Joe Biden to maintain Trump administration rules to limit China tech purchases: Reports
Feb 27, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The Biden administration plans to maintain and impose sweeping new rules to limit China's purchase of advanced technology from the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Feb 27, 2021, at 08:41 pm
Moscow: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov batted for the implementation of the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Strategy and the Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership 2025, during the first meeting of BRICS Sherpas, Sous-Sherpas' which took place on February 24-26.
Experts to discuss human rights abuse issue in Tibet, East Turkistan, HK on Feb 28
Feb 27, 2021, at 03:58 pm
London: Human rights and advocacy group Global Alliance For Tibet and Persecuted Minorities will organize an online panel discussion on February 28 to highlight the ongoing human right abuses in Tibet, East Turkistan and Hong Kong.
EU diplomats slam China over its Hong Kong treatment
Feb 26, 2021, at 08:41 pm
Brussels: The European Union has targeted China's political crackdown on Hong Kong on Monday, media reports said on Friday.
US offers to support Australian move to tackle China's 'human rights abuses' in Xinjiang
Feb 26, 2021, at 05:19 pm
The Biden administration says it will talk with the Morrison government about tackling China’s “human and labour rights abuses”, as the United States offered qualified support for a new Australian bill to ban imports from the Xinjiang region, reports The Guardian.
Hong Kong now plans to make politicians swear oath of loyalty to Beijing: Report
Feb 26, 2021, at 05:14 pm
Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s government has announced electoral changes requiring office-holders to pledge and maintain an oath of loyalty to Hong Kong and Beijing, a move which hints further on China's domination over the region, media reports said.
Indo-China border clash: Chinese authorities arrest six for online posts
Feb 26, 2021, at 05:07 pm
Beijing: Chinese authorities have arrested six people for their alleged online comments that cast doubt on Beijing's official account of a deadly border clash with India last year.
Beijing's power loans triggering a debt trap for Islamabad
Feb 26, 2021, at 04:50 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan is emerging as the new nation which is struggling to repay Chinese loans extended under the Belt and Road Initiative, media reports said.
US must treat China as rival, trade partner: Trade representative nominee
Feb 26, 2021, at 02:12 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The United States needs to think of China as a rival, trade partner and outsized player while at the same time cooperating with Beijing to address global challenges, President Joe Biden’s nominee for US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said during her Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.
Successful Olympic Games in 2022 could validate China's authoritarian system: Expert
Feb 26, 2021, at 04:12 am
Edinburg: A geo-politics expert has said he feels hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics could help China revamp their image from a world factory to a world power.
Expert feels Uighur movement seems to have lost momentum under Chinese repression
Feb 26, 2021, at 03:35 am
Beijing: A human rights expert has said he feels the Uighur movement seems to have lost momentum under Chinese repression while it made global campaigns pronounced.
COVID19: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan targets China over Wuhan virus data sharing
Feb 26, 2021, at 02:14 am
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan targeted China and expressed concern over the data Beijing has provided to the World Health Organization regarding the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
China's CGTN applies to French media regulator for right to broadcast in Europe: Reports
Feb 22, 2021, at 10:40 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: China's state-owned media China Global Television Network (CGTN) has applied to the French media regulator, Superior Audiovisual Council (CSA), to receive permission for broadcasting in Europe, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing the regulator.
China urges Washington to engage in dialogue, lift restrictions: Foreign Minister
Feb 22, 2021, at 03:34 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: Beijing is ready to work on restoring dialogue with Washington and hopes the US abandons its sanctions policy, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, emphasizing that China never meddled in US internal affairs.
After completing term, Uyghur man re-imprisoned for 18 years
Feb 22, 2021, at 01:23 am
Beijing: A Uyghur man who spent 18 years in prison following an incident of deadly unrest in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) was once again sentenced to similar years of imprisonment, media reports said.
China fails to witness COVID-19 baby boom
Feb 22, 2021, at 12:59 am
Beijing: China is witnessing another tough episode when the country witnessed a decline in child birth rates.
Sri Lanka is now a Chinese colony: Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Feb 21, 2021, at 05:17 am
Colombo: Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has said Sri Lanka has all but become a colony of China and trade unionists.
Forced labour in China: US House reintroduces bill to ban good from Xinjiang
Feb 21, 2021, at 05:07 am
Washington: A bipartisan bill that would prohibit the importation of goods made with forced labor in China was introduced in the US House of Representatives.
Feb 21, 2021, at 04:56 am
Taipei: Taiwan has expressed concern over Beijing’s aggressive and destabilizing actions near the Diaoyutai Islands.
Beijing's newly amended criminal law now leaves young children in trouble
Feb 21, 2021, at 04:48 am
Beijing: China is amending its criminal law which will lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility in special circumstances, leaving no chance for young offenders as small as 12 years old to escape criminal punishment.
Estonia warns of 'silenced world' dominated by China
Feb 21, 2021, at 03:09 am
Tallinn: The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service has highlighted in its report the stark picture of China’s attempts to silence criticism and dominate key technologies in Estonia and other democracies.
Joe Biden asks Asian, European partners to challenge China together
Feb 20, 2021, at 11:39 pm
Washington/UNI: US President Joe Biden, emphasising multi-lateralism, has urged the US' European allies and Asian partners to prepare together for a long-term strategic competition with China.
Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail
Feb 20, 2021, at 03:43 am
Hong Kong: Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has been denied bail by the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), media reports said.
Chinese jets enter Taiwanese air zone forcing it to deploy missiles
Feb 20, 2021, at 03:37 am
Taipei/UNI: As many as eight Chinese fighter jets entered Taiwan's southwestern part of the air defence identification zone forcing Taiwan to activates its missile system here on Friday.
Beijing planning ways to prevent its students from studying abroad
Feb 20, 2021, at 01:58 am
Beijing: The Chinese government is planning to slowly stamp out the trend of Chinese parents sending their children abroad for studying at a younger age, media reports said.
Illegal fishing in Vanuatu: Chinese fishing captains face jail
Feb 20, 2021, at 01:25 am
Beijing: Two captains of two separate Chinese vessels are facing up to five years in prison and millions of dollars in fines after they were accused of illegal fishing and carrying driftnets in the waters of Vanuatu, an island country in the South Pacific Ocean.
Uighur: Canadian opposition leader O'Toole calls for relocation of 2022 Olympic Games out of China
Feb 20, 2021, at 01:08 am
Ottawa: Key Canadian politician Erin O'Toole has asked for the relocation of the 2022 Winter Olympics out of Beijing, citing the treatment given by the country towards the Uighur Muslims.
Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested
Feb 19, 2021, at 04:55 pm
Beijing: Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has been arrested for helping 12 fugitives who tried to flee to Taiwan, as well as collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security, media reports said.
There will be repercussions for China: Joe Biden
Feb 19, 2021, at 04:44 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden has targeted China and said Beijing will have to face repercussions over human rights abuses.
Two Chinese video producers go missing after mocking Xi Jinping
Feb 19, 2021, at 04:38 pm
Beijing: Two Chinese online video producers, who are known for making fun of country's president Xi Jinping on YouTube, have disappeared recently, media reports said.