UK: 'Uyghur Tribunal' starts investigating atrocities in China's Xinjiang
Jun 05, 2021, at 05:26 pm
London: A series of hearing started on Friday in London to gather evidence whether the Chinese government's alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region was a genocide, media reports said.
Australian Uyghurs express concern over disappearing relatives in China
Jun 05, 2021, at 05:15 pm
Adelaide: Australian Uyghurs have expressed concern over the recent disappearance of the people belonging to the community in China.
Colombo archbishop slams Sri Lankan government over China-funded Port City project
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:04 am
Launching a verbal assault on the Sri Lankan government apparently over the China-funded Colombo Port City project, Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo, said the island nation was being dragged down a path of destruction by those who came to power claiming to protect the country.
Pakistan to give minimum two-year visas to Chinese workers in only 48 hours
Jun 05, 2021, at 01:56 am
Chinese citizens working on various projects in Pakistan will now get new visas for a minimum duration of two years with the permits being handed over within only 48 hours from the time of application, a senior minister said in Islamabad. Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed announced the new visa policy approved by the federal cabinet for the Chinese workers.
China: Nine dead as train hits railway workers
Jun 04, 2021, at 10:29 pm
Beijing/UNI: Nine lives were lost when a passenger train hit a group of railway workers in the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu on Friday, local media reported.
US condemns closure of Tiananmen Square museum in Hong Kong
Jun 04, 2021, at 09:59 pm
Washignton: The US government has condemned Hong Kong authorities that prompted organizers to close the June 4th Museum that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.
Xinjiang: Members of US Congress to reconsider maintaining ties with Chinese sports companies
Jun 04, 2021, at 09:51 pm
A US congressional group has asked National Basketball Association (NBA) players to reconsider maintaining their ties with Chinese sports companies that use cotton from Xinjiang.
Japan may defend Taiwan if Beijing makes moves: Pottinger
Jun 04, 2021, at 09:36 pm
Washington: Former US deputy national security advisor Matt Pottinger has said Japan is likely to defend Taiwan if Beijing makes moves to reunify the island with its mainland by force.
Joe Biden tightens ban on US investments in Chinese defence, technology firms
Jun 04, 2021, at 08:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In continuation of the United States' hard-line policy against China, President Joe Biden has tightened a ban on American investments in Chinese defence and surveillance technology companies.
US Prez Joe Biden expands US investment ban on Chinese firms
Jun 04, 2021, at 02:36 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden is set to ban countrymen from investigating in several Chinese firms with alleged military ties, White House confirmed on Thursday.
China, US resume normal contacts on trade: Beijing
Jun 04, 2021, at 01:50 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: China and the United States have resumed normal contacts on trade and economy with a view to resolving differences, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Thursday.
US diplomat voices concerns about China's military presence during Cambodia visit
Jun 03, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Washington: A US senior diplomat has expressed serious concerns about China's military presence and construction of facilities at Ream Naval Base on the Gulf of Thailand.
Canada: Regional Tibetan Youth Congress participates in 10-day protest march against China
Jun 03, 2021, at 10:09 pm
Sunny Sonam, the vice president of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress in Canada, participated in a 10-day march to protest against China’s occupation of Tibet, media reports said.
Not a dumping ground for Chinese 'garbage', says Sri Lanka
Jun 02, 2021, at 11:01 pm
After facing heat from opposition leaders on vaccine procurement, the Sri Lankan government has said that the country was not a dumping ground for "Chinese garbage", a report in Daily Mirror says.
China, Afghanistan, Pakistan to discuss Afghan Peace Process: Beijing
Jun 02, 2021, at 10:38 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: The foreign ministers of China, Afghanistan and Pakistan will discuss the peace process in Afghanistan during a meeting on Thursday, Wang Wenbin, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said on Wednesday.
Taiwan, excluded from World Health Assembly, blames Chinese interference
Jun 02, 2021, at 01:33 am
Taiwan: The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) of Taiwan recently protested and expressed deep displeasure over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities’ 'continued suppression and obstruction' of Taiwan's participation in this year's virtual World Health Assembly (WHA).
China rejects renewal of American writer's contract for his Covid outbreak views
Jun 02, 2021, at 01:25 am
Beijing: An American writer, who had once voiced against China's "botched" response to the COVID-19 outbreak, has said he is returning to his nation after the Chinese university where he was teaching did not renew his contract.
Jun 01, 2021, at 12:30 am
Washington: Ex-US Secretary of State Mike Pomepo has claimed that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China was engaged in military activity alongside its civilian research.
South Korea claims hundreds of Chinese fishing boats taking their catches
Jun 01, 2021, at 12:19 am
Beijing: South Korea authorities and fishermen have claimed that hundreds of of Chinese fishing boats operating illegally along the sea border between South and North Korea are decimating local catches and damaging the environment.
Jun 01, 2021, at 12:12 am
London: Activists in British universities have accused of being harassed by a student body closely linked to the Chinese Communist Party for criticising human rights abuses in Hong Kong, media reports said.
Telecom War: Ethiopia shuns China-backed consortium, favours US
Jun 01, 2021, at 12:06 am
Addis Ababa: China's attempt to establish economic dominance in Africa received a jolt recently when a U.S.-backed consortium beat out one financed by China in a closely watched telecommunications auction in Ethiopia.
China now allows couples to have 3 children
May 31, 2021, at 09:52 pm
Beijing/UNI: China on Monday further relaxed its family planning policy, supporting couples who wish to have three children.
Bangladesh buying Chinese COVID-19 vaccines at double rate than India's Oxford-AstraZeneca
May 31, 2021, at 04:23 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh has approved the proposal to purchase 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China even by paying more than the rate the country needed to procure AstraZeneca vaccine from India, media reports said.
$400 million Chinese power project on the cards in Afghanistan
May 31, 2021, at 04:20 am
A group of Chinese investors has met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, expressing their interest to establish a coal-powered power plant in Afghanistan, a statement from the Afghan Presidential Office confirmed the possibility of setting up a power plant with $400 million costs.
Chinese dominance: Xinjiang authorities detain elderly Uyghur woman
May 31, 2021, at 03:57 am
Beijing: There seems to be no respite for Uyghurs in China as authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) allegedly detained a woman in an internment camp on suspicion of “religious extremism” after she intervened in a domestic dispute between her neighbours, according to authorities.
May 31, 2021, at 03:01 am
Lhasa: Outgoing Tibetan president-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has warned his people and the world against Chinese aggression in no uncertain terms.
China is expanding influence in the UN system: Think tank
May 30, 2021, at 11:10 pm
A leading think tank has claimed that China has been steadily increasing its influence within the United Nations using a combination of increased funding, strategically placing its key officials and selecting the most influential agencies and bodies to lead.
Australian PM Scott Morrison arrives in New Zealand to discuss COVID-19, China, refugees: Reports
May 30, 2021, at 10:18 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived in New Zealand on Sunday for his first overseas visit of 2021 to meet with his counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, media reported.
US President Joe Biden says President Xi believes China will 'own America' by 2035
May 30, 2021, at 12:56 am
Washington/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden stated that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is convinced that China will "own America" by 2030-2035.
Countries should unite against China: Kevin Rudd
May 29, 2021, at 03:47 pm
Melbourne: Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd has warned that countries should unite against China's growing economic and geopolitical coercion or risk being singled out and punished by Beijing.