Beijing, Apr 15: China says it carried out a successful ground-based mid-course missile interception test in an apparent sign of progress in its ability to bring down weapons incoming from space.
The Defence Ministry says the operation was carried out late Friday night within Chinese territory and achieved "the desired...
Taiwan on Tuesday said that China's claim of Sovereignty over the Taiwan Strait is false and the only waters over which any country has full sovereignty are its 12-nautical mile territorial waters.
While accusing Beijing of distorting international law, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokeswoman, Joanne Ou said that...
The Hamas group shocked the world in October this year as it unleashed a completely new modus operandi of death, destruction and havoc. While the concept of violent non-state actors gained widespread traction in international relations post 9/11, the breach of Israeli sovereignty, in which gunmen went from home...
China’s deflation pressures worsened in October as consumer prices dipped back below zero and producer cost declines deepened, adding to expectations the economy needs more stimulus to shore up growth.
Consumer prices fell 0.2% last month after hovering near zero in the previous two months, according to data from the...
Singapore: China's recent decision to fire missiles over Taiwan is a "gorilla in the room" that has to be contested, a top US military commander said Tuesday.Beijing has carried out huge air and sea drills this month around Taiwan in a furious reaction to visits by US House Speaker...
Beijing , April 25: An ex-senior editor at a major Chinese daily affiliated with the ruling Communist Party was indicted in March for allegedly leaking information to many Japanese diplomats, sources familiar with the matter.
61-year-old Dong Yuyu, former deputy head of the Guangming Daily editorial department, went missing in February last year after...
The future of Nepal's Pokhara International Airport, which received substantial funding from China, appears uncertain. An investigative report from The New York Times has unveiled the airport's limited usage, primarily serving chartered Chinese flights, with minimal international operations.
China CAMC Engineering oversaw the project, prioritizing financial gain and safeguarding its...
Beijing , May 17: China is not planning to spend USD 58 billion on the construction of the China-Pakistan Railway project, and no feasibility study for this proposed project has been completed or approved, said The Diplomat refuting media reports about the rail connectivity project.
Earlier, China-based South China Morning Post, on April 27, reported that a...
An area of western China may have the highest known imprisonment rate in the world.
The area is called Konasheher county. It is in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Nearly 1 in 25 people in the county has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges.
Most of the county’s population is Uyghur, a...
TAIPEI, June 8: Taiwan activated its defence systems on Thursday after reporting 37 Chinese military aircraft flying into the island's air defence zone, some of which then flew into the western Pacific, in Beijing's latest mass air incursion.
China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over...
