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Chinese diplomat rejects British accusations on Hong Kong, Xinjiang related issues

Sep 26, 2020, at 10:33 pm

Geneva/Xinhua: A Chinese diplomat on Friday deplored and rejected the accusations of a British official made earlier at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council session, saying that the Hong Kong and Xinjiang related issues are not human rights issues in any definition.

Chinese media accuses western groups of paying NGOs to oppose investment projects, Myanmar newspaper rejects

Sep 26, 2020, at 03:26 am

Nay Pyi Taw: A Myanmar newspaper has challenged claims made by Beijing’s state-run media Global Times that Western organizations are helping local NGOs in Myanmar and elsewhere in Southeast Asia mount anti-China campaigns and oppose China-backed projects.

Declare BRI projects between China and Pakistan as illegal: activist urges UN

Sep 26, 2020, at 01:58 am

Geneva:  A prominent political activist from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir has urged the United Nations to declare Belt and Road Initiative projects between China and Pakistan as illegal and said Islamabad is committing war crimes in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.

PPE row: Members of the European Parliament ask to reshape EU-China relations

Sep 26, 2020, at 01:36 am

Brussels: The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have asked the  European Union to reshape the EU-China relations framework especially after the nation charged for the personal protective equipment (PPE) given to European countries amid the rising COVID-19 crisis earlier this year.

Chinese encroachment on Nepali land: Kathmandu witnesses demonstration outsident Chinese embassy

Sep 25, 2020, at 06:03 pm

Kathmandu: A group of protesters on Wednesday demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu over the alleged land encroachment in the Himalayan nation by China.

Donald Trump offers to help in resolving India-China dispute

Sep 25, 2020, at 02:04 pm

Washington/UNI: US President Donald Trump on Thursday again said that the United States would very much like to help India and China reconcile their border dispute.

Facebook removes 150 fake accounts run from China

Sep 25, 2020, at 03:54 am

San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook has removed over 150 fake accounts which were allegedly run by China.

Imran Khan govt wants to make Gilgit-Baltistan a province to save CPEC: Mirza

Sep 25, 2020, at 03:19 am

Geneva: Political activist from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK)  Amjad Mirza has said Pakistan is forced to make occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region as its fifth province as the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, which is passing through the area, is in the doldrums.

Every foreign journalist in China is under surveillance, claims Aussie journalist Matthew Carney

Sep 25, 2020, at 02:32 am

A senior Australian reporter has claimed that all foreign scribes are put under surveillance in China.

Global Times Editorial: Taiwan responds to China's warning

Sep 23, 2020, at 07:25 pm

Taipei: Taiwan recently responded to China's threat to 'set off war' after Beijing was recently irked by the visit of a US State Department official to the region.

A lot to learn from China on development, poverty alleviation: Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Sep 22, 2020, at 10:31 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that his country has a lot to learn from People's Republic of China(PRC) as far as economic development and poverty alleviation is concerned.

China-backed hackers broke into 100 firms, agencies: US Justice Department

Sep 22, 2020, at 02:00 am

Washington: The US Department of Justice recently said a group of hackers, who are associated with China’s main intelligence service, infiltrated more than 100 companies and organizations around the world to steal intelligence.

Five people injured in stabbing attack near Kindergarten in Southeastern China: Reports

Sep 21, 2020, at 11:39 pm

Beijing/Sputnik: Five people were injured as a result of a stabbing attack near a kindergarten in the port city of Guangzhou in China's southeastern province of Guangdong, national media reported on Monday.

No regime suppresses faith like the CPC does, says US

Sep 21, 2020, at 10:01 pm

Washington/UNI: US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Monday said that China's incumbent Chinese Communist Party(CCP) has the worst track record when it comes to freedom of religion, especially disallowing their Muslim minorities from practising their faith.

China constructs nine buildings on Nepali territory

Sep 20, 2020, at 10:45 pm

China is continuing its aggressive stance and it has now constructed nine buildings on the Nepali territory, media reports said.

