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Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests
Taipei: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting leaders in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said on Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in a visiting delegation are showing they will…
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China launches third most advanced and domestically built aircraft carrier
Beijing: China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the country’s most advanced as well as the first “fully domestically built” naval vessel, as an aggressive Beijing sought to extend the range…
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China tightens mobile app development rules over national security
Beijing: With crackdowns on Internet companies, China has further tightened mobile app development rules with stricter requirements for content and data protection, the media reported. The Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) has…
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Will ‘fight to the end’ for Taiwan, says China
Singapore: Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday accused the US of being a “bully” and “hijacking” countries around the region, and said Beijing would “fight to the very end” to stop…
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China claims it is still India’s top trade partner as per its data, not US
Beijing: China on Tuesday insisted that it is still India’s biggest trade partner in 2021-22 as per its figures and attributed the “disparity” to different methods of calculating the trade volume by…
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Xi Jinping rumoured to be suffering from brain aneurysm: Report
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping is rumoured to be suffering from brain aneurysm and won’t go under the knife to treat it, the media reported. Bloggers have suggested that the 68-year-old Xi…
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China’s currency hits 18-month low against USD
Beijing: China’s Yuan hit the lowest mark against the US dollar in the last 18 months on Tuesday, falling to 6.7134 against the USD, the lowest figure since October 30, 2020. The…
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China holds meet with top bank executives amid fears of possible US sanctions
Beijing: China held an internal conference with foreign and domestic bank representatives to discuss ways of protecting overseas assets from potential US sanctions, media reports said on Sunday. The emergency meeting between…
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Beijing on COVID-19 alert after sudden surge of infections
Beijing: China’s capital city Beijing is on high COVID-19 alert after the city recorded 21 new community cases in the last 24 hours on Sunday. Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing…
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India suspends tourist visas of Chinese nationals in tit-for-tat move
New Delhi: Following Beijing’s reluctance to allow the return of Indians stuck at home since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, India has also suspended tourist visas for nationals of China. The…
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Indian Consulate in Shanghai closes in-person services as COVID crisis worsens in China
Beijing: The Indian Consulate in Shanghai has announced the suspension of in-person consular services as China’s gleaming business hub with 26 million people struggled with mounting COVID-19 cases, putting the country’s dynamic…
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China, Pakistan hold talk with Taliban representatives in Beijing
Beijing: The Foreign Ministers of China and Pakistan held a trilateral meeting with the acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime Amir Khan Muttaqi in Beijing on Wednesday on the…
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Beijing asserts right to develop South China Sea: Report
Hong Kong: China in a fresh assertion reiterated that Beijing “has right to develop South China Sea (SCS) Islands as it deems fit” contrary to what it said earlier that it would…
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China delays retirement of employees as population ages, exchequer runs dry
Beijing: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is delaying the retirement age of its government employees as the draconian one-child policy bears its long-term effects in the form of an ageing population accompanied…
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Plane carrying 133 people on board crashes in China
Beijing: A China Eastern flight, carrying 133 people on board, crashed on Monday in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to emergency officials. The Boeing 737 aircraft crashed in Tengxian County in…
