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ISLAMABAD -- Two decades of Chinese lending to Pakistan totaled about $21 billion more than previously thought, a study revealed this week, while also showing that the cash-strapped South Asian country has the biggest China-funded energy portfolio in the world. AidData, a research institute at William and Mary University in...
Beijing’s embassy in Tokyo warned that anyone obstructing China’s reunification would pay a “heavy price” as the US and Japan hold biennial joint drills reportedly featuring a mock conflict over Taiwan. Citing anonymous government sources, Japanese media reported that Washington and Tokyo had named Beijing as a “hypothetical enemy” for...
In a historic and unified effort, 61 organisations across the global East Turkistani and Uyghur diaspora have come together to address the United States Congress with an urgent plea to recognize their homeland, East Turkistan, where their peoples are suffering an ongoing genocidal occupation under China, East Turkistan National...
A Chinese fighter jet swerved in front of a US reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea in an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver,” the Pentagon said, part of what a senior American official described as a pattern of more confrontational behavior in the region. The pilot of the J-16 fighter flew...
Taiwan is gearing up to strengthen its diplomatic presence in India by opening the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) in Mumbai during the fourth quarter of this year.   In an official statement, Taiwan's foreign ministry expressed its intention to establish the TECC in order to deepen exchanges and cooperation...
Kuala Lumpur rejected on Wednesday a new Chinese map that claims waters off Malaysia’s coast in the South China Sea, in the latest war of words between the Asian allies over Beijing’s assertiveness in the waterway. Malaysia’s foreign ministry in a statement on Wednesday rejected China’s “unilateral claims” and added the map...
Japan’s top government spokesman said on Monday it was extremely regrettable that there were many instances of harassment phone calls from China regarding the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific.
Islamabad , April 21: The relationship between "all-weather" ally Pakistan and China is deteriorating over the non-payment of dues by Islamabad, reported The Nation. Delayed payments have been a recurring problem and have impacted the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) significantly. Chinese mine operating company recently announced that it will be forced to cut...
Chinese coast guard vessels have been passing by Japanese-claimed waters for weeks in the East China Sea and China's warships have been edging near Japan's southwestern islands in recent days, Japanese officials said. A fleet of four Chinese coast guard vessels on Thursday passed just outside of the territorial waters...
The US-led Indo-Pacific strategy is a ploy to create divisions and incite confrontation in the region, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Sunday, adding that the plan is bound to fail.  “Facts will prove that the so-called Indo-Pacific strategy is in essence a strategy to create division, to incite...