Taiwan scrambles fighters to repulse Chinese jets

Sep 19, 2020, at 11:50 pm

Taipei/UNI: For the second consecutive day on Saturday, Taiwanese fighter jets scrambled as Chinese military aircraft crossed the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait and intruded Taiwan's air defence identification zone off its southwest coast.

US agency releases advisory on activities of China's Ministry of State Security

Sep 19, 2020, at 01:37 pm

New York: Amid reports of snooping by Chinese firms, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released an advisory on the activities of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) and its associated agencies and contractors, media reports said.

H&M joins global clamour in ending alleged human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang

Sep 19, 2020, at 01:28 pm

Stockholm: Swedish clothing icon H&M has said it will not buy raw materials from China's Xinjiang region as it suspected the use of 'forced labour'.

Zhenhua data leak: Collection of info on New Zealanders by Chinese firm may hit nation's security, warns Kiwi Minister

Sep 19, 2020, at 03:35 am

Wellington: After India, New Zealand has warned that collection of information on New Zealanders by a Chinese company could hit national security of the nation.

Kin of Covid-19 victims accuse Chinese authorities of blocking lawsuits alleging mishandling of the pandemic: Report

Sep 18, 2020, at 06:15 am

Wuhan/IBNS: Several people in Wuhan, the capital city of China’s Hubei province, where the coronavirus first surfaced in December last year, want to sue the local administration for the death of their kin due to mishandling of the health emergency but have found their lawsuits abruptly rejected, face official intimidation and their lawyers pressurised to withdraw from such cases, said an AFP report.

Former Los Alamos National Laboratory employee sentenced to probation for making false statements about being employed by China

Sep 18, 2020, at 05:02 am

Washington: Turab Lookman, 68, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sentenced on Sept. 11 to five years of probation and a $75,000 fine for providing a false statement to the Department of Energy.

China confirms 'criminal detention' of 12 Hong Kongers who fled by boat for Taiwan

Sep 16, 2020, at 10:17 pm

Beijing: Chinese authorities have confirmed the criminal detention of 12 Hong Kong residents who are accused of attempting to travel illegally to Taiwan by boat last month,media reports said.

China’s failure to push around the Indian troops in LAC will have a consequence: Opinion Writer

Sep 16, 2020, at 10:09 pm

Author Gordon G. Chang has said China’s failure to push around the Indian troops in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) will have a consequence as President Xi Jinping will now pick up the pace of replacing adversaries in the armed forces with loyal elements.

I am concerned about Uyghurs in China: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Sep 16, 2020, at 09:57 pm

Geneva: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday expressed her concern over the way Uyghurs are treated in the Xinjiang region by China.

'China-Pakistan may contradict in their stand on Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan'

Sep 15, 2020, at 06:22 pm

Kabul: There seems to be a clear contrasting belief between China and Pakistan on whether the Taliban should come to power in Afghanistan, an opinion piece published in a top Kabul-based news agency claimed.

US to stop exports from Xinjiang citing China's human rights abuses

Sep 15, 2020, at 03:10 pm

Washington/UNI: US will take steps to block some exports from China's Xinjiang region, over the country's alleged human rights abuses directed mostly against the Muslim Uighur minority of the region.

CPEC: China appoints trade expert as new ambassador to Pakistan

Sep 15, 2020, at 01:54 am

Beijing: To promote China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), China has appointed a trade specialist, who has no previous experience as a diplomat, as its new ambassador to Pakistan, media reports said on Tuesday.

US State Dept releases webpage highlighting China's atrocities on Uyghurs in Xinjiang

Sep 15, 2020, at 01:29 am

Washignton: The US State Department has released a new webpage that illustrates the Chinese Communist Party's abuses perpetrated against Uyghurs and members of other minority groups in Xinjiang. 

Don't cross the line: Taiwan warns China

Sep 12, 2020, at 04:06 pm

Taipei: Amid ongoing border standoff with India, Taiwan now warned China that it should not "cross the line".

China never interferes in U.S. internal affairs: Chinese FM

Sep 12, 2020, at 03:09 pm

Moscow/Xinhua: China has never interfered in the internal affairs of the United States, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday at a press conference after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.