For two decades, China’s communist regime has poured tens of billions of dollars into low- and middle-income nations, funding massive port projects in the name of global development. However, experts and lawmakers are warning that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, seeks to expand its global military presence by creating new overseas naval bases out of the commercial ports it has funded and built abroad. According to a new report by AidData, a think tank that analyzes government aid expenditures on international development projects, the regime has spent nearly $30 billion on overseas port infrastructure since 2001....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/inside-chinas-global-military-expansion-5487930
The record floods in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in July this year not only caused severe damage to the local people, but also saw heavy losses for the communist regime’s garrisons in Baoding and Zhuozhou, with damage to its military tanks and aircrafts. Internal documents of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) obtained by The Epoch Times show that the regime had secretly planned ahead to use the populated Zhuozhou and Baoding areas as flood waters discharge zones to save the newly planned political center of Xiong’an. When it came time to act on the secret plan, the authorities didn’t send out notification of the discharge in time, which caused devastating losses to the people, businesses, and the CCP’s own military assets in the region. At least 78 people died due to the floodwaters....
China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Sept. 8 on the number of monkeypox virus infections for the month of August. For the first time, infections in women appeared to be among the cases. The notice stated that 501 newly confirmed cases of monkeypox infections were reported in mainland China last month. Cases were from across 25 of 31 provinces and regions in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Henan, Chongqing, and others. The notice said that 98.9 percent of the monkeypox cases were in males, and 92.5 percent were identified as affecting men who have sex with men. However, five of the cases were infections in women, all of whom had a history of heterosexual contact within 21 days from onset of the illness. Among their heterosexual partners, three were also infected with monkeypox, one recently had a rash, and one had no symptoms related to monkeypox....
World’s largest money manager BlackRock is shutting a China-focused offshore fund amid congressional scrutiny over its alleged role in directing U.S. dollars to blacklisted Chinese firms. In a recent letter to shareholders, BlackRock Global Funds’ chairwoman Denise Voss said they will close the China Flexible Equity Fund over a “lack of shareholder interest” and the investment cost to keep the fund running, which she noted is “not in the best interests of shareholders.” BlackRock intends to liquidate all assets under the fund and redeem any outstanding shares by Nov. 7. Existing shareholders have the options to switch their investments into another fund, sell back their shares ahead of the liquidation date, or receive automatic payments for the shares when the fund closes down....