India and China have a history of trade and friendship that has spanned over centuries. However, a recent Chinese gold rush is threatening all that. Other than a border conflict in 1962, no full-scale war has been fought between these two mighty regions, and this is largely attributed to the Himalayas acting as a wall ...
A former Central Intelligence Agency agent faces life in prison. Thr former CIA officer was found guilty of supplying Chinese agents with classified information. Kevin Mallory, 61, a former CIA officer, was found guilty by a federal jury of espionage charges in a court in northern Virginia on June 8. He was convicted of conspiracy ...
With bikeways cited by several media outlets as one of the world’s most beautiful cycling trails, Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) is one of the Eight Wonders of Taiwan. Covering an area of 5.4 square kilometers (3.3 square miles) at an elevation of 748 meters (2,454 feet) above sea level, Sun Moon Lake is located in ...
The ongoing trade war seems to indicate rough times ahead for the world. The U.S. and China have been on conflicting paths for the past couple of decades. Though America was the dominant global power for much of the latter half of the 20th century, China seemed on its way to challenge that title since ...
April to June are the wettest and most humid months for Hong Kong. This year, however, had its residents steaming in the streets and in their homes as May 2018 was the hottest on record. On the heels of this news, the Hong Kong Observatory issued a Tropical Cyclone Warning at 04:45 (HKT) on June 6, 2018. With ...
In 1979, China sent a delegation to the United States to evaluate their primary school education system. Their 30,000-word report noted the following points that were based on regulation vs innovation. Regulation vs innovation Regardless of how well or poorly a student performed, they were all equally high-spirited and full of ambition; Students in the ...
In China, Zhuge Liang’s wisdom and talent as a military strategist are well known. He had a strong build and stood eight feet tall. Needless to say, he easily captured people’s attention. Nonetheless, when he married Huang Yueying, everyone began to question his taste because she was very homely. She was the daughter of Liang’s ...
The year 2016 was a massive year for Chinese companies out to buy Western companies or majority shares in them. Only in the first three months of 2016, Chinese groups spent around US$103 billion on mergers and acquisitions of big firms in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to that, in 2015, Chinese investors had spent US$107 ...
Beijing’s political influence activities in New Zealand have reached a critical level and are a threat to the country’s sovereignty, warns a report released by Canada’s intelligence service. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) compiled the report based on views and short papers contributed by unnamed experts at a March 6 workshop focused on the repercussions ...
There are 23 recognized species of macaques under the genus Macaca, 22 of which live in Asia, including Taiwan. Macaca cyclopsis, also known as the Formosan rock macaque (台灣獼猴), is native to Taiwan. It is the only primate species in Taiwan aside from humans. These monkeys love to eat bamboo shoots. It is believed that Taiwan’s Formosan rock ...
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