A top Chinese scientist, who specialised in developing semiconductor chips for weapon systems, has been detained by anti-corruption authorities, his company Zhejiang Great Microwave Technology said.
The company said in a statement it had “learned on September 21 from the family of Yu Faxin, the company’s actual controller and...
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was earlier jailed for her reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, has been sentenced to another four years in prison in a separate case, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said.
Zhang, 42, had served a four-year sentence after being arrested in May 2020 for...
Zambian farmers have filed an $80bn (£58.5bn) lawsuit against two Chinese-linked firms, blaming them for causing 'ecological catastrophe' due to the collapse of a dam that stores waste from copper mining.
Million of litres of highly acidic material spilled into waterways in February, leading to "mass fatalities" among fish, making water...
Pentagon officials are proposing the department prioritize protecting the homeland and Western Hemisphere, a striking reversal from the military’s yearslong mandate to focus on the threat from China.
A draft of the newest National Defense Strategy, which landed on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s desk last week, places domestic and regional...
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) detected 22 Chinese aircraft and five Chinese Naval vessels operating around its territorial waters t
As per the MND, of the 22 aircraft, 15 crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), while 5 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan...
Tibet marked its 60th year as a Chinese autonomous region on Thursday with songs, dances and a parade in its capital Lhasa with thousands cheering, holding little red flags, amid placards telling all to heed the Communist Party’s leadership.
The festivities held at a massive square by the Potala Palace,...
A Chinese jet fighter “intercepted” a Philippine aircraft carrying journalists during a patrol flight over the Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday, the Manila government said, days after two Chinese vessels collided in the area while allegedly trying to block a Philippine supply mission.
Philippine Coast Guard flight watched as the Chinese...
At least 26 Chinese nationals were arrested in Thailand during a raid on a loan-sharking business operating from a luxury pool villa near Pattaya, media reports said.
The raid was conducted in an upscale housing project in a nation that attracts a large number of tourists from across the world...
Nearly nine years ago, Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma had remarked, “We are as Indian as Maruti,” in an interview, responding to queries about the company’s ownership structure at that time. That statement, once seen as symbolic, now reflects the reality, one where Paytm stands as a...
Beijing on Monday warned residents in its mountainous suburbs to brace for another round of heavy rainfall, a week after catastrophic floods killed dozens in the deadliest deluge to hit the Chinese capital since 2012.
Up to 200mm (7.9 inches) of rain could hit parts of Beijing over a six-hour...
