China sent the most warplanes into sensitive areas around Taiwan since large-scale military exercises in April, a move that follows visits to the democratically run island by US and Canadian lawmakers.   A sortie of 32 planes crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait or the island’s air-defense identification zone...
The Chinese Communist Party and its People’s Liberation Army are in the process of developing weapons that may pose a new kind of biologocal threat to the world. The Chinese army has established itself as the leader in ‘neurostrike’ weapons, which have been designed to attack or even control...
Bakhtiar Semseddin's phone rang incessantly Sunday morning with spam calls as the founder of the Montreal-based International Support for Uyghurs (ISU) got ready to lead a march through the city's downtown. He says this kind of harassment happens every time he organizes an event bringing awareness to the oppression of...
In China, local governments are inspecting businesses weekly to find excuses to fine them. One factory owner said he doesn't keep working capital in nearby banks because the government would use its pull with those banks and force him to grant "loans." China's Ministry of Finance reported that local governments...
Nato leaders and their allies are heading to Vilnius, Lithuania, this week, for two days of meetings starting on Tuesday. Among them is Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president, who will give one of the opening speeches.   The summit will be dominated by discussions about the alliance’s relationship with Ukraine....
KATHMANDU: Nepal Foreign Minister NP Saud has said that China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project has not been implemented in Himalayan country so far. Recently, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Cheng Song said that Pokhara International Airport was built under the BRI project, while Minister Saud clarified that BRI has not...
BEIJING, July 10: A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China's Guangdong province on Monday, killing six people and injuring one, triggering an outpouring of concern about violence against children at school.   Media reported the attack in Lianjiang county in the southern province was a stabbing. The...
This is the second story in a three-part series about China’s employment environment, from migrant workers and fresh graduates to new job sources and the private sector. For less than a cup of coffee at most major chains, a migrant worker in a major Chinese city can rent a bed...
Amid soaring tensions between the United States and China, Beijing has firmly opposed the meeting of Joe Biden administration's top official on human rights, Uzra Zeya, with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in New Delhi.   Strongly objecting to the meeting, Beijing has asked Washington to stop meddling in the...
The Chinese Communist Party and its People’s Liberation Army are in the process of developing weapons that may pose a new kind of biologocal threat to the world. The Chinese army has established itself as the leader in ‘neurostrike’ weapons, which have been designed to attack or even control...