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China called for an end to the war in the Middle East on Friday, warning of the impact on global energy, shipping and trade, with the near three-week conflict showing no sign of slowing. "History and reality have repeatedly shown the world that force is not the solution to problems and armed conflict will only breed new hatred," Lin Jian, a spokesperson for China's foreign ministry said when asked whether Beijing had a message for Muslim communities as they mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The "still widening war" in the Middle East harms the common interests of all countries, Lin said, repeating Beijing's position that all sides in the Gulf conflict should cease fighting and that energy flows from the region should be unimpeded. The remarks came on the 23rd anniversary of the Iraq War, which began in 2003 when US-led forces invaded Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein, partly on claims that his government possessed weapons of mass destruction. That wa ...

Lai said cross-border refuelling is often tied to broader travel patterns rather than driven solely by cost savings. "In this context, refuelling (petrol in mainland China) is seen as a secondary convenience of the trip, meaning people will continue to do it even if the financial benefit is marginal," he added. Instead, drivers who do not regularly travel to the mainland may turn to alternatives like electric vehicles (EVs) if petrol prices remain high. Chin, the 55-year-old driver, is among those who have made the switch. "Petrol prices in Hong Kong are too high but driving to the mainland just to refuel takes too much time," he told CNA. He has since switched to an EV, under a government "one for one" scheme that offers tax incentives for replacing older petrol cars. "Now that the economy is not doing so well, I will save (as much as I can) save," he said.  For Hong Kong drivers, the cost effectiveness of pumping pet rol across the border ...

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Sun Chenghao, a fellow at Tsinghua University's Center for International Security and Strategy, said Wang's description of China as "the most valuable source of stability and certainty in a turbulent world" during his press conference stood out most to him. It reflects Beijing's effort to cast itself as a provider of long-term, predictable and non-confrontational diplomacy at a time of wavering Western policies and frequent geopolitical tensions, he told CNA. That message, Sun said, is reinforced by Beijing's rejection of major power co-governance and a so-called G2 - the idea that the US and China jointly manage global affairs, which was previously surfaced by Trump -  as Wang explicitly made clear in his Mar 8 press conference. Sun added that the statement also strengthens China's self-identification with the Global South , alongside its advocacy for "equal and orderly multipolarity". During his press conference, Wang underlined China's...

A Chinese man in Jiangsu province was not afraid to get his feet wet when he saw a car fall into a river on Oct 14. In a video posted on Chinese news outlet CGTN's Facebook page on Oct 16, the military veteran, Mr Di Shuangcheng, can be seen swimming towards a car a few metres away from a riverbank in Taizhou city. When he reaches the car, Mr Di uses what appears to be a brick to break the car's sunroof. While reaching through the sunroof to hoist the trapped driver out of the vehicle, which is rapidly filling up with water, Mr Di asks the driver if there are any pa ssengers on board. The police arrive and pull the driver back to shore with Mr Di's help, according to the Facebook video. Another Chinese news outlet, Jimu News, reported on Oct 17 that Mr Di was revealed to be a military veteran by his father-in-law on Oct 15. "I am very happy that my son-in-law saved someone. I treated him to a drink," Mr Di's father-in-law told Jimu News. On the morning of...

Whether the U.S. Air Force (USAF) requires a larger, modern fighter force is no longer an open question—it does. China's military is on track to have the largest fighter force in the world, surpassing the United States in comparative numbers within this decade. This represents a dangerous shift in the global military balance. At the same time, instability from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific continues to drive demand for advanced American airpower. While Operation Epic Fury results over Iran to date are impressive, the sca le and scope of that conflict pales in comparison to what we would require for a larger conflict. The Air Force's fighter inventory has shrunk over 60 percent since the end of the Cold War and has been flown relentlessly in combat ever since. Today those aircraft—and their crews—are worn hard. Yet missions such as air superiority and strike remain central to deterrence and warfighting as evidenced by recent results over Iran. If ...

China has committed more than US$120 billion in direct investment in overseas mining and mineral processing projects since 2023 – covering the likes of lithium and rare earth metals – with that spending boosting clean energy usage in developing countries, a think tank said on Wednesday. It was helping to advance the "zero-emissions world economy" by offering mineral inputs for solar equipment, wind power, electric vehicles and industrial decarbonisation offshore, the Australian think tank Climate Energy Finance (CEF) said in a report titled "Raw Power". "China's resources and cleantech OFDI (outbound foreign direct investment) together form a … global green industrial strategy of unprecedented scale and ambit ion that now reaches into every resource-rich region on earth and is helping to drive global energy transition," it said. About 90 per cent of global rare earth refining capacity, 90 per cent of the production of battery components that store...

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