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,...
US politician Rob Wittman, Vice President of the House Armed Services Committee Republicans, has strongly condemned China's actions towards African workers and Uyghur Muslims, labeling them as "absolutely criminal."
Wittman asserted, "China is the greatest human rights violator on the face of the earth." He particularly highlighted the atrocities against...
The leadership of the Central Tibetan Administration in exile has welcomed Presidential assent to the Resolve Tibet Act in the U.S. Welcoming President Joe Biden’s signature on the Act, Sikyong Penpa Tsering has vowed to campaign for the Tibetan issue through “non-violent means”. The approval of the Resolve Tibet...
The Chinese authorities on Friday forcibly closed an age-old Tibetan school, namely Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational High School in Tibet's Golok, while hiding the true reason behind the order, the Central Tibetan Administration reported.
The Chinese government had launched investigations into monks or nuns under the age of 18 and...
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE), representing East Turkistan and its people, said that the Court of the Citizens of the World, a quasi-judicial body, has held Chinese President Xi Jinping "directly responsible for the genocide of Uyghurs."
East Turkistan, also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of...
On June 3, 1989, the Chinese government sent tanks, armoured vehicles, soldiers and armed police to clear Tiananmen Square, which is among the world’s largest public spaces, and its periphery off protesters and bystanders. A large number of people were killed overnight and until next evening.
Thousands had gathered from...
