US: Protesters march near White House, demand 'Free China'
Dec 08, 2022, at 03:12 am
Washington: About 200 people lit candles and shouted “Free China!” two blocks from the White House on Sunday as they demonstrated against China's severe control imposed to contain COVID-19 rise.
China accused of depriving Tibetans of their own language, education
Dec 08, 2022, at 03:03 am
Beijing/Lhasa: China's move of conducting "re-education" centers in Xinjiang, with an aim to target Uyghur Muslims, was first tested in Tibet, media reports said on Wednesday.
China’s services sector activity shrinks to 6-month low amid COVID-19 restrictions
Dec 08, 2022, at 02:54 am
Beijing: The COVID-19 situation in China has left the service sector shrinking to a six-month low in November, media reports said on Wednesday.
COVID-19 outbreaks in China expose failure of Chinese Communist Party and its vaccine
Dec 07, 2022, at 02:03 am
Beijing: China's COVID-19 pandemic case rise in recent times showed the government's failure in securing safe vaccines for its population, media reports said on Tuesday.
Chinese atrocities in Xinjiang: Protests erupt across Turkey
Dec 07, 2022, at 01:41 am
Istanbul: Uyghur and Turkish NGOs recently demonstrated in several parts of Turkey on Sunday to protest against the atrocities carried out by Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang region in the pretext of controlling COVID-19.
Dec 06, 2022, at 07:42 pm
Colombo: A prominent Sri Lankan politician has warned that he will start a “ChinaGoHome” campaign if the Chinese Embassy and its government do not work for the benefit of his countrymen and fail to restructure debts.
Four million doses of China-donated vaccines may never be used in Nepal
Dec 06, 2022, at 07:36 pm
Kathmandu: Four million doses of Sinovac-CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine doses, which were supplied to Nepal by China some 10 months ago, may not be rolled out ever, media reports said on Tuesday.
Dec 06, 2022, at 06:27 pm
Beijing: US-based tech giant Apple is planning to accelerate its plans to shift the production of some of its products outside China and even telling suppliers to plan more for assembling the product elsewhere in Asia, especially in Vietnam and India.
Dec 04, 2022, at 11:31 pm
Washington/Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with Covid-19, a US official said Saturday, according to media reports.
China’s zero-Covid protests: Twitter, Telegram rise in popularity
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:17 am
Beijing: An app market researcher has found social media platforms like Twitter and Telegram, which are blocked in mainland China and only accessible via virtual private networks (VPNs), have become popular in the country amid widespread protests and restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.
Ottawa 'police stations': Canada issues ‘cease and desist’ warning to China
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:02 am
Ottawa: Canadian authorities have now summoned Beijing’s ambassador following reports of a network of illegal Chinese “police stations” in the country, media reports said on Saturday.
Uyghur activists demonstrate near Chinese Consulate in Istanbul
Dec 03, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Istanbul: Several Uyghur activists demonstrated near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently.
China: Fire breaks out at factory, five die
Dec 03, 2022, at 09:50 pm
Nanjing: At least five people died and two others were hurt as a fire broke out at a construction site in Xuzhou city of China, media reports said on Saturday.
China: Air traffic shrinks amid COVID lockdown, restrictions in several regions
Dec 03, 2022, at 06:02 pm
Beijing: China's air traffic movement is shrinking once again as lockdowns and several other restrictions have been imposed by authorities in different corners of the country to limit the Covid-19 surge.
Chinese govt humiliated Tibetan monks: Reports
Dec 01, 2022, at 05:57 pm
Lhasa: Voice Against Autocracy, a Vienna-based NGO, has said people of Tibet are facing brutality and witnessing the destruction of their culture and continuous atrocities on their people especially in recent times the conditions there have grown from bad to worse, media reports said on Wednesday.
Taliban govt of Afghanistan urges China to speed up efforts for opening of Silk Route: Reports
Dec 01, 2022, at 12:47 am
Industry and commerce minister of Afghanistan has asked China to speed up its efforts for reopening of the Silk Road trade route.
Thailand planning to cancel Submarine deal with China: Reports
Nov 30, 2022, at 11:56 pm
The Thailand government is planning to renege on a contentious submarine contract with China if the requirements of the procurement cannot be completed, media reports said on Wednesday.
China: Respect right to peaceful protest, says HRW
Nov 30, 2022, at 11:06 pm
Beijing: The Chinese government should respect the fundamental rights of people across China to peacefully protest the government’s draconian “zero Covid” restrictions and to call for freedom and human rights, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
Sri Lanka’s debt to China close to 20 pct of public external debt, reveals study
Nov 30, 2022, at 08:35 pm
Colombo: A study has found Sri Lanka owed Chinese lenders $7.4 billion - nearly a fifth of its public external debt - by the end of last year, media reports said on Wednesday.
China sentences 28-year-old Tibetan to 2 years in prison for allegedly leaking information
Nov 29, 2022, at 12:50 am
Beijing: Chinese authorities have sentenced a young Tibetan man to two years in prison for allegedly sending information to Europe and India via the Chinese social media application (Wechat), media reports said on Monday.
Australia clarifies it did not participate in China-Indian Ocean Forum on Development Cooperation
Nov 28, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Australia on Sunday clarified it did not participate in the "China-Indian Ocean Forum on Development Cooperation" on Nov 21.
China: Shanghai witnesses protests over COVID-19 restrictions
Nov 28, 2022, at 03:05 am
Beijing: Residents of China's Shanghai took to the streets on Sunday to protest tough COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the authorities amid a record number of daily infections, a local resident told Sputnik.
China: Protests erupt against govt's COVID-19 measures, some demand Xi Jinping's resignation
Nov 27, 2022, at 10:37 pm
Beijing: Protests have started in different corners of China against the strict COVID restrictions imposed in the country and some even demanded the resignation of leader Xi Jinping and other Communist leaders.
'Down with the Chinese Communist Party': Shanghai witnesses anti-Covid protests after fire kills 10
Nov 27, 2022, at 06:14 pm
Shanghai/IBNS: Protests rocked Shanghai early on Sunday, as residents in several Chinese cities, angered by a deadly fire in the country's far west, protested against heavy COVID-19 restrictions nearly three years into the pandemic.
Chinese spying fears: US bans Huawei, ZTE equipment sales
Nov 26, 2022, at 10:57 pm
The US Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules prohibiting communications equipment, which include those made by China's Huawei Technologies, deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security from being authorized for importation or sale in the United States.
Chinese court sentences pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in prison for rape
Nov 26, 2022, at 02:58 pm
Beijing: A Chinese court has sentenced Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of sex crime.
Chinese contractor now seeks additional time to finish World Bank-funded roads in Uganda
Nov 23, 2022, at 11:36 pm
Chinese contractors are now seeking additional time to complete World Bank-funded roads in Uganda, media reports said on Wednesday.
China: Protests occur at worlds largest iPhone factory
Nov 23, 2022, at 10:24 pm
Beijing/UNI: Protests have erupted at the world's biggest iPhone factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, according to footage circulated widely online.
China: Factory fire leaves 36 people dead
Nov 22, 2022, at 03:39 pm
Beijing: At least 36 people died as a fire broke out at a factory in China's Wenfeng District on Monday, media reports said.
Death of four-month-old baby triggers protests in COVID-hit China
Nov 20, 2022, at 05:39 am
Beijing: The death of a four-month-old baby in China in recent times has triggered public anger on social media as frustrations are mounting over Beijing's “Zero Covid” policy.