Wearing a traditional Japanese dress to pose for photos in the eastern city of Suzhou proved troublesome for a Chinese anime fan, who was detained and interrogated by police. Wearing a white kimono decorated with images of red flowers and green leaves, the young woman said she was waiting in line for a snack […]
3 Chinese held after police raid software firm in Nepal
Nepal Police have arrested three Chinese nationals and a Nepali national from Kaski District with 4.6 million Nepali rupees after raiding a firm suspected to be involved in illegal activities. A team from the District Police Office Kaski on Thursday raided the Chinese firm on suspicion of cyber-crime-related activities, Chief […]
Joe Biden’s Beijing strategy to counter Chinese threat to global order
US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken in their policy address revealed President Joe Biden’s strategy to compete with China to preserve American interests and safeguard the rules-based system, as they believed that Beijing pose threat to the international order. Blinken admitted that China rather than Russia poses “the most […]
European Parliament calls for sanctions on Chinese officials for Xinjiang rights abuses
An overwhelming majority of the European Parliament (EP) adopted its strongest language yet concerning the ongoing gross human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang province, citing “crimes against humanity and serious risk of genocide”. The EP “condemns in the strongest possible terms that the Uyghur community in the People’s Republic of China has been systematically oppressed by brutal measures […]
Chinese companies evade taxes in Bangladesh
The Chinese companies suffered from a poor image after the media reported about their tax evasion case in Bangladesh, but seems to have failed to deter them. Last year, in December, Bangladesh authorities discovered that China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), was involved in […]
Uyghur community holds protest in Vienna against Chinese atrocities in Xinjiang
A demonstration was organized by the Uyghur community at Herbert-Von-Karajan-Platz, next to the State Opera House, in Vienna, Austria against Chinese atrocities in Xinjiang. The protestors. on Sunday, carried posters with names of their relatives and family members who are imprisoned in Chinese ‘concentration camps’. Human rights campaigners have been […]
India should increase naval capabilities to counter Chinese threat in Indian Ocean: Expert
China is closing in on India to get greater access to the Indian Ocean from ports in Myanmar, said a keen observer of China-Myanmar relations, who underlined that New Delhi should increase its naval capabilities to counter that. A regional expert, who goes by the pseudonym Yan Naing said the […]
Chinese PM presses Shehbaz Sharif to punish Karachi university blast culprits
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday talked over the phone with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and repeated his government’s demand for punishment for those involved in the attack on Chinese teachers at Karachi University. During the phone call with Sharif, Li pointed out that the Chinese side is shocked […]
NASA Chief rues Chinese lack of transparency in space operations
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on Tuesday China continues to display a lack of transparency and willingness to cooperate with the United States and other countries in space. “We want cooperation that has not been forthcoming from the Chinese government (but) it takes two to tango,” Nelson told a press […]
Chinese mainland reported 1,334 new local Covid-19 cases
The Chinese mainland reported 1,334 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections on Friday, low compared to Thursday’s 1,540 cases, the National Health Commission said on Saturday. Of the local confirmed cases reported on Friday, 1,015 were in Shanghai, 248 in Jilin, 13 in Zhejiang, and six in Beijing, according to Xinhua News […]
US, Chinese envoys meet to discuss N. Korea missile launches
US special envoy Sung Kim and Chinese counterpart Liu Xiaoming on Tuesday held talks in Washington on North Korea’s recent missile tests and ways to encourage Pyongyang to engage in negotiations. “On April 5 Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim met with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Special […]
Chinese FM to arrive in Kathmandu today afternoon: Nepal Foreign Ministry
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive in Kathmandu at 3 pm (local time), according to the officials from the Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officials. Wangi Yi will look to ink key agreements on Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Nepal on his three-day visit to the country starting today, as […]
Chinese FM Wang Yi reaches NSA Ajit Doval’s office, to meet him shortly
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reached National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s office in South Block here on Friday and will meet him shortly. The Chinese Foreign Minister, who arrived in New Delhi on Thursday, is also scheduled to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. This is the first visit of […]
Chinese minister draws Ukraine parallel to Indo-Pacific, rejects ‘Bloc politics’
China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng has drawn a comparison between the ongoing Ukraine crisis and geopolitical theatre of the Indo-Pacific which it calls as Asia-Pacific region. At the Fourth International Forum on Security and Strategy, Yucheng said the Ukraine crisis provides a mirror for us to observe the situation in the Asia-Pacific. “We cannot but […]
Chinese President signs order to promulgate rules on regulating military equipment
Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed an order to promulgate a set of rules on regulating military equipment procurement contracts to advance the efficiency of the country’s acquisition process. The regulations stipulate the basic tasks, contents and management system for the supervision and management of equipment procurement contracts under new circumstances, […]