This is the epilogue of the biggest financial scandal Vietnam has ever known. A court in Ho Chi Minh City this Thursday, April 11, sentenced Truong My Lan, the boss of a real estate giant, to the death penalty, accused of massive fraud, estimated by the prosecution at 25 billion euros. And 85 other defendants … Read more
In January, a Chinese ultranationalist vlogger – video blogger – came across red circular stickers on the glass doors of a shopping mall in Nanjing featuring the words: “Happy 2024.” The vlogger claimed that what appeared to be innocent New Year decorations were, in fact, nationalistic Japanese motifs since the red circles resembled the rising … Read more
2023-12-06 15:28:45 Shidaowan high-temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant, China, December 2023. SUN WENZHAN /XINHUA / MAXPPP On Wednesday, December 6, China commissioned the world’s first so-called fourth-generation nuclear power plant, a major step forward for the Asian giant in the race for the reactors of the future. The Shidao Bay power plant, located in … Read more
2023-12-05 20:00:10 Lhe Chinese President, Xi Jinping, and the Prime Minister, Li Qiang, will receive in Beijing, on December 7, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, for a new China summit -European Union (EU). In April 2022, the previous summit, which was … Read more
2023-12-05 12:52:29 Matthew Pottinger, former China advisor to the White House, recently drew up, in a column, the edifying assessment of eleven years of purges under the undivided power of President Xi Jinping: “Six members of the political bureau, 35 members of the central committee, 60 generals and probably several million local executives. » (Financial … Read more
2023-12-04 16:00:16 The ship “Xin Lian Yun Gang” of China COSCO Shipping Corporation docked at the Tollerort container terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany, October 26, 2022. AXEL HEIMKEN / AFP The figure is dizzying and, for several months, it has obsessed Europeans: 400 billion euros. This is the European Union (EU) trade deficit … Read more
2023-12-04 11:58:40 Netherlands blamed for selling F-35 parts to Israel Dec 4 2023 Human rights organizations sued the Dutch government on Monday, accusing it of contributing to violations of international law in Gaza by supplying parts of American F-35 fighter jets to Israel. F-35 / Photo: AP (AP) 1701693406 #Netherlands #blamed #selling #F35 #parts #Israel
2023-12-04 04:01:34 The Mount Marapi volcano spews volcanic ash, in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, December 3, 2023. ANTARA FOTO / VIA REUTERS At least eleven hikers have died following the eruption of the Marapi volcano in western Indonesia, after a night’s search found three people alive. The eruption of Mount Marapi, on the island of … Read more