China secretly building the world's biggest dam over the mighty Brahmaputra River which is likely to jeopardise the ecology, environment and morphology.
If the mega project goes through will immensely cause hardship for several million people in downstream India, and of course Bangladesh.
China's $1.5 billion dam over Brahmaputra, known as...
WASHINGTON: The House of Representatives has passed a bill that will strengthen the efforts of the United States to push the Chinese government to resolve the longstanding Tibet-China dispute through dialogue with Tibetan leaders.
The bipartisan ‘Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act', also known as Resolve Tibet Act,...
China's coercive labor transfer programs are the new detention camps, said Adrian Zenz, a leading academic on repressive policies on Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Zenz's latest update on Beijing's so-called employment and "targeted poverty alleviation" schemes, to be published Thursday by the Jamestown Foundation, reveals...
Cambridge students have launched a Uyghur Rights Campaign in response to “silence” within the University toward China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims.
Human rights groups allege that China has detained more than one million Uyghurs, mostly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, with the US, among other countries, having accused the...
HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc may spell out the risks brought on by their China property operations and a Federal Reserve pivot when they report earnings.
Slimmer margins are predicted for HSBC and Singapore lender United Overseas Bank U11 - Ltd., as was on display when peers Commonwealth...
DEHRADUN: Mobile phones will soon be ringing at the India-China international border during the upcoming Chardham Yatra season. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is setting up mobile towers that will allow residents of Nelong and Jadung villages to communicate with their families within the state and across the country...
In a move last year that surprised many, China made short visits visa-free for five European nations and Malaysia for a year starting December 1.
The departure from China’s usually strict entry requirements was expanded last month to cover Irish and Swiss nationals, after France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and...
Three pieces of US legislation focused on China’s human rights situation and US security cooperation with Asia-Pacific allies cleared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday.
The first of the three, introduced by California Republican Young Kim, authorises further action to protect China’s Uygur populations from alleged human rights abuses,...
The US House of Representatives has passed the Quad bill which instructs the Biden administration to establish a Quad Intra-Parliamentary Working Group to facilitate closer cooperation between the US, Australia, India and Japan.
Passed by a roll call vote of 379 to 39 votes, the 'Strengthen US-Australia-India- Japan Cooperation' or...
Washington DC: The United States has said that it would be "closely monitoring" the results of the Pakistan Elections 2024. The recent reports of intimidation and suppression of votes have raised concerns with the US Government.
"We're concerned, and we share our concerns about some of the reports that we've...
