinese PLA cemetery in Pakistan to honor the Chinese soldiers who sacrificed their lives in building KARAKORAM HIGHWAY on the Chinese Tomb Sweeping Day.
Huawei posts strong revenue in 2020 despite US ban
1 April 2021
Huawei’s 2020 annual report has been published and the company reports that the numbers are in line with what was forecasted: “marginal growth”. Huawei’s sales revenue weighed in at CNY 891.4 billion ( $136.7 billion) with net...
Nevada Democrat says infrastructure bill is not only about bettering US roads and bridges , more about catching up with China
Rep.Dina Titus praised the $2.2 trillion plan as "bold" and essential
By Caitlin McFall
Fox News
April. 4 2021
Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., says the infrastructure bill...
Dollar weight could halve if China enacts new forex policies: Economist
Saturday, 03 April 2021 2:14 PM
A leading international economist believes the US dollar would lose nearly a half of its weight as the dominant international currency once China implements a new exchange rate system in...
$400 Billion China-Iran Deal Includes a $Billion 4G-5G Network, Most Likely Huawei
April 03, 2021
China's tech giant Huawei spans much of the globe despite U.S. efforts to ban it. Add Iran to this map. (Source: NPR)
China has agreed to buy $16 billion/year of Iranian oil in what amounts to...
The cost to fix America's crumbling infrastructure? Nearly $2.6 trillion, engineers say
By Tami Luhby, CNN
Updated 7:02 AM ET, Tue March 30, 2021
(CNN)With the money from his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief law starting to flow, President Joe Biden is turning his attention to his next...
U.S. Military Struggling to Maintain High-Tech Edge Over China, which may disappear within 5 years
April 1, 2021
The Pentagon is facing major hurdles to maintain the U.S. military’s shrinking edge over China — and is struggling to update its arsenal and field new technology in hypersonics and...
Revealed: China’s New Super Submarine Dwarfs Typhoon Class
The new submarine, identified as the Type-100 Class, is armed with 48 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs). It can also carry ginormous nuclear-powered nuclear-armed autonomous torpedoes. And a hangar on its back indicates a...
Iran-China deal worries Israel's former Military Intelligence chief
"On the one hand, China opposes Iran having a nuclear bomb, but on the other, it's not helping to stop it," says Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin.
By i24NEWS and ILH Staff
Published on 03-29-2021 18:15
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amon...