Nine Dragons

China warns there is ‘no market’ for Japanese seafood exports as spat over Taiwan comments escalates | CNN China has warned there is “no market” for Japanese seafood exports, the latest veiled threat from Beijing as its diplomatic spat with Tokyo escalates over recent comments by Japan’s leader on defendin...

14. again (Japan)
China has also reimposed its ban on Japanese seafood.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/c...

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China suspends Japanese film releases amid diplomatic row over Taiwan Chinese state media says distributors made 'prudent' decision to postpone releases due to audience sentiment.

14. again (Japan)
China is now going after Japanese movies as part of their ongoing dispute.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

China lashes out against US’s Greece ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle The former Fox News host, now an ambassador, had suggested Beijing’s influence over Greece’s largest port was “unfortunate” and might be offset by boosting American investment in …

19. China vs Kimberly Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle, who for some reason is now US ambassador to Greece, has gotten into a tiff with China over China's state ownership of the Port of Piraeus.
www.politico.eu/article/chin...

China–Japan travel spat sparks mass ticket cancellations A China–Japan travel spat kicks off over Taiwan's future. Now Chinese people are cancelling tickets to Japan and tourism is slumping.

14. again (Japan)
Chinese pressure on Japan rises as half a million Chinese decide to let their government decide their holiday destination.
daoinsights.com/news/china-j...

MI5 issues new China espionage warning after spies use LinkedIn to target MPs Security minister Dan Jarvis says the government will not tolerate ‘covert and calculated’ attempts by China to interfere with the UK’s sovereign affairs

5. again (UK)
MI5 has warned about Chinese spies using LinkedIn to target MPs.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Feeling very reassured that this is just a silly conspiracy theory.

What do you see as the main reason behind it? Political division leading to indecisiveness? A hope that it could be a limited war & attacking might change that? A worry about losing public support if they were seen as too aggressive? A fear that they were too weak to win but would be able to defend?

Hope you haven't gotten too excited about the Epstein Bill.
It will compel the release of all UNCLASSIFIED information.
The President has the power to decide what is or isn't "classified". So good luck getting the important stuff.

Chinese Coast Guard vessels sail through Japan-administered Senkaku Islands Patrol comes as tensions between China and Japan rise over Japanese prime minister's comments about Taiwan.

14. again (Japan)
China sends patrol boats to the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands as it tries to threaten Japan into retracting a statement that China could be a threat to it if China invades Taiwan.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

Isn't it normal for universities to make offers based on predicted grades? And don't the students still have to, usually, hit their predictions (or at most miss by a small amount)?

This AI article comes from one of Pakistan's biggest newspapers, Dawn
Let's be fair tho, MAYBE Pakistan has so few people and the people who are there are so well off, that they can't find a human to do the job at a reasonable cost?

Hong Kong issues Japan travel warning citing rise in attacks on Chinese citizens Security Bureau’s move follows Beijing’s travel warning amid escalating row over Taiwan-related comments by Japanese leader.

www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

a butterfly is flying over a rocky hillside in the sky . ALT: a butterfly is flying over a rocky hillside in the sky .

And Mothra

Didn't he know that his MAGA buddies had fixed the "who is allowed in what toilet" issue?

Japan, one of the safest countries on Earth, says something about Taiwan.
HK govt, screaming in panic: "OH MY GOD DON'T GO TO JAPAN IT'S SO DANGEROUS YOU WILL GET ATTACKED BY THE PEOPLE AND BEARS AND PROBABLY DIE HORRIBLY!!!"

She wants the Epstein files to be released, doesn't she?

The Boys season 3, from 2022, does an amazing job of parodying the Trump admin of 2025.

Nearby:

Another example. This time a before/after that just gives a small hint (or reminder) about what happened.

Canada says Russia and China are ramping up spy efforts in Arctic region Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sector

4. again (Canada)
China (& Russia) has been upping its spying on Canadian government and private assets in the Arctic.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Amid Japan’s surge in bear attacks, a torrent of AI-generated videos is adding to anxiety Videos show schoolgirls fighting off animals, while others show people feeding bears, with some so realistic that users struggled to distinguish between fact and fiction

Here's a similar issue with bear attacks in Japan, and a flood of AI fakes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

China sharpens its language on Taiwan as part of ‘longer-term’ strategy A series of statements, articles, photos and even a new national holiday indicate a shift in Beijing’s stance over the island, analysts say

18. China vs Taiwan
Preparations for China's invasion of Taiwan continue at pace across all spheres.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Oh, there's a whole section on the collapse. I just wanted to highlight the stellar grammar policing being done so quickly.

I love how quickly the Wikipedia grammar police must have swarmed this article about the Hongqi Bridge, which opened in April. And, er... has suddenly "closed".
(you can see video & photos of its "closure" here: www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...)

Clearly a mass debate is needed.

Snippets of history are sometimes found in Google Street View.

Spy chief warns of China espionage threat to business, critical infrastructure ASIO director-general Mike Burgess urges businesses to protect their data to prepare for possible attacks from hostile states.

17. China vs Australia
Australia has come under persistent cyber-attack from China, like many other countries, and the threat isn't going away any time soon.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

5. again (UK)
The Chinese bus problem (above) spreads to the UK, with ministers there now investigating the 'kill switch' issue.
www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/n...

Norway Discovers Its Chinese-Made Buses Can Be Remotely Turned Off By The Manufacturer - Jalopnik Denmark's Movia transport company runs 262 Yutong buses in its fleet. It, too, is quite concerned about the potential for remote deactivation.

16. China vs Norway
This issue with Chinese buses mentioned in 9 above (for Denmark) was actually originally discovered in Norway, and they are working out how to resolve this as well.
www.jalopnik.com/2022375/norw...