Tahir Imin, a 42-year-old U.S.-based Uyghur activist and former political prisoner from China, tells VOA that he recently learned that six of his former business associates in Xinjiang were sentenced for allegedly attempting to split the country.
"I've learned from two sources that the sentences, handed down in early 2024...
Nepali lawmakers have raised objections to the remarks by Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Chen Song, about the ongoing search operation in the Trishuli River to locate two missing passenger buses that were washed away in a mudslide, earlier this month.
The leaders have termed the comments at a time of...
The protest over the implementation of the GB Chief Court’s order, which restrains the collection of income tax, sales tax, and additional sales tax on imported items from China through the Khunjerab Pass, intensified on Wednesday, with protesters disrupting immigration operations and blocking the exit point to China from...
The Third Plenum of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is an event of immense political significance. During this key meeting, the country’s general policy direction is mapped out, and economic outcomes are scrutinised. Convened twice a decade by the Central Committee, the Third Plenum is the largest body...
India is gaining and China is losing, wondering why? It is because of investments.
As per latest reports, China has been losing the interest of investors who were pumping money in private equity, real estate and venture capital investment. Alternative investors are now broadening diversification of their assets into India,...
India has accelerated its plan to boost infrastructure and connectivity in the volatile Ladakh region, a move seen as countering China’s rapid development along the disputed border.
The latest action centres on the third phase of the strategic India-China Border Project (ICBR) in eastern Ladakh, with observers saying the aim...
SINGAPORE: China is taking fresh aim at the growing problem of student obesity, amid recent data suggesting the issue would significantly weigh down the world’s second-largest economy if left unchecked.
New national guidelines for primary and secondary school children announced on Monday (Jul 22) place particular focus on prevention, laying...
After the Chinese government’s lengthy delay in releasing an economic and technical package promised nine years ago, the government of Nepal has now said “No, thanks” and is using its own resources to upgrade the Araniko Highway, according to a lawmaker and several officials.
When then-President Ram Baran Yadav was...
ISLAMABAD: As a Pakistani team leaves for Beijing to seek reduction in interest rates and extension in the tenure of the debt taken for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) energy projects and nuclear power plants, Chinese companies have ruled out the possibility of renegotiating the power purchase contracts.
In a background,...
Hundreds of mosques and Islamic shrines have been destroyed by China in recent years, as Beijing aims to erase the Islamic culture associated with the Xinjiang province and forcefully assimilate the Uyghurs with their Han Chinese culture, a report by The Economist stated.
World Uyghur Congress reacted to the report,...
