Treatment of women in Tibet: CEDAW questions China
May 17, 2023, at 02:49 am
Lhasa: The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has voiced its concern over the condition of women in Tibet.
China imposes new rules for foreigners visiting Tibet from Nepal
May 16, 2023, at 12:56 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has imposed new rules for tourists who wish to visit the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Experts believe China's new military strategy is revealed through its drills
May 16, 2023, at 12:53 am
Beijing: Defence experts believe that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) latest round of military exercises revealed a new strategy in Beijing’s campaign of intimidation against Taiwan, media reports said.
Taiwan tracks 32 Chinese military aircraft: Reports
May 16, 2023, at 12:43 am
Taipei: The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense (MND) recently tracked the presence of 32 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 am on Thursday (May 11) and 6 am on Friday (May 12), an episode which has a potential to further escalate tension.
China planning to recruit Nepal's iconic Gorka soldiers into PLA: Reports
May 16, 2023, at 12:34 am
Beijing: China is planning to recruit Nepal's iconic Gurkha security personnel to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), media reports said Sunday.
US citizen sentenced to life in prison in China for Espionage
May 15, 2023, at 09:12 pm
Beijing: Hong Kong permanent resident Liang Chengyun, who holds a US passport, has been sentenced to life in prison for espionage, an intermediate people's court in China's eastern city of Suzhou said on Monday.
G7 Summit: Tension mounts as Chinese warships sail around Japan
May 12, 2023, at 03:48 pm
A Chinese naval flotilla led by a powerful destroyer has been on a 12-day circumnavigation of Japan’s main islands as tension prevailed in the region with Tokyo aiming to host G7 leaders next week in Hiroshima.
Beijing reiterates demand for probe into Al Jazeera reporter's murder in West Bank
May 11, 2023, at 08:06 am
Beijing: China supports a thorough, fair and unbiased investigation into the murder of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday, a year after the reporter was killed.
Bangladesh's economic growth may soon overcome China: Reports
May 10, 2023, at 12:38 am
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in a report that Bangladesh may soon overtake India and Chinese economies in the next FY24.
China expels Canada's Consul from Shanghai as countermeasure to Ottawa's move
May 09, 2023, at 11:34 pm
Beijing: Beijing has declared Canadian consul in Shanghai Jennifer Lynn Lalonde persona non grata as a reaction to Ottawa's expulsion of a Chinese diplomat from Toronto, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Fresh graduates in China angry over growing unemployment
May 08, 2023, at 04:59 am
Beijing: Chinese fresh graduates are dissatisfied and angry over growing unemployment in the country as they are facing difficulties in getting jobs matching their qualifications, Tibet Press reported.
China to invest in Afghanistan’s Lithium sector
May 08, 2023, at 04:53 am
Beijing/Kabul: China-based company Gochin recently offered to invest USD 10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium mining industry, which is valued at more than USD 1 trillion.
Non-manufacturing sector in China continues to maintain expansion in April
May 08, 2023, at 04:49 am
Beijing: The composite purchasing managers' index (PMI) of China stood at 54.4 in April, which continued to maintain expansion, indicating that enterprise production and business activities continue to recover and develop, Global Times reported, quoting the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
NATO expansion into Asia undermines peace and stability in region, warns China
May 07, 2023, at 05:06 am
Beijing: China has warned that NATO's ''continued incursion'' into the East Asia-Pacific and its ''interference'' in internal affairs will ''inevitably'' take away peace and stability in the region, after the possible opening of a NATO office in Japan came to light.
Lack of attention given to Uyghurs’ situation is disturbing: Reports
May 07, 2023, at 04:59 am
Beijing: Uyghurs continue to be persecuted by Chinese authorities but people are not paying enough attention to this extreme human rights violation which is making the situation “disturbing,” Canada-based freelance contributing columnist Michael Levitt wrote in Toronto Star.
Chinese monastery occupies entire Maya Devi Temple complex in Nepal before Buddha Purnima: Reports
May 07, 2023, at 04:31 am
Kathmandu: After managing permission from the Lumbini Development Trust to light a lamp, the Chinese monastery situated in the Lumbini area of Nepal has occupied the entire Maya Devi Temple complex, reports said.
