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Allegations that recent protests or “riots” were “paid by and and the CCP” are a mixture of documented investigations, partisan claims, and reporting gaps: of multiple left-leaning nonprofits and has ...
China is now the dominant buyer of Venezuelan oil, taking roughly 80% of exports in recent months (about 746,000 bpd in November) and absorbing large volumes of fuel oil and methanol as well (136,000 ...
On 4 June 1989 (commonly cited as "6/4"), Chinese troops and armoured units moved into Beijing to clear weeks‑long pro‑democracy protests centred on Tiananmen Square, resulting in a violent crackdown ...
China and Russia prop up Venezuela through a mix of economic arrangements, political backing, and—particularly from Russia—military cooperation, but both partners have narrowed or conditioned support ...
President Trump’s second term (begun January 20, 2025) has been marked by a high volume of executive actions — Ballotpedia counts 218 executive orders, 55 memoranda and 112 proclamations as of Dec. 10...
Since 2015 China’s oil-for-loans relationship with Venezuela shifted from aggressive expansion and fresh credit to cautious preservation, restructuring and in-kind repayment—driven by collapsing Venez...
The claim that Xi Jinping explicitly said China will invade Taiwan in 2027 or 2028 is ; none of the cited documents contain a direct quote or an unequivocal timeline from Xi Jinping endorsing an invas...
moved on January 1, 2026 to a license-based export regime for refined silver, a rule change that immediately removed large volumes of Chinese refined metal from unfettered international trade and tigh...
Foreign state actors most visibly tied to Venezuela’s oil sector now are China and Russia, while limited Western involvement — notably Chevron — has fluctuated with U.S. licensing and sanctions . U.S....
and its analogues are produced through a transnational chain: precursor chemicals and some finished product originate in , large-scale clandestine manufacturing has shifted to where transnational crim...
The specific claim—that Chinese-made electric vehicles sold to Western customers secretly contain installed surveillance or built-in remote shutdown/impairment mechanisms—cannot be categorically prove...
Complaints about “bad” behavior by Chinese tourists in Japan exist alongside evidence that Chinese visitors are the single largest and highest-spending group in recent years — roughly 7–8+ million vis...
Illicit fentanyl in the United States is the product of an international supply chain in which Chinese chemical manufacturers, Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and persistent U.S. ...
The statement that “ builds 2 coal power plants a year” is false when measured against available reporting: China’s coal-power activity in recent years has been in the tens of gigawatts annually, equi...
U.S. soybean farmers suffered sharp market losses in 2024 after China imposed retaliatory tariffs that made U.S. beans uncompetitive, with China buying roughly 20% of its soybeans from the U.S. in 202...
Since 2007–2010 China provided Venezuela roughly $50–60 billion in loan‑for‑oil and credit‑line arrangements that were repaid largely in crude shipments and equity stakes in Orinoco projects (China De...
Tariffs raise government revenue and can protect some domestic industries, but multiple recent analyses and news reports find sizable economic costs: models project long‑run GDP declines (~0.3–0.8%), ...
showing a 14‑year‑old girl being slapped, kicked and humiliated by classmates in sparked rare, large public protests in early August 2025 after residents judged official responses too lenient; footage...
Public sources show a mix of concrete legal cases, intelligence warnings and suspicious incidents tied to Huawei hardware and personnel, but no single public smoking‑gun proving all Huawei phones are ...
China and Russia have kept Venezuela’s crude flowing and its joint ventures afloat through investment, technical support, and contracts that sidestep Western firms — stabilising PDVSA output near ~1 m...