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Warning shot? China sells US Treasury bonds amid trade war. By gowidenews: 14 Oct, 2018 05:39 Report reaching us says, China has sold $3 billion of sovereign dollar bonds. This is only the third such move by Beijing in the last 14 years, and the first involving bonds with a 30-year maturity. China sold $1.5 billion of five-year bonds at 3.25 percent, $1 billion of 10-year bonds at 3.5 percent, and $500 million of 30-year bonds at four percent, the Finance Ministry said on Friday, as quoted by Reuters. Beijing is the largest holder of US debt. As of July, China had $1.17 trillion invested in debt minted by the US Treasury. According to the report reaching us says that, China has made the sale at a time when yuan has depreciated 10 percent against the dollar amid an escalating trade war with the US. “For any other normal corporate borrower the decision might have been to stand on the sidelines and wait for the market to stabilize a bit, but China is a little bit of a differ...

The new Cold War By gowidenews October 14, 2018 04:14 From the report received which says that the, US Vice President Pence last week declared a new Cold War against China. America has now decisively stepped into the Thucydides Trap — the Ancient Greek historian’s thesis that a confrontation between an established and a rising power is almost always inevitable. China was accused by Pence of multiple wrongs: unfair trade, technology theft, targeted tariffs, interference in the US electoral process, a military buildup, militarisation of the South China Sea islands (to keep the US out), ‘debt diplomacy’, anti-US propaganda and internal oppression. Pence declared that the US “will not stand down” in opposing these alleged Chinese policies. Some believe that the US salvo was mainly designed to divert attention from the ongoing investigation into Trump’s possible collusion with Russia in the 2016 presidential elections and/or to mobilise votes for next month’s mid-term elections. ...

China : Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping’s rise to power. Chinese leader launched a program of reform, forcing state enterprises to compete, which ultimately helped this country become the world’s largest economy. By gowidenews October 14, 2018 10:11 AM China's former leader Deng Xiaoping, who died in 1997, is seen with Helmut Schmidt at a parade during a visit by the German Chancellor to Beijing in 1975. Deng Xiaoping left a lasting legacy on China and the world by orchestrating China’s transition to a market economy. After becoming the leader of the Communist Party of China in 1978, following Mao Zedong’s death two years earlier, Deng launched a program of reform that ultimately saw China become the world’s largest economy in terms of its purchasing power in 2014. Last year it accounted for 18% of global purchasing power, compared with 15% for the United States. A major turning point was the 3rd Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, whi...

Hezbollah responds to Israel’s missile claims with ambiguity.  By gowidenews Sat Oct 13, 2018 05:43AM Report reaching us says that The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, addresses his supporters via a televised speech broadcast from the Lebanese capital city of Beirut on October 12, 2018. The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, addresses his supporters via a televised speech broadcast from the Lebanese capital city of Beirut on October 12, 2018. According to the report received, The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement says the movement will neither reject nor confirm any Israeli claims. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says the resistance movement has faced Tel Aviv’s propaganda for decades. As our correspondent Mariam Saleh reports, Nasrallah was reacting to an Israeli accusation that Hezbollah has a missile-launching facility near Beirut.

Austrian president reiterates Holocaust responsibility By gowidenews 14 Oct, 2018 02:58 Report reaching out to us says the Austrian president reiterates Holocaust responsibility PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN meets Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen of Austria at Vienna International Airport on Friday. On Friday, President Reuven Rivlin on his return route to Israel from Denmark, stopped off in Vienna, where he was met at the airport by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen. European heads of state and government are becoming increasingly embarrassed by the resurgence of antisemitism in their countries and the incidents of both verbal and physical violence, especially in this the 70th anniversary year of the State of Israel. Austria, where right-wing politics are on the rise, is one of the countries most embarrassed because even before the Second World War, it had been annexed by Germany’s Nazi regime, and Adolf Eichmann in August 1938 chose Vienna in which to establ...

Corbyn: EU only supports Israel because of the Holocaust By gowidenews 14/10/2018 02:58 a.m Britain's opposition Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn (photo credit: PETER NICHOLLS/REUTERS) Britain's opposition Labour Party leader, Report reaching out to us says that 'The state of Israel was set up in order to provide a safe haven for Jewish people.' A 2012 Interview with Russia Today surfaced on Saturday through the British newspaper The Sun outraged Labour members when Jeremy Corbyn told his interviewer that the European Union's unconditional support for Israel is just a reaction to the holocaust. When asked what is stopping governments from showing support for a recognized Palestinian state despite a poll showing a majority of British voters being in favor, Corbyn said: "What's stopping them is a traditional recognition and support of Israel ever since the founding of the state of Israel in 1948 on the basis that the Jewish people were disgusting...

