The families affected by the Dasu hydropower project in Pakistan announced that work on the 4380 megawatts energy initiative would remain suspended until Wapda fulfils its commitments regarding land acquisition and financial package, reported Dawn.
They made the announcement during a Jirga in the Kamila area of the Upper Kohistan...
China’s economic challenges have given rise to deflationary pressures that present a global concern and are likely to accelerate in the coming quarters, according to economists.
Beijing’s deteriorating economic fundamentals have become starkly apparent in recent months, with July’s data broadly missing expectations and the National Bureau of Statistics suspending its...
Last week, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced it would cease collecting data on youth unemployment. The news came after nearly a decade of poor job prospects for Chinese people ages 16-24, often reported on by international media as mainly a problem affecting recent college graduates. Earlier this summer, ChinaFile’s Jessica Batke spoke with sociologist Eli Friedman,...
It is imperative to liberate Tibet from Chinese occupation for the security of India, Tibetan parliamentarian Dorjee Tseten said in Ahmedabad Wednesday. He added that all Asian countries are troubled by China’s imperialist and regionalist policies.
Tseten, who is leading a parliamentary delegation visiting Gujarat cities, held an interaction with...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during the 15th BRICS Summit, expressed his desire to end what he characterised as the "war unleashed by the West and its satellites" in Ukraine.
Speaking by video link to leaders of the grouping, Putin said, "The desire of a number of Western countries to maintain their...
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Space Research Organisation on the successful landing of Chandrayan-3 on the surface of the moon on Wednesday.
Nepal PM took to his social media 'X', formerly known as Twitter, and said, “I congratulate Prime Minister Shri...
For a decade until 2018, China sought to recruit elite foreign-trained scientists under a lavishly funded program that Washington viewed as a threat to U.S. interests and technological supremacy.
Two years after it stopped promoting the Thousand Talents Plan (TTP) amid U.S. investigations of scientists, China quietly revived the initiative...
Nathaniel Tapin says about China's debt laden economy and struggling property developers that this has been seen before. What matters most is the confidence household borrowers have in the country to buy homes and spend versus putting more money into savings. And this confidence that that has been the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped up pressure on Taiwan ahead of the January presidential elections in the island nation, using economic and military tactics such as a ban on importing Taiwanese mangoes.
What Happened: China is exerting its economic and military influence in an attempt to sway the upcoming Taiwanese presidential election.
Observers...
China has long been the engine of global growth.
But in recent weeks, its economic slowdown has alarmed international leaders and investors who are no longer counting on it to be a bulwark against weakness elsewhere. In fact, for the first time in decades, the world’s second economy is itself the problem.
Hong...
