China bank scandal: Financial official placed under investigation
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:48 pm
Beijing: A top Chinese official, who was once responsible for overseeing the banks at the centre of one of China’s biggest financial scandals, has been placed under investigation, media reports said on Monday.
Shenzhou-14 astronauts enter China's Wentian lab module
Jul 25, 2022, at 07:18 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: On Monday at 10:03 am (Beijing time), the Shenzhou-14 astronauts opened the hatch door of Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, and entered the module, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Chinese police stop students from offering flowers on first anniversary of Henan floods
Jul 24, 2022, at 02:54 am
Beijing: Chinese Police have prevented students from offering flowers to Henan Flood victims on the first anniversary of the calamity.
CIA chief says China rethinking on strategy to attack Taiwan following Russian invasion of Ukraine
Jul 24, 2022, at 02:48 am
Washington: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns has said China appears determined on using force in Taiwan, with Russia’s experience in Ukraine only affecting Beijing’s calculations on when and how – rather than whether – to invade.
Syria to receive Chinese communications equipment soon
Jul 24, 2022, at 02:05 am
Damascus: Syria will soon receive communications equipment from China as part of an ongoing aid to the war-hit nation, media reports said on Saturday.
China planning to build military base in Indian Ocean region in Madagascar
Jul 22, 2022, at 05:43 am
Beijing: China is expanding its defence cooperation and making incursions into the Western Indian Ocean Region, where India traditionally has a significant presence, and it is eyeing a military base in Madagascar.
4 killed, 13 injured in gas explosion in north China's Tianjin
Jul 21, 2022, at 01:13 am
Tianjin/UNI/Xinhua: Four people died and 13 others were injured in a gas explosion that damaged part of an apartment building in north China's Tianjin Municipality, the local government said Wednesday.
China accuses US of undermining peace in Taiwan Strait after destroyer's passage
Jul 20, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: The United States is undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command said on Wednesday.
DR Congo: China-backed cobalt mines exploiting 40,000 child workers
Jul 20, 2022, at 05:58 am
Kinshasa, DR Congo: China is trying to exploit children in DR Congo by forcing them to work under hazardous conditions to mine the cobalt that powers electronic devices and electric cars, media reports said on Tuesday.
Duterte rail projects: Philippines scraps Chinese loan deals
Jul 19, 2022, at 06:19 am
Manila, Philippines: A transport official has said Chinese loans for three multi billion-peso railway projects that were to be major legacies of former President Rodrigo Duterte under his “Build, Build, Build” programme have been scrapped.
Sri Lankan crisis highlights risk for Chinese firms investing overseas, feel experts
Jul 19, 2022, at 06:08 am
Beijing: Analysts have cautioned the current political turmoil in Sri Lanka is emerging as a warning sign for Chinese companies that are planning to invest in overseas markets.
China: Huludao's health system buckles under Covid debt strain
Jul 19, 2022, at 05:57 am
Beijing: The Chinese city of Huludao is feeling the heat of COVID-19 on local health systems with local authorities saying debts were rising far faster than their capacity to repay them.
Laos default will now give momentum to Chinese debt trap policy
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:51 am
Beijing: Laos, the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, is currently facing an intense economic crisis and there seems to be no respite from it without some form of a Chinese bailout or debt forgiveness, media reports said.
Chinese embassy in Nepal terms US diplomat's Beijing ‘disinformation campaign’ comment as 'baseless'
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:17 am
Beijing/Kathmandu: China has reacted strongly against US ambassador nominee for Nepal in which he criticised China for its disinformation campaign and termed his remarks “baseless”.
Jul 16, 2022, at 10:47 pm
Ankara: Several activists from Union of International East Turkistan NGOs on Thursday raised the concern of the Uyghurs by infiltrating a volleyball stadium in Turkey and disrupting the scheduled game between China and Italy, media reports said.
China's protection for Makki puts Pakistan's FATF hope in trouble
Jul 16, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Beijing: Pakistan's hope to come out of grey list might face a hurdle after China blocked the joint proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist under the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the Security Council.
Northern Myanmar witnessing surge in China-backed rare earth mining
Jul 16, 2022, at 07:41 pm
Naypyidaw: Controlled by a militia sponsored by the Myanmar military, there has been a surge in illegal rare earth mining in northern Kachin State of the country since last year’s coup in areas along the border with China, media reports said.
Jul 16, 2022, at 03:35 am
Washington: US Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Cochair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, recently introduced legislation to strengthen the United States’ policy to promote dialogue between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Dalai Lama toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Tibet and the PRC.
China circles Pacific, US steps its game
Jul 15, 2022, at 02:55 am
Washington: The United States on Tuesday has turned to step forward with incentives for Pacific Island leaders to counter Beijing's efforts to dominate an increasingly competitive geopolitical tussle in a region of great strategic importance, media reports said on Thursday.
Jul 15, 2022, at 02:35 am
Beijing: A Chinese ice cream brand is facing the heat after consumers found that it does not melt even after it was kept in hot temperature, triggering doubt about the ingredients used in preparing it.
Xi Jinping confident of winning third term in power, feels political analyst
Jul 15, 2022, at 02:23 am
Beijing: Xi Jinping seems to be confident in winning his third term in power ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
Section of Chinese netizens celebrate assassination of former Japan PM Shinzo Abe
Jul 12, 2022, at 05:02 am
Beijing: A section of Chinese internet users were seen celebrating the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Beijing steps up use of combat aircraft in Taiwan sorties
Jul 12, 2022, at 01:48 am
Beijing: Beijing has steadily increased the number of combat aircraft flying into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone and further south in the Bashi Channel which analysts have described as part of its efforts to expand its reach around the island, media reports said on Monday.
China may relocate labour-intensive industries to Pakistan: Reports
Jul 11, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Islamabad: China might soon be relocating its labour-intensive industries like textile to Pakistan to take advantage of reduced production cost, media reports said on Monday.
COVID-19: Chinese authorities neglecting elderly citizens amid new Omicron variant threat
Jul 09, 2022, at 04:11 am
Beijing: Elderly citizens in China are being neglected by the authorities despite the detection of the new Omicron subvariant of Covid-19 recently in the country.
Beijing wants instability in Myanmar: Southeast Asia expert Bertil Lintner
Jul 06, 2022, at 05:31 am
New Delhi: Veteran journalist and regional expert Bertil Lintner on Monday said that China wants instability in Myanmar, and wishes to remain a major controlling player in the politics of the Southeast Asian country.
Jul 02, 2022, at 05:46 am
Brussels/Beijing: NATO has described China as one of its strategic priorities for the first time and even said Beijing’s ambitions and its “coercive policies” challenge the Western bloc’s “interests, security and values”.
Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong to mark 25 years of handover
Jul 01, 2022, at 02:39 pm
Beijing/UNI: Hong Kong will mark 25 years since the city was handed back by the British to China, BBC reported on Friday.
China-Japan relationship heating up with maritime disputes over islands and alliances
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:11 am
Beijing: Tension between Japan and China has heated up as both countries are building up their militaries and boosting maritime activity.
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:04 am
Kathmandu: A Nepali civic group named Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan recently demonstrated in Kathmandu against China for unilaterally laying a 150-meter-long wire fence within no-man’s land in Gorkha, media reports said.