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🚨JUST IN: RUSSIA SAYS CHINA DENIES US CLAIMS OF SECRET NUCLEAR TESTAccording to @BRICSinfo, Russia has publicly stated that China has denied recent US allegations of conducting a covert nuclear weapons test, adding another layer to escalating nuclear transparency concerns among the world's major powers.The denial comes as the US intelligence community has reportedly raised concerns about potential underground nuclear testing activity in China. ...

So far China has mainly used economic leverage to punish countries that step out of line and offend it. In the future it may set out to change their policies https://t.co/iPLUTTUpIE ...

China has long been a counterfeiting hub. In a break from the past, though, it is increasingly Chinese companies that are the ones accusing foreign competitors of stealing their ideas https://t.co/aCCIRRbC2PPhoto: Shutterstock https://t.co/6QYbBnsayc ...

President Donald Trump said that he’s discussing future weapons sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping and teased that he would soon make a decision about future defense support for the self-governing island. https://t.co/xliYNqBLrj ...

China is hitting Japan where it hurts. Will PM Takaichi give in? https://t.co/yWsv5PCCMZ ...

China isn’t using its considerable leverage over them—yet https://t.co/gdF53ZYCsl ...

BRICS is largely a marketing initiative, lacking any substantial currency collaboration. While China is a significant economic power individually, the overall bloc shows no signs of shared currency or genuine brotherly collaboration. #BRICS #GlobalEconomics #IvanClips https://t.co/6e5Oxia0ai ...

Many people think of politics as a pendulum. When you point to unprecedented events, they'll respond: no need to worry, the pendulum will swing, and it'll all come back to a stable equilibrium. It's always worked out, and somehow always will.And that's true for many places, much of the time.But sometimes a political situation isn't a pendulum. Sometimes it's best modeled by Galloping Gertie, the former Tacoma Narrows Bridge. You see, that bridge started swinging from left, to right, and then further to the ...

Saudi Arabia’s crude sales to top importer China for loading in March rose after the kingdom cut the price of its main oil grade for buyers in Asia to the lowest level in more than five years https://t.co/o5f6vyZNrs ...