PA demands protection from 'settler attacks'  PA cabinet blames "settlers" for incident in which Arab woman was killed on Samaria highway. By gowidenews 14/10/18 04:43 The Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet in Ramallah on Saturday called for the immediate implementation of international laws and for international protection for the Palestinians in light of what it called "the bloodthirsty crimes and attacks of the settlers and the security forces against our people." The demand came after a Palestinian Arab woman from the village of Biddya, southwest of Shechem (Nablus), was killed on Highway 60 in Samaria on the weekend, with her family claiming that Jews threw rocks at her car. The woman has been identified by Palestinian Arab media as 48-year-old mother of eight, Aisha Mohammed Rabi. She died in a hospital in Shechem from a head injury sustained in the incident, according to the Wafa news agency. “The stones came from the side where the settl...

Danish commentator Ole Tøpholm has been laid off by DR Will he commentate the contest in Tel Aviv next year? By gowidenews 14/10/2018 02:40 a.m Report reaching us says that, Earlier this year, we reported that EU broadcasters have released an open letter to DR about proposed budget cuts. It turns out that these plans have now come to fruition, as Danish commentator Ole Tøpholm has revealed that he has been laid off as part of the cuts, which involve DR reducing its number of employees by 20%. “Feeling Hurt and Discarded” Tøpholm posted on social media the news that he has been laid off from his position, along with the following picture:     I’ve been employed in DR for almost 19 years. I enjoy it every day. It’s fun and a huge privilege.     But as a result of the great austerity of 20%. I lose my job as a news host at DR City in Copenhagen. I’m really sorry, and it actually hurts to feel discarded.     Instead, I have 14 days to consider...

IDF: We thwarted mass breach of the security fence IDF officer details how Gazans hurled explosives, attempted to cross into Israel en masse. By gowidenews 14/10/18 00:12 Report reaching us says that the IDF Major Ben Halel, who serves as Deputy Commander of the 101st Paratrooper Battalion, described the attack thwarted on Friday in central Gaza. "In the Battalion area of responsibility in front of the riots in Bureij, a number of assailants hurled explosive devices at the security fence and breached a hole in the security fence," Halel explained. "From that moment, Battalion troops and additional forces, including Special Unit troops, operated in order to prevent a mass crossing of the security fence and fired warning shots towards the assailants." "Most of the rioters returned to Gaza as a result of the live fire. Still on the report which says that "During their retreat to the Gaza Strip, a report from field intelligence was received inf...

Gaza terror group unveils first-ever incendiary blimp bound for Israel  Airborne device launched during deadly clashes on Friday carried Hebrew message: ‘If our fate is to be doomed to suffer, then we will not suffer alone’ By gowidenews 13 Oct 2018, 6:14 pm Palestinians transport an incendiary blimp to launch over the Gaza border into Israel on October 13, 2018. Report reaching us says, A Gaza terror group said it launched the first-ever incendiary blimp towards Israel during Friday’s riots and demonstrations along the Gaza border. A video circulating in Palestinian media on Saturday showed members of the “Sons of Zouari” group launching the approximately 5-meter device over the border east of the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. The blimp carried a message in Hebrew that said: “If our fate is to be doomed to suffer, then we will not suffer alone.” It was not clear if the blimp made it across the border, or started any fires inside Israel. The blimp was ...

Of 280 churches, only 10 will be spared - the end of Christian Europe Christianity is dying in Holland. Islam is alive and well. By gowidenews 13/10/18 16:17 | updated: 19:10 [צילום: עצמי] Giulio Meotti (צילום: עצמי) The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes a twice-weekly column for Arutz Sheva. He is the author of the book "A New Shoah", that researched the personal stories of Israel's terror victims, published by Encounter and of "J'Accuse: the Vatican Against Israel" published by Mantua Books.. His writing has appeared in publications, such as the Wall Street Journal, Frontpage and Commentary. More from the author ► Report reaching us says that, In 1985, during his visit to Holland, then Pope John Paul II made a stop in the cathedral of Catherine in Utrecht. “I invite you not to disappear yourselves in an atmosphere of secularization”, Pope Wojtyla said to those Catholics. Still on the report received, The Pope was not take...

Israeli designer behind hydrogen plane Kanye West pitched to Trump  Shabtai Hirshberg says he was taken by surprise when the rapper showed his idea to the US president, notes the aircraft is not actually currently practical By gowidenews 13 Oct 2018, 9:05 am Report reaching us says that the Rapper Kanye West shows President Donald Trump a photograph of a hydrogen plane during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House October 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Kanye West made headlines Thursday with his rambling monologue in the Oval Office during a meeting with US President Donald Trump. But one part in particular surprised Israeli industrial designer Shabtai Hirshberg: Holding out his phone, West showed Trump a picture of Hirshberg’s hydrogen-powered plane, which West thought should replace Air Force One. “This right here is the iPlane 1,” he said. “This is what our president should be flying.” Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and...