China's ambitions to reach maritime military parity with the US have encountered a substantial obstacle, following reports that its latest advanced nuclear submarine sank while in dock, according to American officials.
The incident is said to have occurred last May or June at the Wuchang shipyard, located near Wuhan the...
India has initiated anti-dumping investigations on imports of R-134a, an inert gas also known as Tetrafluoroethane, from China.
R-134a is primarily used as a high temperature refrigerant for domestic refrigeration and automobile air conditioners. It is also used in plastic foam blowing as a cleaning solvent and as a propellant...
TAIPEI: Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Sunday it was on alert after detecting "multiple waves" of missile firing deep in inland China, days after Beijing said it had carried out a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Democratically governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, keeps...
At the 5th Balochistan International Conference organised by the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Rahima Mahmut, a Uyghur human rights activist, highlighted the ongoing struggles of both the Baloch and Uyghur peoples.
She drew parallels between China’s genocide of the Uyghurs and the exploitation of Balochistan through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...
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n a setback for President Xi Jinping's military modernisation efforts, China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank at a pier during construction between May and June, according to US intel reports.
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Satellite imagery recently uncovered that China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine, the first in its class, sank while...
This week a group of determined Tibetans and Tibet activists from six countries in Europe participated in the Tibetan Empowerment Days. The event, organized by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) from September 23-26, brought together 12 Tibetans and Tibet activists from six European countries – Austria, Belgium, France,...
Diplomats made the statements at the current UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Council called on China on Tuesday to implement recommendations made by the U.N.’s human rights office in a two-year-old report issued and to release Uyghurs and others unjustly...
AChinese aircraft carrier temporarily entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported, the latest encounter that could further ratchet up tensions between the neighbours.
The carrier sailed between Japan's southern Yonaguni and Iriomote islands, NHK reported, entering an area that extends up to...
A Chinese naval formation led by the Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed through waters northeast of Taiwan on Wednesday and continued towards the southeast of Japan’s Yonaguni Island, Taipei’s government said.
“During this period, the armed forces have monitored the situation and responded accordingly,” Taiwan’s defence ministry said in a statement.
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