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The Chinese Foreign Ministry on March 25 reacted to Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar's statement on Arunachal Pradesh. The Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, Lin Jian, said that the Zangnan (Arunachal) region has always been Chinese territory, and India illegally occupied it in 1987. Jaishankar on March 23 called China's...
A former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery, according to the country's state media. In January, he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes totalling 81 million yuan ($11.2m; £8.9m). An anti-corruption crackdown led by President Xi Jinping has cut through...
China fumed following India's support for the Philippines as Beijing is locked in a series of provocative clashes with Manila in the South China Sea. "Maritime disputes are issues between the countries concerned," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday. "Third parties have no right to interfere whatsoever....
The Biden administration will enlarge a list of companies under an import ban because of their alleged ties to forced labor in China, an official said, a move that would intensify pressure on some corporate supply chains. Many more companies will be added to what is known as the Uyghur...
Taiwan, an island slightly bigger than the state of Maryland, carries enormous strategic importance for not only U.S. security and prosperity, but also in preventing a global war, a special report by the Heritage Foundation warned Wednesday. Tensions between the U.S. and China over Taiwan have been on the rise...
A Chinese cyber attack on British MPs was more widespread than the UK Government initially revealed, i has learned. Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, announced on Monday that a group of three MPs and one peer had been targeted. The MPs, including China hawk Iain Duncan Smith, say they were...
The terrorist attack on the PNS Siddique naval base seems to have the Chinese drones deployed there as a possible target. Pakistan forces have deployed these Chinese combat drones to curtail the Baloch rebellion in the region. The PNS Siddique boasts a modern runway capable of accommodating large aircraft. The...
Chinese exports and consumer demand gained ground in the first two months of the year after a difficult 2023, according to new government data, but economists are warning that the world's second-largest economy is still struggling to find its footing. The debt-ridden housing market, in particular, is cause for concern,...
Taichung, Taiwan – When Hao Pengfei retired last year, it felt nothing like he had expected it would when he was a younger man. “I used to think that retirement is more about relaxation and hobbies and less about stress and concerns,” Hao told Al Jazeera from his home in...
Citing a recent case where an unnamed Chinese technology company was targeted by a foreign hacking group for cyber extortion, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Thursday warned that the networks of "hundreds" of other Chinese businesses and government units have also been infiltrated by these overseas hackers,...