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Legco meeting chaos: Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui arrested

Nov 04, 2020, at 05:33 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui has been arrested over a chaotic Legislative Council meeting in May, unveiling yet another conflicting chapter in the history of the region, media reports said.

With more bans on products expected, relationship between China-Australia touches new lows

Nov 04, 2020, at 05:23 am

China has banned imports of Australian timber from Queensland and suspended barley imports from a second grain exporter, while Chinese importers are also bracing for a new round of bans on copper ore and copper concentrate as well as sugar this week, a move which is seen by experts as the latest point of escalating tension between the two nations.

Vietnam is losing best friends to China: Derek Grossman

Nov 04, 2020, at 05:09 am

Hanoi: Defence analyst Derek Grossman has said China has increasingly challenged Vietnam’s dominance in Cambodia and Laos, primarily by leveraging Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects to raise its influence in the region.

Treatment of Chinese govt towards Uyghur is like Al-Qaeda's attitude to non-Muslims: Historian

Nov 04, 2020, at 05:03 am

Albanian historian Olsi Jazexhi has compared the treatment given towards Uyghur people by Chinese government with that of terrorist group Al-Qaeda's attitude towards non-Muslims.

China annexes more than 150 hectares of Nepal: UK newspaper

Nov 04, 2020, at 04:43 am

Continuing its aggressive stance, China has annexed more than 150 hectares of Nepal, media reports said.

China lobbying to obtain French nuclear technology: The Klaxon

Nov 03, 2020, at 01:32 am

China is now engaged in a behind-the-scenes 'lobbying campaign' to target French politicians in an increasingly frenetic bid to obtain billions of dollars of nuclear technology, media reports said.

CFU executive director Rushan Abbas calls China's treatment towards Uyghur intellectual Hursan Hassan an example of 'brutal persecutions'

Nov 03, 2020, at 01:19 am

Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs Rushan Abbas has said imprisoning and sentencing of Uyghur intellectual Hursan Hassan by Chinese authorities is another example of its brutal persecutions.

Middle East news portal slams Xi Jinping over Chinese treatment towards Uyghurs

Nov 02, 2020, at 04:31 am

Middle-East based digital media organization Al Arabiya Post has said in its opinion post that Chinese President Xi Jinping's policy of repression towards the Uyghur population in the country is due to his 'Hitlerite idea' of weakening the separate identity of the ethnic minority.

China: World Uyghur Congress calls for meaningful action to end Uyghur genocide

Oct 31, 2020, at 07:04 pm

London: On the occasion of the UN’s 75th anniversary, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) recently reiterated its calls on the UN and its Member States to meaningfully address the Uyghur crisis and hold the Chinese government accountable for its crimes.

Campaign For Uyghurs calls to end atrocities carried out on Uyghurs by China

Oct 31, 2020, at 01:18 am

Washington:  Campaign For Uyghurs recently commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRF Act)  by urging all nations to end the atrocities carried out on Uyghurs by the Chinese Communist Party.

ETNAM appreciates US Senate for introducing resolution that calls atrocities on Uyghurs as genocide

Oct 31, 2020, at 12:50 am

Washington: US-based rights group East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (ETNAM) has appreciated the US Senate for introducing a resolution which recognises the atrocities carried out by China on Uyghurs as a genocide.

China reiterates claim over Taiwan

Oct 28, 2020, at 11:32 pm

Beijing/UNI: The Chinese government on Wednesday again made claims over Taiwan, calling it a part of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Stop hyping up China threat: Beijing to Mike Pompeo

Oct 28, 2020, at 01:19 am

New Delhi/UNI: China on Tuesday asked the US to stop "hyping up the so-called China threat" and sowing discord between countries and undermining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Nikki Haley describes China as US govt's number one national security threat

Oct 27, 2020, at 05:44 pm

Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley on Saturday targeted China and said Beijing is the  "absolute number one" national security threat to the US.

