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  A man offers flowers outside the Zhuhai People's Fitness Plaza where a man rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province on Nov. 13, 2024. beijing — China\'s economic malaise is fueling social tensions that make people more likely to commit violent crimes out of anger or desperation, analysts say, after the country witnessed its deadliest massacre in a decade. The country has experienced a spate of violent attacks this year, challenging Beijing\'s proud reputation for public order and prompting online soul-searching about the state of society. On Monday, a man plowed a car into crowds at a sports complex in the southern city of Zhuhai, killing 35 and wounding 43, a...

  FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Lima, Peru, Nov. 14, 2024. STATE DEPARTMENT — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Taiwan’s envoy to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Lin Hsin-I, on Thursday ahead of the bloc\'s Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Lima, Peru. The discussion centered on economic cooperation, as Blinken highlighted in a social media post. “Met with Lin Hsin-i in Lima. We spoke about our growing economic relationship and our enduring shared commitment to foster an open, dynamic, and peaceful Indo-Pacific,” Blinken wrote on X. The pull-aside meeting, which lasted about 20 minutes, was not previously announced ...

  FILE - Migrants from China emerge from thick brush after being smuggled across the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Fronton, Texas, April 7, 2023. Austin, Texas — The price of entering the U.S. through the southern border is 250,000 yuan or close to $35,000, said Xiao Jing, a woman in her 30s who is to paying that amount to try to enter the U.S. without a visa. She is using a pseudonym due to the sensitivity of the issue. "I was introduced by an acquaintance who had been successful [entering the U.S. illegally through the southern border] to help me apply for a Japanese visa and arrange the pickup service after I arrive in Mexico," she told VOA. The person who will pick her up in Mexico will then help he...

  A cargo ship sits in a Chinese-funded port in Chancay, Peru, Nov. 12, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping will inaugurate the $3.5 billion Chancay port with his Peruvian counterpart Dina Boluarte on Nov. 14. Taipei, Taiwan — Chinese President Xi Jinping departs on a nine-day diplomatic tour to Latin America on Wednesday, during which he will inaugurate a Chinese-financed megaport in Peru and attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Lima and the G20 Summit in Brazil. Analysts say the trip is part of China’s attempt to expand its global influence and present itself as “a responsible global power” at a time when countries around the world brace for uncertainties following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on November...

  Employees walk in front of a banner at the government complex where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will take place in Lima on November 13, 2024. White House — In what will likely be his farewell appearance on the world stage, President Joe Biden faces a daunting question: what to tell world leaders wondering about potential changes in U.S. policies when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House with his America First agenda. Biden arrived Thursday in Peru and will visit Brazil afterward for two major economic summits. Biden is scheduled to spend Friday and Saturday in Lima with leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, made up of 21 member economies that promote free trade in the region. ...

Alex Willemyns2024.11.13 WASHINGTON – Marco Rubio, a strident foreign policy “hawk” when it comes to relations with China, has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as the next U.S. secretary of state. The Republican senator from Trump’s adopted home state of Florida is almost certain to be confirmed as America’s top diplomat by his soon-to-be former colleagues, with the Republican Party now controlling the Senate with a 53-47 majority over the Democrats. Rubio’s nomination Wednesday completes a trifecta of China “hawks” in the three most important foreign policy picks for a president. He joins Rep. Mike Waltz of Florida, who will be appointed Trump’s national security adviser, and Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, who has been nominated to be ambassador to the United ...

  China's J-35A stealth fighter jet takes part in a performance during the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition at Zhuhai, Guangdong province, Nov. 12, 2024. (Xinhua via AP) taipei, taiwan — China showcased its second fifth-generation stealth fighter jet this week, the J-35A, at the country’s premier aviation exhibition in the southern province of Guangdong, an achievement state media said puts Beijing on par with the United States. Military analysts say China’s ability to field two different types of stealth fighter jets marks an important milestone in Beijing’s development of military technology, but it still has a way to go to catch up with the U.S. With its J-20 and J-35A stealth fighter jets, China claims i...

Yitong Wu and Kit Sung for RFA Cantonese2024.11.14 Recent mass night bike-rides across central and northern China weren’t an overt form of political protest, but rather a way to let off steam for the country’s struggling young people, who saw it as a brief taste of freedom from their restricted lives, observers and commentators said. In a video widely circulated on social media, one young man who said he took part said many riders were looking for a way to make some memories with a temporary escape from the pressure and stresses of their lives. He said the rides were originally conceived as a cheap way to have fun by college kids looking for a summer jaunt on a tight budget, using ubiquitous hired bikes from urban schemes. “If we could afford to buy motorcycles or cars, there’s no way ...