China sent 27 military aircraft, 7 naval vessels close to Taiwan
May 06, 2023, at 06:27 am
Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has said 27 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around the country between 6 am on Tuesday (May 2) and 6 am on Wednesday (May 3), media reports said.
Malaysian police target Chinese scam syndicate
May 06, 2023, at 06:20 am
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police have hit a scam syndicate from China who preyed on older women by duping them into buying medicine and paying for prayers in return for “curing” their illnesses, media reports said.
China, Philippine vessels nearly collide in South China Sea
May 06, 2023, at 05:31 am
Manila: Continuing the tension in the region, Chinese and Philippine ships came close to collision in the South China Sea on Sunday, media reports said.
Explosion at Sinochem Chemical Plant claims five lives in China's Shandong province
May 02, 2023, at 06:43 am
Beijing/IBNS: An explosion at a Sinochem chemical facility in eastern China resulted in the deaths of five individuals, one person going missing, and another person being injured, media reports stated on Monday.
Beijing sends 12 military aircraft, 4 naval vessels around Taiwan: Reports
Apr 29, 2023, at 07:42 pm
Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has claimed it has tracked 12 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around the country between 6 a.m. on Wednesday (April 26) and 6 am on Thursday (April 27), media reports said.
China: 'Vocational training' programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour
Apr 28, 2023, at 10:14 pm
New York: So-called “labour transfer” and “vocational training” programmes in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, threaten Tibetan cultural identity and could lead to forced labour conditions, UN independent human rights experts warned on Thursday.
China’s investment in Pakistan power sector spikes to touch USD 21 bn
Apr 28, 2023, at 06:59 pm
Chinese investment in Pakistan’s power sector, under the umbrella of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has spiked to touch $21 billion with the restoration of a powerhouse based on imported coal at Gwadar, media reports said.
Chinese man gets surgical chip implant to fight alcoholism
Apr 27, 2023, at 07:53 am
China/IBNS: A man aged 36 in China has undergone a surgical procedure to have a chip implanted in his body, aimed at assisting him in combating his addiction to alcohol.
Changshu: China to soon give a push to its digital yuan project despite struggles
Apr 26, 2023, at 05:46 am
Changshu: China is aiming to launch its ambitious digital yuan project with public sector employees set to be paid in the new form of currency in Changshu city from May, media reports said.
China detects new XBB COVID sub-variants
Apr 26, 2023, at 05:38 am
Beijing: China, the nation which was seen struggling to contain a surge at the start of the year, has also registered the highly contagious XBB new sub-variants of the COVID-19 infection, media reports said.
Guterres: Urgency of global challenges demands bold, swift action
Apr 25, 2023, at 06:24 pm
New York: The world’s multilateral system is under greater strain than at any time since the creation of the United Nations, requiring swift action to “do better, faster” in using the UN Charter and existing tools to forge greater security and prosperity for all, the Secretary-General told the Security Council on Monday, which marks the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace.
Apr 25, 2023, at 01:43 am
Colombo: Environmentalists have expressed doubts over Sri Lankan Minister Mahinda Amaraweera's recent announcement that the government is considering a Chinese private company’s proposal to import 100,000 “toque macaque” monkeys from Sri Lanka for 1,000 zoos in China as the animal is already considered to be endangered.
Encroachment: China's new rural land transfer scheme triggers fear
Apr 25, 2023, at 01:34 am
Beijing: There are fears that the ruling Communist Party may be gearing up for the mass confiscation and reallocation of farmland in the name of "stabilizing the grain supply" following the start of implementing new rules governing the transfer of rural land in China, media reports said.
US Senator Marco Rubio reintroduces Uyghur Policy Act
Apr 25, 2023, at 01:19 am
Washington: As recent arrests by federal law enforcement have shown, dissidents who oppose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continue to be targets of intimidation campaigns by CCP security and intelligence officials on U.S. soil.