China, Russia, Iran and 4 central Asian countries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan - joined India in strongly condemning terrorism in a joint statement after the 4th NSA-level regional security dialogue in Dushanbe while also calling for dismantling of terror camps in Afghanistan and the region.
Significantly, while not...
The World Health Organization’s annual assembly refused Monday to discuss admitting Taiwan to the meeting, under pressure from China and despite impassioned pleas from several countries.
Taiwan has been blocked from attending the assembly in recent years by China, which considers the island a renegade province to be reunified with the mainland.
There...
Beijing , April 25: China is heading towards social instability as unemployment rises to a historical level.
The youth unemployment rate is approaching historical highs, coupled with various challenges such as debt risks and slowing global growth, indicating that China's economic outlook is still uncertain after the devastating effects of the zero-Covid policy.
Apart from...
Taiwan and the United States are expected to start their annual security talks this week, discussing the best weapons and strategies for the self-ruled island to deal with Beijing as tensions mount across the Taiwan Strait.
The talks – to begin in Washington on Wednesday – come after Chinese Defence...
Beijing: After the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly recommended a deeper investigation into whether the COVID outbreak was a result of a leak from a Chinese laboratory, the country has hit back at the UN health organization and called the theory "politically motivated and a lie".In the report released...
The rare-earth elements are a set of 17 silvery-white, soft, heavy metals found in the middle of the periodic table that are valued for their useful electrical, magnetic and luminescent properties that find application in assorted high technology devices. For example, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium and praseodymium are found in...
More than a year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country is now facing a new terrorist threat that is making it more risky and difficult for China to commit to the region.
While the Islamic State (IS) has been weakened globally since its territorial defeat in 2019, it...
About an hour drive west of Shanghai, China’s most affluent county – Kunshan – has accommodated a Foxconn complex in its northern region for 30 years. And in that time, the Taiwanese electronic contract manufacturer has recruited hundreds of thousands of young workers from nearby rural areas to assemble...
The United States is advancing its plans to deploy long-range land-based missiles in the Pacific as a countermeasure against a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan. This development, which could lead to a conventional missile arms race in the region, was confirmed by General Charles Flynn, Commander of US Army...
Hong Kong: With no sincerity in its effort to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, China, which is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, has now started deriding the landmark climate legislation of the United States signed into law by President Joe Biden in the third week of August,...