National Security Law: Mike Pompeo slams China over dealing with people of Hong Kong

Oct 27, 2020, at 05:40 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said the Chinese government 'lied' to people of Hong Kong by saying that they would  get 50 years to live in a different political system.

Nikki Haley describes China as US govt's number one national security threat

Oct 27, 2020, at 04:28 am

Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley on Saturday targeted China and said Beijing is the  "absolute number one" national security threat to the US.

National Security Law: Mike Pompeo slams China over dealing with people of Hong Kong

Oct 27, 2020, at 04:23 am

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said the Chinese government 'lied' to people of Hong Kong by saying that they would  get 50 years to live in a different political system.

China has desire to use Pakistani terrorism as a tool to harass India: Expert

Oct 24, 2020, at 11:37 pm

Washington: Public Policy Researcher Michael Rubin has claimed that it appears that China is less committed to counter-terrorism and more inclined to a desire to use Pakistani terrorism as a tool to harass India.

US-Taiwan arms sale: China threatens retaliation

Oct 24, 2020, at 07:18 pm

Beijing: China seems to be irked by the US move of approving the potential sale of $1.8bn worth of advanced weapons systems to Taiwan as Beijing on Thursday said Washington 'seriously interferes' in China's internal affairs.

Biggest challenge for US national security is the increasing aggression of Russia and China: US Official

Oct 23, 2020, at 02:30 am

Wasington: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said the biggest challenge for US national security is the increasing aggression of Russia and China.

China expresses discontent over Tibetan leader meeting US officials

Oct 23, 2020, at 02:11 am

Beijing: The Chinese government has expressed discontent over Tibetian President-in-exile Lobsang Sangay meeting US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Robert Destro.

Taiwan alleges its official was hurt by Chinese diplomats during skirmish in Fiji

Oct 21, 2020, at 06:34 pm

Taiwan's foreign ministry has alleged that Chinese diplomats injured a Taiwanese official at an event in the southern Pacific island nation of Fiji, media reports said.

Uyghur repression: Demonstrators protest against China in Vancouver

Oct 20, 2020, at 02:26 am

Vancouver: Friends of Canada-India, along with seven other organizations, staged a protest against China's brutal repression of Uyghurs, concentration camps and for the release of two detained Canadians in China on Saturday.

Donald Trump targets China, says US is overtaking them

Oct 18, 2020, at 11:00 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump recently targeted China and said the nation was overtaking Beijing and it was not even close to them.

Risk from Chinese Communist Party is real: Mike Pompeo

Oct 18, 2020, at 10:32 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the 'risk' from the Chinese Communist Party is 'real'.

Xi Jinping visits military base in Guangdong, asks troops to focus on 'preparing for war'

Oct 16, 2020, at 05:40 pm

Washington: Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a military base in Guangdong and called on troops to "put all (their) minds and energy on preparing for war".

Donal Trump-led govt appoints U.S. human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues

Oct 16, 2020, at 05:28 pm

Washington: The US has named a senior U.S. human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues, a move which might further worsen the already strained relationship between Beijing and Washington.

Chinese Ambassador urges Canada not to grant asylum to Hong Kong protesters

Oct 16, 2020, at 03:16 pm

Toronto/Sputnik: China’s Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu urged Ottawa during a video conference not to grant asylum to Hong Kong protesters.

Bangladesh government rejects Chinese COVID-19 trial

Oct 15, 2020, at 06:11 pm

Dhaka: The clinical trial in Bangladesh of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech has now become uncertain after the country's health ministry expressed unwillingness towards co-financing the initiative as requested by the Chinese drugmaker.

US needs to realise atrocities on Uyghurs by China is nothing less than genocide, tweets Salih Hudayar

Oct 14, 2020, at 06:01 pm

Washington: Prime Minister Salih Hudayar on behalf of the East Turkistan Government in Exile has said the US should realise that the treatment being given to people of Xinjiang in China is nothing less than genocide and colonisation.