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Wrestling with history: Bringing ancient Chinese martial arts to Israel

In 2023, Josef Levitis founded the Israeli Shuai Jiao Association, which has since joined the European federation.

JOSEF LEVITIS has dedicated himself to practicing and teaching Shuai Jiao, a martial art once known as performative wrestling for ancient Chinese emperors.
 IN RESPONSE to threats posed across the Taiwan Strait, the island has significantly bolstered its defenses. Here, a soldier is seen in front of a Hsiung Feng III mobile missile launcher during Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s visit to the base in October.

Taiwan president unveils 'T-Dome' air defense system to counter China threat

China’s Central Bank Fuels Gold’s Record Surge with 11-Month Buying Streak

China’s Central Bank Fuels Gold’s Record Surge with 11-Month Buying Streak

 Drone illustration against backdrop of Hamas terrorists.

US targets Chinese companies over drone components used by Hamas, Houthis


This Yom Kippur, Chabad Shanghai emissaries reflect on absence of inherent antisemitism in China

Shanghai’s Jewish community doesn’t announce itself with a grand facade. It lives in a modest building, adapted over time into a full community hub with a small synagogue.

Rabbi Shalom and Rebbetzin Dina Greenberg of Shanghai with The Media Line's Giorgia Valente.

Breakthrough from Or Yehuda: Hair injection technology conquers China

Chinese company Cutia invested €2M in Or Yehuda start-up Hairstetics, which developed synthetic hair injection tech for women. The deal includes marketing rights in China.

Hairstetics Leading Team.

Russia and China fail to delay UN nuclear sanctions on Iran

A resolution intended to delay the UN from imposing nuclear "snapback" sanctions on Iran failed after being voted on at the United Nations Security Council.

China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Geng Shuang speaks to delegates after voting on a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York

China Eastern Airlines unveils 29-hour route billed as the longest direct flight

Operating as flights MU746 and MU745, the twice weekly service will span roughly 19,700 kilometers with a two hour Auckland stop, surpassing the 15,300 kilometer Singapore–New York record.

China Eastern Airlines unveils 29-hour route billed as the longest direct flight.

Australia to invest $25b to upgrade Henderson shipyard as AUKUS nuclear submarine maintenance hub

The Henderson site will support allied submarine patrols, create 10,000 jobs, and expand Australia’s strategic role in the Indo-Pacific under AUKUS.

Royal Australian Navy guided-missile frigate HMAS Parramatta sails with US Navy Amphibious assault ship USS America, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill and Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Barry in the South China Sea, April 18, 2020.

This new Chinese car looks like a Tesla but costs NIS 60,000 less

Walla & Ma'ariv Car Supplement: HT leads Aion's push in Israel. Looks like a Model Y, but bigger, better equipped, cheaper. First drive impressions inside.

"More attractive and larger than the Model Y in every aspect

Chinese Embassy in Israel warns MK after Taiwan visit: ‘He will fall and be shattered to pieces’

Toporovsky, who chairs the Israel–Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group, visited Taiwan with MKs Michal Shir-Segman, Debbie Biton, Eli Dallal, Yael Ron Ben-Moshe, and Shalom Danino.

Boaz Toporovsky leads an Israeli delegation to Taiwan, September 17, 2025.

Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says

Zhang Zhan, the Chinese journalist who exposed early COVID-19 conditions in Wuhan, has been sentenced to four more years in prison for her reporting, Reporters Without Borders says.

Pro-democracy supporters protest to urge for the release of 12 Hong Kong activists arrested as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan outside China's Liaison Office, in Hong Kong, China December 28, 2020.

China Eastern Airlines to introduce world's longest direct flight

The world’s longest non-stop flight is by Singapore Airlines, linking Changi, Singapore, with JFK, New York. It covers 15,300 km in about 18.5 hours, making it the ultimate ultra-long-haul journey.

China Eastern Boeing 777-300ER, soon to be commissioned on the new ultra-long-haul line.

Trump seeks to reclaim Taliban-conquered air base in Afghanistan

Trump has cited Bagram’s proximity to China as one of the main motivations behind this proposed move, stating that the location is “about an hour away from where China is developing nuclear weapons."

 A Taliban soldier enters a helicopter at Bagram Air Base in Parwan, Afghanistan, September 23, 2021. Picture taken September 23, 2021.

UN Security Council decides not to lift Iran sanctions, but still time to agree delay

The resolution accused Tehran of failing to abide by a 2015 deal with world powers that aimed to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.

Members of the UN Security Council vote in favor of a resolution that would permanently lift UN sanctions on Iran at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 19, 2025.